Instrument: Ensemble (vocal and orchestral)

It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.

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Good Night World: Pygmalion opens the Adelaide Festival in style

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Sandra Bowdler, 27 Feb

The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.

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Les Arts Florissants play an abbreviated Christmas Oratorio in Paris

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Simon Thompson, 13 Dec

Vigour and vibrato: Les Arts Florissant bring gallic refinement to Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at the Philharmonie de Paris.

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Vox Luminis illuminate Telemann and Bach for Advent at the Elphi

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Mengguang Huang, 09 Dec

Vox Luminis bring radiant Advent performances to northern Germany, filling Hamburg’s winter evening with joy, clarity and winter-firewood charm.

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Gesualdo Passione with Les Arts Florissants

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David Karlin, 16 Oct

Fusing the Renaissance polyphony of Les Arts Florissants with the contemporary dance of Compagnie Amala Dianor was an ambitious experiment, which displayed great virtues but didn't quite come off.

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A glimpse into grandeur: The Wedding of the Sun King

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Mengguang Huang, 17 Jan

Le Poème Harmonique undertakes musical time-travelling from regal Versailles to vibrant Venice, where divine harmonies collide with earthly celebrations.

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Solomon’s Knot unravel Bach family motets in a different way

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Leighton Jones, 04 Dec

Taking two generations of the Bach family, Solomon’s Knot reinvigorate their motets with vision and excellent execution.

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