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LondonDunedin Consort / John Butt

Wigmore Hall
Scheidt, Rosenmüller, Geist, Bach J. C., Böhm, Buxtehude, Theile, Schütz, Bach
John Butt; Dunedin Consort; Lucy Crowe; Joanna Songi; Sarah Anne Champion

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Davies: Passion of Mary Magdalene
John Butt; Dunedin Consort; Anna Dennis; Marcus Farnsworth
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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

Nardus Williams © Bertie Watson

The Dunedin Messiah, a speciality with Baroque instruments, is given with soloists Nardus Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean, Joshua Ellicott and Dingle Yandell in Perth, directed by John Butt.

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John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

Helen Charlston and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Mark Allan
The Queen of Sheba is clearly in a hurry in this account of Handel's oratorio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. 
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Handel's Messiah overpowered by massed forces at the Proms

Messiah at the BBC Proms Choral Day © BBC | Andy Paradise
Massed choral forces, a strong solo line up and expanded orchestral forces overpower Handel at the end of the BBC Proms Choral Day.
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Leipzig 300: Dunedin Consort explores the Thomaskantor shortlist

John Crockatt © Dunedin Consort
The Dunedin Consort explores the 1723 Thomaskantor shortlist:  Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach in a programme directed by John Butt. 
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An especially memorable Messiah from the Dunedin Consort

Helen Charlston © Benjamin Ealovega

John Butt directs the Dunedin Consort and a top team of soloists in St Mary's Cathedral for Handel's seasonal favourite. 

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Authenticity and enjoyment in Dunedin Consort's Acis and Galatea

Rachel Redmond is a sweet voiced Galatea in the Dunedin Consort's performance of the Cannons version of Acis and Galatea in Perth. 

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