Baroque orchestra and/or pipe organ. In the Baroque period, the orchestra was not standardised in size. There were large differences in size, instrumentation and playing styles – and therefore orchestral soundscapes and palettes – between the various European regions. The 'Baroque orchestra' ranged from smaller orchestras (or ensembles) with one player per part, to larger scale orchestras with many players per part. Examples of the smaller variety were Bach's orchestras, for example in Koethen where he had access to an ensemble of up to 18 players. Examples of large scale Baroque orchestras would include Corelli's orchestra in Rome which ranged between 35
Bourbon Baroque Bourbon Baroque Bourbon Baroque is a period instrument ensemble founded by harpsichordist John Austin Clark and baroque violinist Nicolas Fortin (1980–2016) in the summer of 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky. The ensemble specialises in historical informed performance of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ensemble performs concerts as well as full opera productions. The 2010 production of George Frideric Handel's opera "Alcina" has been recorded for TV and aired first on April 12, 2011. Bourbon Baroque has been performing Handel's "Messiah" in the holiday season every year since 2013. Bourbon Baroque performs regularly throughout the year in a