New Music in an Old Style

Lest you think period-instrument performers and early music ensembles spend their lives sitting in darkened coffee houses discussing bowing techniques and making notations with quill pens, you should check out Elaine Comparone and The Queen's Chamber Band. Yes, they do play music by John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi and Johann Sebastian Bach, but they also blend old and new instrumentation like in this performance of a modern piece by José Raúl Bernardo, Echoes From a Distant Land. This may be the first time I've ever seen a stand up harpsichord! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4eXTjQPPKM