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GatesheadPurcell's Dido and Aeneas

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Bjarte Eike; Royal Northern Sinfonia; Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia; Timothy Burke; Katie Bray

LondonRCM Baroque: Acis and Galatea

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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RCM Baroque Orchestra; Ashley Solomon; RCM Chamber Choir

LondonBach, the Universe and Everything

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Clemens non Papa, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Steven Devine; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Angharad Rowlands; Hugo Brady; Peter Edge

LondonMr Handel's Birthday Party

London Handel Society Ltd
Handel
Gregory Batsleer; Unknown

LondonIl trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Wigmore Hall
Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a
David Bates; La Nuova Musica; Jeanine De Bique; Fleur Barron; Christopher Lowrey

LondonCome & Sing – Bach St John Passion (in English) with Hilary Campbell

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Bach: St John Passion, BWV245
Hilary Campbell; Unknown

LondonBach Celebratory Cantatas

Wigmore Hall
Bach
Adrian Butterfield; London Handel Players; Rachel Brown; Aoife Miskelly; Daniel Taylor
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Brahms unpacked by Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt

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Soprano Cornelia Beskow and accordionist Leo Florin join O/Modernt for a night of gypsy vim and Viennese swing at Wigmore Hall.
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Joshua Bell and the ASMF thrill in Schumann and Brahms

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At Cadogan Hall, Bell’s account of Robert Schumann’s Spring Symphony is as sunny an interpretation as you’re likely to hear. 
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Murderous madrigalist: Death of Gesualdo a treat for eyes and ears

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Agony, ecstasy and a double murder: Bill Barclay and The Gesualdo Six combine for a theatrical concert celebrating the life – and death – of the Renaissance composer.
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Simpson returns home to lead sterling RLPO wind performances

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Energy and virtuosity underpin this performance by wind players – and one string performer – from the RLPO, led by a local legend playing on his home turf. 
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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

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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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Breaking bonds: a staged Messiah from Wild Arts

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It's not Christmas without Handel's Messiah, and in the delightful Smith Square Hall, the oratorio is given a staging by Wild Arts which may not completely convince, but moves nonetheless.
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Breath and soul: Bach’s eloquent oboe at the Seattle Bach Festival

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In ‘The Eloquent Oboe’, Tekla Cunningham and colleagues draw out the quiet drama in solo Bach cantatas – where the oboe’s sigh becomes the soul’s own speech.

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