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LondonChristmas Oratorio: Parts 1 – 3
Zelenka, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; Florian Störtz
LondonChristmas Oratorio: Parts 4 – 6
Zelenka, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; Florian Störtz
PraguePlatée
Rameau: Platée
Václav Luks; SKUTR (Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský); Prague National Theatre Opera; Jakub Kopecký; Simona Rybáková; Jan Dörner; Collegium 1704
ZurichCollegium 1704 Chor & Orchester / Václav Luks
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Collegium 1704; Václav Luks; Collegium Vocale 1704
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Václav Luks and the OAE deliver operatic scale in Haydn’s Creation
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks are joined by their own choir and strong soloists for a fresh and colourful performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung.
In Prague, a sparkling season opener from Collegium 1704
Václav Luks launches a celebration of his ensemble's 20th anniversary with a seductive secular treatment of sacred music.
Václav Luks conducts a sprightly Christmas Oratorio
A month early, perhaps, but Václav Luks conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's joyful celebration of the Christmas story.
A rambunctious Platée revival in Prague
SKUTR's daring direction and Václav Luks's early music expertise combine to bring new vitality to a Baroque classic.
Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele
Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.
An exciting oratorio: Handel's Belshazzar in Göttingen
A thrilling performance of one of Handel's most dramatic oratorios was rapturously received at the Göttingen International Handel Festival, rising from the Covid ashes this year
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A Baroque revolutionary: Václav Luks on Zelenka
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Chopin festival celebrates 100 years of Polish independence
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