Diary

Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Mark Padmore, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Richard Watkins, horn
Trio Isimsiz
Quatuor Diotima
Chamber Choir of London

Franz Schubert, String Quartet in G major (1st movement)
Der Kreuzzug
Die Sterne
Fischerweise
Fragment from Aeschylus
Ständchen
Piano Trio in E-flat
Auf dem Strom
Die Allmacht
Schlachtgesang

Pinner Parish Church

Pinner Festival Choir and Orchestra
David Gould, conductor

Michael Haydn, Requiem
W.A. Mozart, Requiem (bass soloist)

Tickets at the Pinner Festival website.

Barbican Hall, London

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices and the Choir of Royal Holloway
Thomas Adès, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (chorus)

The conclusion to the Britten Sinfonia's Beethoven Symphony Cycle.

St Andrew's Hall, Norwich

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices and the Choir of Royal Holloway
Thomas Adès, conductor

Ludwig van Beeethoven, Symphony No. 9 (chorus)

The conclusion of the Britten Sinfonia's Beethoven symphony cycle

Saint Aupre, France

Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer

Performance of this new music/theatre piece, inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.

Nikolaikirche, Leipzig

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor

Herderkirche, Weimar

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.G. Walther - Organ Chorale Prelude: Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod
J.S. Bach, Himmelskönig, sei wilkommen BWV 182
J.S. Bach, Organ Chorale Prelude BWV 639: Ich ruf zu dir
J.S. Bach, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21

Perth Concert Hall

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Kuhnau, Gott sei mir Gnädig
J.S. Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Graupner, Magnificat
Telemann, Siehe, es hat überwunden die Löwe

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Kuhnau, Gott sei mir Gnädig
J.S. Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Graupner, Magnificat
Telemann, Siehe, es hat überwunden die Löwe
J.S. Bach, Du wahre Gott und Davids Sohn BWV 23

St John's Cathedral, Oban

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Kuhnau, Gott sei mir Gnädig
J.S. Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Graupner, Magnificat
Telemann, Siehe, es hat überwunden die Löwe
J.S. Bach, Du wahre Gott und Davids Sohn BWV 23

Le Regard du Cygne, Paris

Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer

Work-in-progress private performance for sponsors of this new music/theatre piece, inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.

More details of the project, and an opportunity to support this project, at our crowdfunding page.

Barbican Hall, London

Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director

G.F. Handel, Brockes-Passion (consort)

St Mark's Church, Bromley

The Allegri Singers
Stephen Anthony Brown, Evangelist and conductor

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (Christus)

Barbican Hall, London

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices

Natalie Murray Beale, conductor

Joby Talbot, A Sheen of Dew on Flowers (première)

A new work commissioned by Independent Opera. For further information, see the Independent Opera website.

All Saints Parish Church, Kingston upon Thames

Teddington Choral Society
Julian Collings, conductor

Gioachino Rossini, Petite Messe Solenelle (baritone soloist)

Église Saint-Charles, Monte-Carlo

Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain, director

Heinrich Schütz, David and Solomon (created from the Psalmen Davids)

For further information and tickets, see the festival website.

Oslo Cathedral, Norway

Dunedin Consort
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort)

Marlborough College Chapel, Wiltshire

Swindon Choral Society
Leigh Michelow, soprano
Robin Nelson, conductor

Antonín Dvořák, Te Deum Op. 103
Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 (baritone soloist)

Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey

Haslemere Musical Society
Dr James Ross, conductor

Joseph Haydn, The Creation (Raphael/Adam)

Performing Arts Centre, Pipers Corner School

Chiltern Arts Festival/Ryedale Festival Opera
Nina Brazier, director
Eamonn Dougan, conductor

W.A. Mozart, Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso), in a new English translation by John Warrack

City Halls, Glasgow

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (consort)

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (consort)

Perth Concert Hall

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (consort)

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tring, Herts

Tring Choral Society
Chiltern Orchestral Society
Colin Stevens, conductor

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Te Deum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mass in C minor
(baritone soloist)

Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

The Marian Consort
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, conductor

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (baritone soloist and consort)

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

G.F. Handel, Nisi Dominus, Dixit Dominus, Ode for St Caecilia's Day
(consort and baritone soloist)

Ticketing details at the Palace of Versailles website.

