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LyonVivaldi Sauvage

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Chapelle de la Trinité, Sat 23 May at 20:00
Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op.8 nos. 1-12
Franck-Emmanuel Comte; Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu; Unknown
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LyonFurioso

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Chapelle de la Trinité, Tue 9 Jun at 20:00
Steffani, Vivaldi, Porpora, Fux, Handel
Franck-Emmanuel Comte; Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu; Xavier Sabata; Unknown
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BrusselsChasing Rainbows

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BOZAR: Main hall, Sat 13 Jun at 20:00
Rodgers, Coward, Wilson, Loewe, Sherman, Mancini, Bernstein
Thomas Dunford; Sophie Daneman; Hubert Barrère; Bertrand Couderc; Lea Desandre
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ParisStabat Mater

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Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Tue 16 Jun at 20:00
Pergolesi
Francesco Corti; Fatma Said; Sasha Cooke; Les Ambassadeurs – La Grande Écurie
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CremonaDa Legrenzi a Händel

Teatro Ponchielli
Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Michele Vetere, Thu 18 Jun at 18:00
Legrenzi, Scarlatti, Bach, Handel
Antonio Greco; Valentina Molinari; Alessandra Visentin; Cremona Antiqua
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SkiptonVivaldi Gloria and Musical Glories of Paris and Venice

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Town Hall, Sat 20 Jun at 18:00
Vivaldi, Charpentier, Monteverdi, Perucona, Strozzi
Thomas Leech; Bradford Festival Choral Society; Baroque in the North; Louise Wayman; Charlotte Woodhead
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LondonLea Desandre, Jupiter Ensemble, Thomas Dunford

Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall, Wed 24 Jun at 19:30
Handel
Thomas Dunford; Lea Desandre; Ensemble Jupiter
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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

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David Smythe, 18 Dec

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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Mengguang Huang, 12 Dec

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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Dominic Lowe, 09 Dec
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.
***11
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Ensemble Jupiter end European tour of Handel’s Theodora in Brussels

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Simon Thompson, 15 Oct
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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Simon Thompson, 07 Sep
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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Lawrence Dunn, 23 Aug
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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Nick Boston, 17 Aug
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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