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Christmas Oratorio, BWV248Concerto grosso in G minor "Christmas Concerto", Op.6 no.8Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op.8 no. 4, RV 297 "L'inverno" (Winter)Italian Concerto, BWV971Mass in B minor, BWV232MessiahSt John Passion, BWV245St Matthew Passion, BWV244Stabat MaterThe Four Seasons (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione), Op.8 no. 1-4See all...Upcoming eventsSee more...
MunichARD International Music Competition: Second round - Bassoon

Devienne, Telemann, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Torriani, Fujikura, de Frutos, Lim, Neuwirth, Odermatt, Staud, Yun
Contestants of the ARD International Music Competition
Tunbridge WellsClassics by Candlelight

Eccles, Vaughan Williams, Beach, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Dvořák, Handel, Pirotti, McDowall
Celoniatus Ensemble
EdinburghEdinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series -The Beethoven Sonatas

Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin
Viv McLean, Piano
MunichARD International Music Competition: Semi-finals - Bassoon

Vivaldi, Françaix, Šenk
Munich Chamber Orchestra; Semi-finalists of the ARD International Music Competition
LondonThe Gesualdo Six

Tallis, Byrd, Cornysh II, Tavener, Frye, Pygott, Gibbons, Weelkes, Mundy, Sheryngham, Ramsey, Tomkins
Owain Park; The Gesualdo Six; James Guy
TurinLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers

Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman
DemminZKO on Tour — Daniel Hope – Vivaldi Recomposed

Vivaldi, Richter
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope
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A searing start to the new Czech Philharmonic season

Conductor Semyon Bychkov and soloist Karen Gomyo set the tone for an exhilarating evening of mind-expanding musicality.
On top form: Carlos Acosta’s Myths and Modern Masters in London

Carlos Acosta has lost none of his brilliance and in a carefully curated programme with Acosta Danza and Birmingham Royal Ballet, he still thrills audiences.
Haapsalu Early Music Festival: Baltic summer nights

Across historic medieval vaulted sanctuaries and sunlit naves, the Haapsalu Early Music Festival weaves Baroque oratorios, intimate lute recitals and Renaissance polyphony into the lingering twilight of the Baltic summer.
Coffee and canary: brilliant entertainment from Australian Baroque

A wonderful staged pairing of Telemann's cantata for a dead canary and Bach's coffee cantata, with sundry other creatures, from Australian Baroque.
Spanning the ages from Dowland to Strauss at the BBC Proms

Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic are persuasive in Also sprach Zarathustra, less so in Sibelius. Thomas Dunford soothes with Dowland and Purcell.
Lucie Horsch and Grigory Sokolov span the ages in Colmar

Lucie Horsch shows that her star is fully risen in Vivaldi and Telemann. Grigory Sokolov demonstrates why he has been in the top rank of pianists for many years.
Les Arts Florissants provide a stylish opening to Toronto Summer Music

Excellent use of movement and dance enhances stylish music-making in Toronto Summer Music’s opening night Charpentier double bill.
Julia Lezhneva takes Il Giardino Armonico into extra time

Extra time and penalties beckon as Julia Lezhneva displays rapidfire coloratura and endless stamina in an evening capped with seven encores.