Church of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Music for the Christmas season by Lassus, Tallis, Ferrabosco, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd and Ludford (consort)

Tickets available through the Oxford Playhouse box office.

Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Music for the Christmas season by Lassus, Tallis, Ferrabosco, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd and Ludford (consort)

Booking details

Christ's Chapel, Dulwich

Dulwich Chamber Choir
English Heritage Chamber Orchestra
Richard Mayo, conductor

J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio Parts I, II and III (Baritone soloist)

Dunkeld Cathedral

Dunedin Consort
Ben Parry, director

Choral works by Victoria, Guerrero, Peebles, Johnson, Macmillan and Lauridsen (consort)

Further information at the Dunedin Consort website.

Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort
Ben Parry, director

Choral works by Victoria, Guerrero, Peebles, Johnson, Macmillan and Lauridsen (consort)

Further information at the Dunedin Consort website.

Inverness Cathedral

Dunedin Consort
Ben Parry, director

Choral works by Victoria, Guerrero, Peebles, Johnson, Macmillan and Lauridsen (consort)

Further information at the Dunedin Consort website.

St Martin's Parish Church, Epsom

Epsom Choral Society
The Regent Chamber Ensemble
Julian Collings, conductor
Nina Kanter, soprano

Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem (baritone soloist)

Hinde Street Methodist Church, London

Lorena Paz Nieto, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Sandy Walsh, actress
Elizabeth Mucha, piano

A dramatised recital telling the story of Alma Mahler through her songs and those of Gustav Mahler, Zemlinsky, Wagner, Schumann and Beethoven

Booking details at the London Song Festival website.

Milton Court, London

BBC Singers
Psappha
Sofi Jeannin, conductor

Bob Chilcott, Move him into the sun
Roderick Williams, World Without End (Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit)

Further details and tickets at the Barbican website.
This concert was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and can be heard on iPlayer until 11th December.

Salle du Tilleul, Saint Aupre, France

Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer

Work-in-progress performance of this new music/theatre piece, developed over the preceding week, inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.

Saint Aupre, France

Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer

Research and development residency for a new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

The Adderbury Ensemble
Charmian Bedford, Liesgen
Jon Stainsby, Schendrian
Christopher Bucknall, director/harpsichord

J.S. Bach, "Coffee Cantata" BWV 211

Malmesbury Abbey

Swindon Choral Society
Robin Nelson, director

Joseph Haydn, Missa in tempore bello
Howard Goodall, Eternal Light: a Requiem
(baritone soloist)

Église St Jacques, Reims

Ensemble Akadêmia
Françoise Lassere, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)

Eglise Saint-Roch, Paris

Ensemble Akadêmia
Françoise Lassere, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)

Barbican Hall, London

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, musical director
Thomas Guthrie, director

Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas and other works (consort)

Cathédrale de Tournai

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)

Further details and tickets at musiCA Tournai website.

Kirche St. Vitus, Löningen

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)

Full details and tickets at Musikfest Bremen website.

Abbatiale Saint Robert, Chaise Dieu

Ensemble Akadêmia
Françoise Lassere, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

G.F. Handel, Samson (consort)

Full details and tickets at the EIF website.

Ely Cathedral

Gabrieli Consort/Gabrieli ROAR
Paul McCreesh, director

Further details at the Gabrieli website.

Hampstead

Linden Baroque
Ashley Solomon, director

J.S. Bach, Cantatas BWV 151 and 123 (baritone soloist and consort)

Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

J.S. Bach, Missa brevis in A major, BWV 234,
and Missa brevis in G major, BWV 235
(baritone soloist and consort)

Details and tickets at the Abbaye aux Dames website.

Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit, Uzès

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

J.S. Bach, Magnificat and Mass in G major (baritone soloist and consort)

Details and tickets at the Nuits Musicales Uzès website.

Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit, Uzès

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

G.F. Handel: Dixit Dominus and Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

St John's Church, Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
James Ross, conductor

Charles Villiers Stanford, Songs of the Fleet (baritone soloist)

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder (chorus)

St Denis Basilica, Paris

Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder (chorus)

Church of St John the Baptist, Catford

Alexandra Weaver, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Sandy Walsh, actress
Elizabeth Mucha, piano

A dramatised recital telling the story of Alma Mahler through her songs and those of Gustav Mahler, Zemlinsky, Wagner, Schumann and Beethoven

Production details at the Art Sung website.

Wigmore Hall

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort)

Details and tickets at the Wigmore Hall website.

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort)

Tickets and further details at the Queen's Hall website.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Anna Leese, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
City Choir Dunedin
The Parliament Choir
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductor

Anthony Ritchie, Gallipoli to the Somme

Pinner Parish Church

Pinner Festival Choir and Orchestra
David Gould, conductor

G.F. Handel, Belshazzar (Gobrias)

Details and tickets at the Pinner Festival website.

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Anna Leese, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
City Choir Dunedin
The Parliament Choir
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductor

Anthony Ritchie, Gallipoli to the Somme (UK première)

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
David Butt Philip, tenor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

Sergei Prokofiev, Seven, they are Seven and Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
 

St Mary's Church, Putney

Alexandra Weaver, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Sandy Walsh, actress
Elizabeth Mucha, piano

A dramatised recital telling the story of Alma Mahler through her songs and those of Gustav Mahler, Zemlinsky, Wagner, Schumann and Beethoven

Production details at the Art Sung website.

Royal Festival Hall, London

Philharmonia Voices
Trinity Boys Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Unsuk Chin, Le chant des enfants des étoiles (choir)

Details at the Southbank Centre website.

Barbican Hall, London

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Riccardo Minasi, conductor

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (consort)

Milton Court, London

Britten Sinfonia Voices
Britten Sinfonia
Eamonn Dougan, conductor

W.A. Mozart, Missa brevis K.192
Igor Stravinsky, Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Mass
and works by Gesualdo and Gabrieli (consort)

Further details at the Britten Sinfonia website.

St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Six Centuries Chamber Choir
South London Sinfonietta
Peter Fender, conductor

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (baritone soloist)

Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway

Bergen Nasjonale Opera
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Kor
John Ramster, director
Eun Sun Kim, conductor

Richard Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (chorus)

Full details at the BNO website.

Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Krakow, Poland

Dunedin Consort
John Butt, musical director
Thomas Guthrie, stage director

John Blow, Venus and Adonis
Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen (excerpts) (Shepherd and consort)

TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, musical director
Simon Robson, narrator

Henry Purcell, King Arthur (consort and baritone soloist: Grimbald, Aeolus, He)

AMUZ Augustinus Muziekcentrum, Antwerp

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, musical director
Simon Robson, narrator

Henry Purcell, King Arthur (consort and baritone soloist: Grimbald, Aeolus, He)

AMUZ Augustinus Muziekcentrum, Antwerp

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

Henry Purcell, King Arthur (consort and language coach)

Barbican Concert Hall, London

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

Enrique Granados, Goyescas (chorus)

Further information and tickets at the Barbican website.

Barbican Concert Hall, London

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director

G.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)

Tickets available here.

Wigmore Hall, London

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium Cantatas 1, 4, 5 & 6 (consort)

Tickets available here.

Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Scotland

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium Cantatas 1, 4, 5 & 6 (consort)

Tickets available here.

Music on the Quantocks

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Ripon Cathedral

Ripon Choral Society
John Dunford, conductor

G.F. Handel, Messiah (soloist)

Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

The Marian Consort
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, conductor

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (soloist and consort)

Tickets available here.

Laieszhalle, Hamburg

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in G Major (BWV 234) and Mass in A Major (BWV 235) (Consort)

St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in G Major (BWV 234) and Mass in A Major (BWV 235) (Consort)

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, Mass in G Major (BWV 234) and Mass in A Major (BWV 235) (Consort)

St John's Church, Waterloo

Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductor

Orchestral songs by Grieg, Mahler, Turnage and Debussy

Tickets available at the Southbank Sinfonia website.

