From the 17th century's adventuresome Heinrich Biber (whose violin sonata mimics nightingales, hens, and quails) right up through today, composers have been fascinated with our fine-feathered friends, ...

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers plays Birds in warped time II by Somei Satoh. We hear the murmurs of the birds’ wings as they dip and soar. Join Emily Boyer after 9 a.m. on 91.1, 107.5, and on our app.

For decades, Berkeley has been one of the seats of the so-called early music movement -- that loose affiliation of recorder players, madrigal singers, harpsichord builders and historians who have ...