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Randall Goosby and Dalia Stasevska © Mark Allan

Searching for Barber: Randall Goosby and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

By Chris Garlick, 30 October 2026

Dalia Stasevska rarely lacks ambition, but her programme of Barber, Lyatoshynsky and Caroline Shaw is something of a curate's egg.

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London

30 Oct 2026

Searching for Barber: Randall Goosby and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

By Chris Garlick

London

Peerless choral singing from Arcangelo in Bach’s Mass in B minor at the BBC Proms

By David Karlin, 10 September 2026

At just 50 singers, the choir of Arcangelo produce a remarkable feat of choral singing to bring Bach's masterpiece to life at a packed Royal Albert Hall.

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London

10 Sept 2026

Peerless choral singing from Arcangelo in Bach’s B minor Mass

By David Karlin

Glyndebourne

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

By Roy Westbrook, 14 June 2026

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

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Glyndebourne

14 Jun 2026

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

By Roy Westbrook

Helen Charlston and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Mark Allan

London

“Virtue only makes a monarch great”: Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

By Roy Westbrook, 12 October 2025

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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London

12 Oct 2025

John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

By Roy Westbrook

Edinburgh

The Veil of the Temple triumphantly opens the Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe, 2 August 2025

John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie.

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Edinburgh

2 Aug 2025

Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe

Scottish Chamber Chorus © Christopher Bowen

Edinburgh

Václav Luks conducts a sprightly Christmas Oratorio with the SCO and Chorus

By David Smythe, 28 November 2024

A month early, perhaps, but Václav Luks conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's joyful celebration of the Christmas story.

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Edinburgh

28 Nov 2024

Václav Luks conducts a sprightly Christmas Oratorio

By David Smythe

London

A triumphant Esther from Cummings at the London Handel Festival's Spring Awakenings

By Nick Boston, 14 March 2024

A glorious Esther from Laurence Cummings and the London Handel Singers and Orchestra, with a classy line-up of soloists led by Nardus Williams and Tim Mead.

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London

14 Mar 2024

A triumphant Esther from Cummings at London Handel Festival

By Nick Boston

Masaaki Suzuki and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Mark Allan

London

Glad tidings: Bach's Christmas Oratorio from the OAE

By Roy Westbrook, 3 December 2023

Masaaki Suzuki leads the Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment through Bach's Christmas Oratorio across two evenings at the Southbank Centre.

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London

3 Dec 2023

Glad tidings: Bach's Christmas Oratorio from the OAE

By Roy Westbrook

Cologne

Sensationelle Dowland400-Feier mit Thomas Dunford und Ensemble Jupiter

By Jens Klier, 3 October 2026

In besungener Tragik nur denkbar knapp und streng an der Höchstwertung vorbei, macht das Ensemble Jupiter die Dowland-Feierstunde in Köln aber zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis.

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Cologne

3 Oct 2026

Sensationelle Dowland400-Feier mit Thomas Dunford und Ensemble Jupiter

By Jens Klier

Zurich

Theologie der Doppelchörigkeit: Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher, 4 April 2026

Chor und Orchester des Collegium Vocale Gent und ihr charismatischer Leiter Philippe Herreweghe, längst Legenden der historischen Aufführungspraxis, beweisen, dass die Doppelchörigkeit der Matthäus-Passion nicht nur ein Stereo-Phänomen ist.

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Zurich

4 Apr 2026

Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher

Philippe Herreweghe © Rafa Martín | La Filarmónica

Madrid

Una experiencia para el alma: La Pasión de Herreweghe

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 31 March 2026

Philippe Herreweghe ofreció una versión de la Pasión según san Mateo al frente del coro y la orquesta Collegium Vocale Gent de notable factura, emocionante y extremadamente expresiva.

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Madrid

31 Mar 2026

Herrewegue dirige una excepcional Pasión según san Mateo

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic

Sir John Eliot Gardiner dirigiert The Constellation Orchestra and Choir in der Thomaskirche © Gert Mothes

Leipzig

Sieben Kantaten für ein Halleluja: The Constellation und Gardiner beim Bachfest Leipzig

By Jens Klier, 14 June 2025

Transformation zum Motto ausgerufen, wurde diese vielfältig und in Affekt, Kontrast und dramatischer Ansprache auf insgesamt unverändert beeindruckende Art hör- und sichtbar.

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Leipzig

14 Jun 2025

Sieben Kantaten für ein Halleluja: Gardiner beim Bachfest Leipzig

By Jens Klier