Barbican Hall, London

The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
Daisy Evans, director

Henry Purcell, King Arthur (consort)

A semi-staged production of Purcell's semi-opera

South London Gallery, Peckham

Apartment House
Anton Lukoszevieze, musical director
Netia Jones, director/designer
Video and projection by Lightmap

Tom Phillips, Irma

Produced by Sound UK
More details here and on the production blog.

Royal Albert Hall

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Svatopluk Sem, baritone
Jakub Hrůša, conductor

Hussite Chorale, 'Ktož jsú Boži bojovníci'
Bohuslav Martinů, Field Mass
Leos Janáček, 'Song of the Hussites' from The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Royal Albert Hall

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (consort)

Royal Albert Hall

Philharmonia Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

J.S. Bach, arr. Igor Stravinsky, Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm, ich her' (chorus)

Royal Albert Hall

Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
William Christie, director

G.F. Handel, Israel in Egypt (original 1739 version) (chorus)

The Kopanous Theatre, Gastouri, Corfu

Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Artists
Susanna Stranders, musical director
Deborah Cohen, director

W.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro)

Corfu Music Days

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris

Garsington Festival Opera
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Douglas Boyd, conductor

W.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (chorus and cover Figaro)

A semi-staged performance by the cast of the Garsington Festival Opera production

Barbican Hall, London

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director/harpsichord

Claudio Monteverdi, Vespers (consort)

Ticket information at the Barbican website.

The Walled Garden, Wormsley Estate

Presented by Garsington Festival Opera

Arias by Handel and Mozart

Garsington Opera at Wormsley Estate

Douglas Boyd, conductor
John Cox, director
Bruno Ravella, associate director

W.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (chorus/cover Figaro)

Garsington Opera at Wormsley Estate

Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Annilese Miskimmon, director

G.F. Handel, Semele (chorus)

Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire

The Burford Singers
The Cotswold Chamber Orchestra
Brian Kay, conductor

G.F. Handel, Messiah (baritone soloist)

St James the Greater, Leicester

Leicester Bach Choir
Richard Laing, conductor

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (Pilate and arias)

St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London

Six Centuries Chamber Choir
Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, conductor

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (Christus)

Oslo Cathedral, Norway

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

W.A. Mozart, Requiem and Solemn Vespers (consort)

Whitgift School, Croydon

The Whitgift Foundation

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (title role)

St Silas Church, Angel, Islington

The Angel Orchestra
Peter Fender, conductor

Joseph Haydn, The Creation (baritone soloist)

A concert in aid of Music Fund.

Salle des Concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris

Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor

Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel ​(ensemble)

For full details and tickets, see the Philharmonie Paris website.

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Grosser Saal

Philharmonia Chorus
Members of the Philharmonia Chorus Professional Singers' Scheme
Symphoniker Hamburg
Sir Jeffrey Tate, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven, Missa solemnis

Kölner Philharmonie

Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor

Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel (ensemble)

For full details and tickets, see the Kölner Philharmonie website.

St James Church, Piccadilly

Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, conductor

Handel, Messiah (baritone soloist)

Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

The Marian Consort (Rory McCleery, director)
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, conductor

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (Soloist and consort)

Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor

Handel, Messiah (consort)

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor

Handel, Messiah (consort)

Braunschweig, Germany

The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor

Handel, Messiah (consort)

Barbican Hall, London

Britten Sinfonia Voices
Eamonn Dougan, director

New works for voices and ensemble by Jóhann Jóhannsson and his band

Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey

Haslemere Musical Society
James Ross, conductor

Gounod, Messe solenelle de Sainte-Cécile (baritone soloist)

Milton Keynes City Church

The Cornerstone Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Adrian Boynton, conductor

Finzi, In terra pax (baritone soloist)

Wigmore Hall

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (director)

Henry Purcell, Welcome to all the pleasures and Hail, Bright Cecilia (consort and soloist)

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Huddersfield Town Hall

Isabelle Menke, actress
Eva Furrer, contrabass flute
EXAUDI
London Sinfonietta
Beat Furrer, conductor

Beat Furrer, FAMA for speaker, 8 voices and instrumental ensemble

Further details at the London Sinfonietta website.

