Diary

Weissenfels

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Le Reniment de Saint Pierre
Johann Schop, Lacrimae Pavan
Heinrich Schütz, Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz

Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020

Zeitz

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Sacred works by Schütz, Buxtehude, Bruhns, Pfleger, Schop, Tunder and Meder

Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020

Gera

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Heinrich Schütz:
   Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
   Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz
   Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi

Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020

Weissenfels

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Heinrich Schütz:
   Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
   Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz
   Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi

Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020

Kreuzkirche, Dresden

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Heinrich Schütz:
   Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
   Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz
   Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi

Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Music for the Queen of Heaven: contemporary Marian motets

Further details at the Hexham Abbey Festival website.

Fingest Great Barn, near Henley-on-Thames

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

The Great Conservatory, Syon Park, London

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

Abbaye de La Chaise Dieu, France

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Heinrich Schütz:
   Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
   Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz
   Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi

Domaine des Vaux, Jersey, Channel Islands

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Geoges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

Les Musicales de Cormeilles, France

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

Festival de la Vézère, near Brive la Gaillarde, France

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

Nuits Musicales en Vendée Romane, France

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Holkham Hall, Norfolk

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

St Mary's Church, Sastamala, Finland

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Works by Jacobus Clemens non Papa

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Flâneries Musicales de Reims, France

Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical director

Georges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)

Thomaskirche, Leipzig

Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director

Sacred works by Bruhns, Buxtehude, Weckmann and J.S. Bach
(bass soloist and consort)

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Snape Maltings

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Barbican Hall, London

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

St Andrew's Hall, Norwich

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire

Burford Singers
Brian Kay, conductor

J.S. Bach, St John Passion (Christus)

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Milton Court, London

Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, director

Jacobus Gallus, Ecce quomodo moritur
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
Carlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
James MacMillan, For Sonny
Jacobus Gallus, Filiae Jerusalem
Arvo Pärt, Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

The V&A Museum, Dundee

Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, director

Carlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, director

Carlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, director

Carlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Inverness Cathedral, Inverness

Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, director

Carlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Royal Festival Hall, London

Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stephen Fry, speaker
Gerard McBurney, creative director

Ludwig van Beethoven, Mass in C Op. 86 and Fantasia in C Minor for piano, chorus and orchestra ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80 (chorus)

Full details at the Southbank Centre website.

St Martin's Church, Epsom, Surrey

Epsom Choral Society
Julian Collings, conductor

G.F. Handel, Dixit Dominus (baritone soloist)

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey

Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Janice Watson, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
James Ross, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem (baritone soloist)

Grand Angle, Voiron, France

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

In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons Théâtre

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.

St Nicholas’s Church, Arundel, West Sussex

The Hanover Band
Andrew Arthur, director

G.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)

Tickets at the Hanover Band website.

St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London

Six Centuries Chamber Choir
Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, conductor

G.F. Handel, Messiah (baritone soloist)

St George's, Hanover Square, London

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

The Marian Consort, the English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Ermonela Jaho, the Consone Quartet and Alexandra Dariescu join Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham for the annual In Tune Christmas Special, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

G.F. Handel, Messiah

St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

G.F. Handel, excerpts from Messiah (consort)

An accessible performance for younger listeners.

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

G.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

G.F. Handel, excerpts from ​Messiah (consort)

An accessible performance for younger listeners.

Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal

Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, director

G.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)

St George’s Church, Kemp Town, Brighton

The Hanover Band
Andrew Arthur, director

G.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)

Tickets at the Hanover Band website.

Sacra Capilla de El Salvador, Úbeda, Spain

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Sacred music by Palestrina, Victoria, Allegri, Gabriel Jackson and James MacMillan (consort)

Further details from the Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza.

Zaryadye Concert Hall

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

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

Tickets and further details at the Zaryadye Concert Hall website.

Centre National de la Danse, Paris

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

In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons Théâtre

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. The week culminates in a private performance for producers and promoters of forthcoming performances.

Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

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

Tickets and further details via Les Grands Concerts Lyon.

Eglise Saint-Roch, Paris

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

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

Tickets and further details through Philippe Maillard Productions.

Henri Leboeuf Hall, Bozar, Brussels

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

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

Tickets and further details at the Bozar website.

Philharmonie
Cologne

Freiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and director

English works by Handel and Purcell (consort)

Konzerthaus
Freiburg

Freiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and director

English works by Handel and Purcell (consort)

Philharmonie
Berlin

Freiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and director

English works by Handel and Purcell (consort)

Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle
Stuttgart

Freiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and director

English works by Handel and Purcell (consort)

Asylum Chapel, Peckham, London

Gothic Opera

Heinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (Lord Davenaut)

The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London

Gothic Opera

Heinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (Lord Davenaut)

Brompton Cemetery Chapel

Gothic Opera

Heinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (Lord Davenaut)

Carré Magique, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque en Bretagne, Lannion, France

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director

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

Further details and tickets at the festival website.

Barbican Hall, London

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

Jan Ladislav Dussek, Mass in C (choir)

Further details at the Barbican website.

Abbatiale, Ambronay, France

Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain, conductor

Heinrich Schütz, selections from Psalmen Davids and Cantiones Sacrae (consort and baritone soloist)

Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester

Swindon Choral Society
Robin Nelson, conductor

W.A. Mozart, Requiem (bass soloist)

Opéra Royal, Versailles

The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)

Royal Albert Hall

The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)

Further details at the BBC Proms website.

Philharmonie, Berlin

The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)

Further details at the Berliner Festspiel website.

Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France

The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)

Further details at the Festival Berlioz website.

Royal Albert Hall

Britten Sinfonia Voices
Genesis Sixteen
The Halle Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

Hector Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ (chorus)

Further information and tickets at the BBC Proms website.

Colegio Mayor Magistral Honcala, Ávila, Spain

Zenobia Música Semana Internacional de Canto 2019
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

St Mary's Church, Conwy

The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director

Further information at the Conwy Classical Music Festival website.

Britten Studio, Snape Maltings

Ensemble Perpetuo
Julian Perkins, conductor

Stephen Dodgson, Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart (Guard)

Further information at the Snape Maltings website.

Southwark Cathedral

The Barnes Choir, Epsom Choral Society and The Arcubus Ensemble
Regent Sinfonia
Elgan Llŷr Thomas, tenor
Judy Brown, mezzo-soprano
Julian Collings, conductor

Edward Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius (Priest/Angel of the Agony)

Tickets available here.

Sala Kameralna, NOSPR Concert Hall, Katowice, Poland

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

G.F. Handel, Coronation Anthems

Tickets at the NOSPR website.

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

Ludwi