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Melbourne-born soprano Sioghan Stagg returns for a one night stand with Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra as part of their Australian tour.

One of the world's top period instrument ensembles bring Handel's Water Music and other baroque classics to Klosters.

Royaler Auftakt der Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Ensembles, der ganz dicht vor höchstpunktlicher Weisheit der Krone anzusiedeln ist.

Gerhaher's glorious rendition of Mozart arias and the crisp sound of the FBO made for a delightful evening. 

A bright evening of the "Mozart Effect" series somewhat dulled by a bizarrely structured programme.

Anlässlich des 300. Todestages des Sonnenkönigs führt das Freiburger Barockorchester dem Publikum royalen Glanz vor Ohren.

Perhaps the best jokers keep the straightest faces. For much of this evening at Wigmore Hall, the body language of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra portrayed serious musicians going about their serious business. 

Music associated with the eighteenth-century Dresden court was the theme of Thursday's excellent concert by the European Union Baroque orchestra under the leadership of the violinist Gottfried von der Goltz.

What a lovely way to round off a weekend, with some feel-good favourites from one of the world’s finest early music ensembles. Currently in their silver jubilee season, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra actually began to emerge a couple of years earlier than their official 1987 launch.

The title reflecting a countertenor aria from Henry Purcell’s Ode to St Cecilia, “’tis Nature’s Voice” was the overall theme of this year’s Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, which drew to a spectacular close on Saturday.