St John's Smith Square

Isabelle Menke, actress
Eva Furrer, contrabass flute
EXAUDI
London Sinfonietta
Beat Furrer, conductor

Beat Furrer, FAMA for speaker, 8 voices and instrumental ensemble

Further details at the London Sinfonietta website.

Grosser Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn, Elias (chorus)

Details and tickets at the Gewandhaus website.

Royal Albert Hall, London

The Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor

G.F. Handel, Coronation Anthems (choir)

More information at the BBC Proms website.

Royal Albert Hall

Opera Rara Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

Rossini, Semiramide (chorus)

Details and tickets at the BBC Proms website.

Kloster Eberbach, Rheingau, Germany

The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor

Music for a Grand Venetian Wedding:
Works by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi etc.

Ticketing information at the Rheingau Musik Festival website.

Iford Manor, nr. Bath

Tim Nelson, director and conductor

Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen, in a new performing version by Tim Nelson.

Further details and tickets at the Iford Arts website.

Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham

The Marian Consort
The Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth, conductor

Lennox Berkeley, Stabat Mater
Francis Poulenc, Un soir de neige

This concert also includes chamber music by Berkeley's early champion Maurice Ravel, and by two British composers of the succeeding generation, including Lennox's son Michael Berkeley.
Full details and tickets at the Cheltenham Festival website.

Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon

Bath Choral Society
Will Dawes, conductor
William Vann, piano

Gerald Finzi, Let us garlands bring

A programme of twentieth-century song cycles to close Bath Choral Society's 2015-16 season

Basilique Saint-Remi, Reims, France

Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain

Thomas Tallis, Spem in alium
and works by Janequin, Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez, Caldara, Gabrieli, Mendelssohn, Hillborg and Dumont

St John's Church, Waterloo, London

Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, director

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie (Thésée)

A semi-staged performance with dance.

Église St Marcel, Paris

Chorus 14
Dominique Sourisse, conductor

Benjamin Britten, War Requiem (baritone soloist)

Pinner Parish Church

Pinner Music Festival Chorus and Orchestra
David Gould, conductor

G.F. Handel, Judas Maccabeus (Simon)

Tickets and further information at the Pinner Music Festival website.

St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London

The Marian Consort
Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth, conductor

Lennox Berkeley, Stabat Mater
and works by contemporary British composers

Details and tickets at the Spitalfields Music website.

Opéra de Rouen Haute Normandie

Les Cris de Paris
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre, director

Henry Purcell, Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Henry Purcell, Welcome to all the pleasures
Jeremiah Clarke, Come, come along for a dance and a song

Further details at the Opéra de Rouen and Le Poème Harmonique websites.

Grosses Haus, Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor and director

Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Chorus)

More information at the BNC website; tickets from the Rheingau Musik Festival or the Staatstheater Wiesbaden.

Melk Abbey, Austria

Internationale
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Solisten
Concentus Musicus Wien
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Claudio Monteverdi, Selva morale e spirituale

Ticket information at the IBT Stift Melk website.

Kampnagel, Hamburg

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor and director

Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Chorus)

More information on the BNC and festival websites.

The Temple Church

The Temple Singers
Roger Sayer, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music and Three Shakespeare Songs

A concert to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, with dramatised readings. Further information at the Temple Music website.

Wigmore Hall, London

Ensemble Marsyas
Peter Whelan, director

John Sigismond Cousser, The Universal Applause of Mount Parnassus
G.F. Handel, 'Eternal Source of Light Divine' from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

For more details and tickets, visit the Wigmore Hall website.

Opéra de Reims

Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Ictus
Clement Power, musical director
Ludovic Lagarde, director

Wolfgang Mitterer, Marta (Ensemble)

Full details at the Opéra de Reims website

Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey

Leith Hill Festival Choirs
Brian Kay, conductor

Purcell, Come, Ye Sons of Art
Schubert, Mass in G
(Baritone soloist)

Blythburgh Church, Suffolk

The Marian Consort
Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth, conductor

Lennox Berkeley, Stabat Mater
Benjamin Britten, Sacred and Profane

Details and tickets at the Aldeburgh Music website.

Opéra de Lille

Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Ictus
Clement Power, musical director
Ludovic Lagarde, director

Wolfgang Mitterer, Marta (Ensemble): world première

Full details at the Opéra de Lille website.

Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, director

Felix Mendelssohn, Elias (Chorus)

Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (Consort)

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (Consort)

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (excerpts) (Consort)

Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (Consort)

Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah (Consort)

St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch

Spitalfields Winter Festival
The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.

Read more at the Marian Consort website.
Full details and tickets at the Spitalfields Music website.

St Mary the Virgin, Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset

Music on the Quantocks
The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.

Read more at the Marian Consort website.
Request tickets via Music on the Quantocks.

Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, director

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (Soloist and consort)

St Paul's Church, Canterbury

Canterbury Music Club
The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.

Read more at the Marian Consort website.
Tickets and further information at the Canterbury Music Club website.

Keble College, Oxford

The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.

Read more at the Marian Consort website.

National Centre for Early Music, York

York Early Music Christmas Festival
The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.

Read more at the Marian Consort website.
Ticket information at the NCEM website.

Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Georgian Concert Society
The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.

Read more at the Marian Consort website.
Ticket information at the GCS website.

Glenalmond College, Perth

The Marian Consort

Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile

Read more at the Marian Consort website.

City of Edinburgh Methodist Church

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Dixit Dominus HWV 232
J.S. Bach, Magnificat (ensemble) BWV 243a

Sage Gateshead

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Dixit Dominus HWV 232
J.S. Bach, Magnificat (ensemble) BWV 243a

National Opera House, Wexford

Wexford Festival Opera
Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor
Éric Ruf, director
Laurent Delvert, revival director

Ferdinand Hérold, Le Pré aux Clercs (Chorus)

Co-production with Ópera-Comique, Paris
More information on the Wexford Opera website.

National Opera House, Wexford

Wexford Festival Opera
Francesco Cilluffo, conductor
Fabio Ceresa, director

Pietro Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff (Chorus)

More information on the Wexford Festival Opera website.

National Opera House, Wexford

Wexford Festival Opera
Stephen Barlow, conductor
Michael Gieleta, director

Frederick Delius, Koanga (Chorus)

More information on the Wexford Festival Opera website.

The Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest

Choir and Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings, conductor

Handel, Saul (Chorus)

More information on the George Enescu Festival website.

Royal Albert Hall, London

Choir and Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Marin Alsop, conductor

Johannes Brahms, Alto Rhapsody and Triumphlied (Chorus)

More information on the BBC website.

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Pablo Heras-Casado

Works by Hieronymus, Jacob and Michael Praetorius

More information on the BNC website.

St Konrad und Elisabeth, Freiburg

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Pablo Heras-Casado

Works by Hieronymus, Jacob and Michael Praetorius

More information on the BNC website.

Stiftskirche Stift Wilten, Innsbruck

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Pablo Heras-Casado

Works by Hieronymus, Jacob and Michael Praetorius

More information on the BNC website and at www.altemusik.at.

Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor and director

Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Chorus)

More information on the BNC website and the Salzburg Festival website.

Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London (30th July)
St Mary in the Castle, Hastings (2nd August)

Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists Production
Jeremy Silver, musical director
Jenny Miller, director

Handel, Xerxes (Ariodate)

Longborough, Gloucestershire

Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists Production
Jeremy Silver, musical director
Jenny Miller, director

Handel, Xerxes (Ariodate)

Henley-on-Thames

Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, conductor
Fiona Williams, director

Rossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)

Orpington Parish Church

Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Nicola Rose, piano

Songs and duets by Brahms, Wolf, Grieg and Duparc

The Proud Archivist, London N1

Operaview
Dale Wills, musical director 
Natalie Katsou, director

William Walton, The Bear (Smirnov)

Kloster Eberbach, nr. Eltville, Rheingau, Germany

Choir and Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Conductor: Laurence Cummings

Handel, Messiah (Chorus)

The Proud Archivist, London N1

Operaview
Dale Wills, musical director
Natalie Katsou, director

William Walton, The Bear (Smirnov)

St Martin of Tours, Epsom

Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, musical director
Fiona Williams, director

Rossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)

Shipley Festival, Storrington

Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, musical director
​Fiona Williams, director

Rossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)

Brownsword Hall, Poundbury, Dorset

Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, musical director
​Fiona Williams, director

Rossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)

Budapest Music Centre, Budapest

Armel Opera Festival

Grieg Academy, Bergen

Organised by the International Grieg Society, in parallel with the conference 'Grieg and the Human Voice'

Troldhaugen, nr. Bergen

Edvard Grieg Kor
Leif Ove Andsnes

Works by Edvard Grieg and Ole Bull

(Private event)

National Centre for Early Music, York

Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

New works for early music ensemble, selected by the NCEM 2015 Competition panel.

