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Singapore Symphony Children's and Youth Choirs are led by Stephen Layton in music by Britten, Rautavaara and Vivaldi, heralding a blessed Christmas season.

The Venice Baroque Orchestra offers a fast-paced, intense array of 18th-century selections in New York City.

Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta show impressive camraderie in Baroque arias.

A satisfying concoction of Italian concertos from the Academy of Ancient Music had Frank de Bruine leading the charge on oboe, with pristine performances also from violin and harpsichord.

In the opening concert of the fifth Valletta International Baroque Festival, soloist Andrea Di Marco shows the versatility of the Baroque trumpet.

Mats Ek pours his heart and soul in to the most ungainly gestures, and his last programme in Paris is a fitted farewell.

Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival provides a satisfying selection of musical frauds in the magnificent surroundings of Kuhmo Arts Centre.

Such is the growing popularity of the solo countertenor voice that in this past week I was able to hear four countertenor performances in London - the latest being Max Emanuel Cenčić.

As their contribution to The Sage Gateshead’s weekend-long “Fiddles on Fire” festival, Northern Sinfonia presented a selection of solo violin and string music that artfully blurred the distinctions between musical periods and genres, putting the emphasis firmly on the instrument itself, and on the spirited playing of their leader, Bradley Creswick.

The second of violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved's Soundbox series once again took place in the exposed-brick Green Room above the bar at Wilton's Music Hall. As with Soundbox 1, the programme comprised short bursts of music with readings of contemporary material, but this time we also had visual aids in the form of postcards, which were referred to througout.

The Academy of Ancient Music has been critically acclaimed in pursuing Baroque composers’ original stylistic intent, and this gave tonight’s concert the prospect of a faithful look into the period of 1650-1750. Here are a few of my highlights from this varied Robeco Summer Concert in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

In the week when the world of Physics was turned upside-down by neutrinos being found to travel faster than the speed of light, my physics world encountered another first – a carpeted church with a fantastic acoustic! St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk – situated at the highest point of Musselburgh, East Lothian - played host to a sold-out concert featuring The Scottish Ensemble and their special guest,

El festival presenta un concierto para celebrar el 350º aniversario del compositor veneciano.

Addio Amore ! À la Peterskirche de Bâle, le duo de chanteurs a délivré un concert poignant, brillant ainsi que le Kammerorchester Basel dans le répertoire baroque italien.

Il est des musiques faites pour être écoutées, d’autres pour être entendues, d’autres encore pour être comprises quand la plupart ne sont hélas que jouées. Enfin quelques unes sont heureusement vécues. Tout est question d’interprétation et les musiciens ne sont pas légion à pouvoir y prétendre. 

Temperamentvolle Stürme und emotionsgeladene Klänge: die Mandoline braucht sich nicht zu verstecken.