Fact file
Year of birth | 1621 |
Year of death | 1677 |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Period | Baroque |
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HalleCorona Aurea. Myths of light

Handel, Locke, Jarzębski, Scheidt, Valderrabano
Paweł Miczka; Alon Portal; Claudius Kamp
ParisShakespeare et la musique

Shakespeare, Purcell, Locke / Weldon, Dowland, Blow
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Anna Prohaska; Georg Kallweit
LondonProm 26: Late Night Serpent and Fire

Purcell, Graupner, Sartorio, Locke, Handel, Castello, Cavalli, Hasse
Il giardino armonico; Giovanni Antonini; Anna Prohaska
LondonWar of the Three Kingdoms

Ferrabosco II, Holborne, Brade, Gibbons, Locke, Lawes, Jenkins
Jordi Savall; Hespèrion XXI
OxfordFlorilegium - A Choice Collection
Purcell, Baltzar, Simpson, Blow, Handel, Locke, Barsanti
Florilegium
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All the pleasures: Dunedin Consort honours St Cecilia

The Dunedins venture south to show London how to play and sing Purcell.
Anna Prohaska: pure and precise

Themed around legendary African queens Dido and Cleopatra, Prohaska’s recital with the virtuosi of Il Giardino Armonico could serve as a template for the ideal Baroque programme.
Shakespeare at the Sam Wanamaker

Arcangelo and three excellent singers performed 17th-century music inspired by Shakespeare in a vivid and amusing performance. Lipstick and pashmina anyone?
Vox Luminis perform glorious music fit for a King

The Belgium-based vocal ensemble presented a programme of vocal and choral delights from 17th century England with mixed results.
Party like it's the 1690s

Party like it's the 1690s! The CBSO Baroque Ensemble entertains in a programme of joyous dance music.