More details of the competition at the NCEM website.

Belgrade Theatre (B2 auditorium), Coventry

HighTime

Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Father)

in a new English translation commissioned by HighTime.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Jakub Hrůša, conductor

Modest Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (concert performance of excerpts) (Chorus)

Todmorden Town Hall, Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Todmorden Choral Society and Orchestra
Antony Brannick, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn, St Paul (baritone soloist)

Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey

Leith Hill Festival Choirs
Brian Kay, conductor

Franz Schubert, Magnificat D. 486
Joseph Haydn, 'Spring' from The Seasons
(Baritone soloist)

Barbican Hall, London

The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion, 1727 version (Pilate and Ensemble)

Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire

The Burford Singers
Bob Chilcott, conductor

Joseph Haydn, 'Spring' from The Seasons (baritone soloist)

Palau de la Música, Valencia

The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom, conductor

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (Pilate and Ensemble)

Kurssal, San Sebastián, Spain

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom, conductor

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (Pilate and Ensemble)

Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway

Bergen Nasjonale Opera
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
Oliver Mears, director

W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni (Chorus)

Milton Court, Barbican Centre, London

BBC Singers
London Sinfonietta
James Macmillan, conductor

Choral works by James Macmillan and Henryk Górecki

La Cité, Nantes, France

La Folle Journée de Nantes
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)

Église de Notre-Dame-d'Espérance, St Nazaire, France

La Folle Journée de Nantes en Région Pays de la Loire
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)

Théâtre St Louis, St Cholet, France

La Folle Journée de Nantes en Région Pays de la Loire
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)

Haut Dortoir, L'Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, France

La Folle Journée de Nantes en Région Pays de la Loire
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

Handel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)

De Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director

Handel, Messiah (Ensemble)

Auditorio Nacional, Madrid

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director

Handel, Messiah (Ensemble)

Christ Church, Spitalfields

Spitalfields Winter Festival
Choir of London
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

John Tavener, Lament for Jerusalem (Choir and semi-chorus)

St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Bach Choir
Edinburgh Bach Society Orchestra
Neil Mantle, conductor

J.S. Bach, Magnificat
Henry Purcell, Rejoice in the Lord Alway
(baritone soloist)

Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, nr. Barnsley, Yorkshire

Young Opera Venture in collaboration with Freedom Studios

Development workshop for Ice Cream – The Opera, a new pop-up opera by Russell Sarre with a libretto by Ian Macmillan

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Sheldonian Anniversary Chorus and Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 'Choral' (Baritone soloist)

Concert to mark the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the Sheldonian Theatre

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London 

Hampstead Garden Opera
Oliver-John Ruthven, conductor
Joe Austin, director

Britten, Albert Herring (Sid)

St John's Church, Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury Chamber Choir
The Music Troupe Band
Edward Lambert, conductor

W.A. Mozart, Requiem
Joseph Haydn, Theresienmesse
(baritone soloist)

Finchcocks Museum, Goudhurst, Kent

Final of the John Kerr Award for English Song

Milton Court, Barbican Centre, London

BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury, conductor

Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Barts Academic Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Joseph Haydn, Nelson Mass (baritone soloist)

Cambridge Junction, Cambridge

Georgie Grace, text
Cheryl Frances-Hoad, music
Lotte Rose Kjaer Skau, sound design
CJ Mahoney, installation and director

Civic Theatre, Barnsley (13th Sept)
Empire Theatre, Consett (19th Sept)
Oldham Coliseum, Oldham (2nd Oct)
Theatre Royal, Wakefield (3rd Oct)
Corn Exchange, Stamford (4th Oct)
Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough (8th Oct)
Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield (20th Oct)
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Hudderfield (22nd Oct)
Queen's Hall, Hexham (24th Oct)

