Can the mandolin compete with other solo instruments? Avi Avital gives a clear answer - from Versailles, with Vivaldi at his side.

Brandon Acker introduces you to another rare instrument: The Baroque Lute! This video is an introduction to the instrument as well as his first reaction to playing it.

Christopher Morrongiello performs "Lachrimae" (ca. 1590s) by John Dowland (1563–1626), Cambridge University Library manuscript DD.2.11. Filmed in the Chapel from Le Château de la Bastie d'Urfé at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Today we're playing a 400-year-old piece on both the lute (the instrument for which it was written) and the classical guitar.

A Musical Performance by Music from China