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Instrument: Period Instrumental Ensemble

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LondonBach’s Mass in B minor with Waterperry Opera Festival

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Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Bertie Baigent; Choir of St Marylebone Parish Church; Waterperry Opera Festival Baroque Orchestra

StockholmOrpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri Imperiali

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de Lassus, Castello, Schmelzer
Orpheus Baroque Stockholm; Lambert Colson

ViennaBach Consort Wien

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Handel
Rubén Dubrovsky; Bach Consort Wien; Kathrin Zukowski

AmsterdamAfternoon Concert: Música Temprana with Bailes, Tonadas & Cachuas

Het Concertgebouw
Música Temprana; Lina López; Luciana Cueto

LondonBach, Graupner and Telemann

Wigmore Hall
Bach, Telemann, Graupner
John Butt; Dunedin Consort; Alexander Chance; Stephen Farr; Alexandra Bellamy

BrusselsFurioso

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Steffani, Vivaldi, Porpora, Fux, Handel
Xavier Sabata; Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu

BarcelonaFurioso: fury, madness and virtuosity of a baroque hero | Xavier Sabata & Le concert de l'Hostel Dieu.

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Vivaldi, Steffani, Porpora, Handel
Franck-Emmanuel Comte; Xavier Sabata; Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
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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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Ensemble Masques opens “Cembalomania” at the Elbphilharmonie

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Ensemble Masques brings French Baroque to life at the Elbphilharmonie, with Olivier Fortin’s radiant harpsichord, spirited strings and vivid interplay revealing the expressive richness of Couperin, Rameau, Forqueray and Corrette.

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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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Ensemble Jupiter end European tour of Handel’s Theodora in Brussels

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Projection proves a problem for the singers, but this Theodora at BOZAR is nevertheless full of musical and spiritual beauty.
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I Fagiolini make their Lammermuir Festival debut

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In their Lammermuir Festival debut, I Fagiolini strike spiritual and musical gold with the Monteverdi Vespers... at least in the first half.
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Dramas of imagination: Ensemble Micrologus and Per-Sonat in Antwerp

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Adam de la Halle’s Le Jeu de Robin et Marion, one of the earliest extant music dramas, is given riotous performance by Ensemble Micrologus.
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Le Concert Spirituel’s Striggio marred by flawed staging choices

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Le Concert Sprituel’s otherwise strong performance of Striggio and other Renaissance works is let down by their staging and the Royal Albert Hall’s acoustics.
***11
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