Young Opera Venture
John Longstaff, conductor
Jane Anthony and Nina Brazier, directors

W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute (Speaker)

Todmorden Hippodrome, Todmorden, West Yorkshire (21st August)
Square Chapel, Halifax (22nd and 23rd August)
Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London (25th, 26th and 27th August)
(Grimeborn Festival)
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (25th September)

Radius Ensemble
Antony Brannick, conductor
Tim Benjamin, director

Tim Benjamin, Madame X (Botney)

A new chamber opera by composer Tim Benjamin

Exeter College Chapel, Oxford

Charivari Agréable
Kah-Ming Ng, director

Handel, Chandos Anthems Nos. 7, 9 and 11a (baritone soloist and quartet)

Barbican Hall, London

The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (Chorus)

The Space, Sevenoaks School, Kent (15th June)
Hotham Hall, East Yorkshire (19th June)
Court Lodge, Stansted, Kent (22nd June)
Sandringham, Norfolk (11th July)
Thorpe Tilney, Lincolnshire (13th July)
and at 19 primary schools in outer London

Pavilion Opera
Peter Bailey, piano and musical director
Freddie Stockdale, director

W.A. Mozart, Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso and Ensemble)

The Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames

Riverside Opera
Samuel Evans, musical director
Sophie Gilpin, director

Gounod, Romeo and Juliet (Duke of Verona)

in a new English translation by Russell Plows

St Mary's Church, Kintbury, Berkshire (2nd May)
Brighton Festival Fringe, St Andrew's Church, Brighton (4th May)
St Michael and All Angels Church, Chiswick, London (8th May)
The Forge, Camden, London (11th May)

The Music Troupe
Edward Lambert, musical director
Ian Caddy, director

Edward Lambert, Six Characters in Search of a Stage (The Director)

A new chamber opera by Edward Lambert, based on Pirandello's play Six Characters in Search of an Author

Boekmanzaal, De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam

De Nationale Opera / VOCAALLAB
Romain Bischoff, musical director
Marcel Sijm, director

Claude Vivier, Kopernikus (Baritone)

Read more at DNO's website, or watch a complete video recording.

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey

Godalming Choral Society

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (Christus and baritone arias)

Salle Pleyel, Paris

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Bernard Labadie, director

Handel, Messiah (Ensemble)

King's College, Cambridge

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music

Handel, Messiah (Ensemble)

Barbican Hall, London

Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Bernard Labadie, director

Handel, Messiah (Ensemble)

Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, director

J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (Ensemble)

Grand Saloon, Tate Britain, Millbank, London

EXAUDI

Claudia Molitor, Sounding the View

An immersive performance installation piece commissioned for the opening of the refurbished public spaces at Tate Britain.

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London

Hampstead Garden Opera
Oliver-John Ruthven, music director
Bruno Ravella, director

Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro (Count Almaviva)

Sung in the English translation by Amanda Holden

King's College Chapel, University of Aberdeen

Ensemble Combassal
Ralph Stelzenmüller, director and lecturer

Carlo Gesualdo, Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday, 1611, and works by Rossi, Schein and Mazzocchi

Lecture recital as part of the conference on Chromaticism and Microtonality at the University of Aberdeen

King's College Chapel, Aberdeen

Ensemble Combassal
Ralph Stelzenmüller, director

Carlo Gesualdo, Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday, 1611

performed in a reconstructed liturgical setting, as part of the conference on Chromaticism and Microtonality at the University of Aberdeen

Uppingham School Chapel, Rutland

BBC Singers
David Hill, conductor
Iain Farrington, organ

Choral music by Victoria and Britten

St Mary's Church, Haddington

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

W.A. Mozart, Requiem K. 626, and Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 (ensemble)

Perth Concert Hall

Dunedin Consort and Players
​John Butt, director

W.A. Mozart, Requiem K. 626, and Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 (ensemble)

Wigmore Hall, London

Jon Stainsby, baritone
Chris Baxter, piano