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SKUTR's daring direction and Václav Luks's early music expertise combine to bring new vitality to a Baroque classic. 

Whether surrounded by lanterns and weapons, or musicians and fellow congregation members, one is deeply involved in this work.

The Three Choirs Festival opens with a performance of Dvořák’s Requiem characterised by extremes of melancholy and hope.

The Solomon's Knot collective offered a lively account of four cantatas from Bach's Christmas Oratorio. 

English imports and local forces made for a memorable St John Passion in Hobart this Easter week.

A taste of the opening weekend in Leipzig’s marathon Bach Festival. 

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Baroque specialists continue their crusade to bring Bach's church cantatas to the modern world.

Zur Aufführung gelangte ein neuzeitlich premiertes Opern-Pasticcio, dem das junge Ensemble mit innewohnender Entdeckerlust und stimmlichen Fähigkeiten zu einem – damals noch versagten – Erfolg verhalf.

Die vier Bachkantaten verbreiteten in der Dresdner Frauenkirche in den Händen Gardiners und seiner Ensembles befreiende Freude.