Early music wins the laurels this month, from Jordi Savall’s medieval fiddle to David Skinner’s William Byrd and a trifecta of Handelian delights.

These Handel chartbusters are as good as it gets.

A real sense of music as both a historical and a living art.

This concert by Van Diemen's Band with mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean warmed the heart in a wintry Tasmania.

Soprano and cornetto mingle in this rarely glimpsed musical world.

Proof, should it be needed, that music truly does transcend time and space.

Cello works from the south turn out to be Neapolitan baroque treat.

Tinalley String Quartet, Genevieve Lacey, Piers Lane and the Van Diemen's Band are heading to the new festival in October.

Filling the void left by Hobart Baroque, Julia Fredersdorff's new period ensemble will launch at Ten Days on the Island.