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Exquisit und unterhaltsam war, was Jean Rondeau und Thomas Dunford in intimer Atmosphäre aus ihren Instrumenten und den Kostbarkeiten der weniger bekannten französischen Hofmusik holten.

Le chef de file de la guitare française a livré un moment d'exception dans la charmante église de Saint-Brice Courcelles.

Scotland's Dunedin Consort offers a radiant program of Purcell and his peers.

Hespèrion XXI dazzle us with virtuosity as they celebrate musical Europe in the heart of Westminster.

Jordi Savall's returns to 1991 film soundtrack and captivates a full house at St John's Smith Square.

Solo lute concerts of this repertoire, or lute recitals of any kind for that matter, are rare on this side of the Atlantic. Lucky audiences in Philadelphia heard an exceptional recital of French lute repertoire by Paris-based lutenist Miguel Yisrael.

It seems unfair to describe this as a Jordi Savall concert, when in fact Xavier Díaz-Latorre, introduced as his collaborator, played at least as fundamental a role and provided some of the most memorable moments of the evening.

Most musicians with an arresting stage presence tend to command attention with an awe-inspiring magnetism. There are, however, a handful who possess a rare ability to mesmerize an audience just as much with a calm and phlegmatic demeanour.

‘Fêtes Galantes’ is one of those glorious French phrases that sounds so wonderful but is nigh on impossible to translate. Rather than having any concrete meaning, it evokes Watteau-esque imagery of woodland gatherings, where eighteenth-century aristocrats amuse themselves by flirting, dancing and making music.