Instrument: Ensemble

Only Bells and Horses: Garland transforms a Peckham car park into a dreamlike, chaotic spectacle of musicians, objects and voices – thrilling, poignant and unabashedly emotional.

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Fiesta! Philippe Jordan’s Spanish postcard from the Festival Ravel

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Mark Pullinger, 04 Sep

Born to a Basque mother just ten miles from the Spanish border, Ravel excelled at authentic Spanish flavours as heard in this splendid festival concert by the Orchestre National de France.

*****

A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival

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Nick Boston, 10 Aug

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting.

*****

A Whitsun Festival crowned by Rossini’s magic in Salzburg

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Laura Servidei, 09 Jun

An exciting gala concert led by Cecilia Bartoli closed the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg, under the expert baton of Gianluca Capuano.

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Monteverdi’s Vespers in Salzburg: mysticism, might and musical mastery

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Laura Servidei, 07 Jun

Gianluca Capuano leads Les Musiciens du Prince and Il Canto d’Orfeo in a spectacular rendition of Monteverdi’s masterpiece at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival.

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Performers

12 Ensemble A Nocte Temporis Akademie des Symphonieorchesters des BR{BRSO Akademie}Armoniosa Baroque Ensemble Artistes de l'Académie Anton Rubinstein Artistes de l'Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris AsianArt Ensemble Balthasar-Neumann-Solisten Bantu Ensemble Bard East/West Ensemble Brahms Ensemble Berlin Brussels Philharmonic Soloists Budapest Festival Orchestra Baroque Ensemble Camerata 415 berlin Cantoría Chamber Orchestra of the Czech Philharmonic Chamber of Lights Ciconia Consort Cohaere Ensemble Compagnie La Marginaire Compagnie Minute Papillon Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris CrossingLines Ensemble Curtis New Music Ensemble Ensemble 0 Ensemble Apollon Ensemble Appassionato Ensemble Dedalus Ensemble Gabetta Ensemble Jackalope Ensemble L'itinéraire Ensemble La Tempête Ensemble Les Apaches !Ensemble Les Illuminations Ensemble Next Ensemble Tamuz Ensemble Yria Exigence Vocal Ensemble Explore Ensemble Frames percussion Gamut Bach Ensemble Guildhall School Musicians Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet I Giardini Insula camerata Jeunes Talents de l'Académie Jaroussky Le Concert des Nations Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco Lipparella Londinium Consort Los Afectos Diversos Lumas Winds Manchester Collective Members of Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Members of the Bamberg Symphony Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Members of the Dresden Philharmonic Members of the Orchestra Academy at the Staatskapelle Berlin MishMash Ensemble Misha Mullov-Abbado Group Mitglieder des Konzerthausorchesters Berlin Modern Art Ensemble Musicians from Orchestre de Paris Musicians from the Kurt Sanderling Academy Musicians of the Old Post Road Musiciens de l'ONCEIM Musiciens du CNSMD de Paris Nocturnalia Ensemble Orchestral Qawwali Project Orsino Ensemble Phantasm Viol Consort Quinteto Ángel RNS Moves Remua Rune Thorsteinsson Patchwork Sabi Ensemble Scharoun Ensemble Berlin Soloists from the Swiss Orchestra Sonido Extremo Studierende der mdw Stylus Phantasticus Temple Players The Belfast Ensemble The House of Bedlam The Novello Orchestra The Sarahbanda The Winchendon Players Tiksola Co.Unknown Vache Baroque Band Worcester Chamber Music Society Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra Zafraan Ensemble Zahir Ensemble ensemble unitedberlin ensemble132