For the last article in our concerto series (for now), we turn to an instrument too often dismissed as the orchestra's resident joker.

We take a look at musical depictions of water, from trickling burns to the wide expanse of the ocean, to see what lurks below the surface.

We've reached the violin in our series on the concerto, and there's no end of them! (You might want to pour yourself a cup of tea for this.)

What is a cittern, and how does it fit into Vivaldi's masterpiece? We spoke to Ale Carr to find out ...

Is there any real difference between these terms?