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Period: Baroque

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ColchesterCyrus Yuen: Rising Young Artist Spotlight

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Bach, Kreisler, Ysaÿe
Cyrus (Ho Chun) Yuen, Violin

Sevenoaks, KentVivaldi's Four Seasons

© Music in Action
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione), Op.8 no. 1-4
Harriet Mackenzie; Celoniatus Ensemble

TwickenhamA Flight of Fantasies

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Rameau, Scriabin, Franck, Chopin, Liszt
Bridget Lee, Piano

BarcelonaRiccardo Primo - HandelConcert performance

Les Arts Florissants
Handel: Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
Paul Agnew; Les Arts Florissants; Mélissa Petit; Paul Figuier

WorcesterThe Complete Bach: Emi Ferguson - Flute Sonatas

© Fay Fox
Bach, Bach C.P.E.
Emi Ferguson; Kit Armstrong

WashingtonDolcissima Speranza: Featuring Renowned Tenor Thomas Cooley

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Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, d'India, Strozzi
Thomas Cooley; Washington Bach Consort

LondonPlaying with Fire: Yuja Wang

Playing with Fire installation © Clément Deneux
Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bach, Liszt, Prokofiev, Brahms, Chopin
Pre-recorded avatar of Yuja Wang, Piano

LondonBach Orchestral Suites

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Bach
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen; Katy Bircher; Clara Espinosa Encinas; Antina Hugosson
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Mourning without borders: Figure at London’s Stone Nest

‘Mourn’ at Stone Nest © Valya Korabelnikova
Figure and Alkanna Graeca explore a shared vocabulary of lament, moving from Georgian and Epirotic songs to Monteverdi and Strozzi without a seam.
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Bach Collegium Japan reveals the Brandenburg Concertos’ rich variety

Masato Suzuki © Marco Borggreve
Bach Collegium Japan brings rhythmic vitality and instrumental colour to the six Brandenburg Concertos in Dublin, with thrilling harpsichord virtuosity tempered by occasional intonation difficulties.
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Acosta Danza’s Cuban Baroque: adventurous but uneven choreography

Acosta Danza in Pearls by Andonis Foniadakis © Johan Persson
Acosta Danza has always had an adventurous taste in commissioning choreography. In this programme, the revival fared better than the new commission.
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Haydn2032 project thrills with cheeky Il dolce far niente in Basel

Giovanni Antonini conducts Il Giardino Armonico © Benno Hunziker
The Haydn2032 project continues, with Giovanni Antonini guiding the players of Il Giardino Armonico through a speedy but still luscious program at Don Bosco Basel.
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Lawrence Power brings Schnittke’s intriguing Viola Concerto to life

Lawrence Power, Patrick Hahn and the RSNO in rehearsal © RSNO | Clara Cowen

In Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, Schnittke’s Viola Concerto is bookended by elegiac Bach and memorable Shostakovich, conducted by Patrick Hahn. 

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Emelyanychev leads the SCO in Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Maxim Emelyanychev © Christopher Bowen
An autumn St Matthew Passion in Edinburgh underplays the drama and wallows in the reverence.
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The double bass enjoys the limelight at Sage Two, Gateshead

Will Duerden and the Royal Northern Sinfonia © Tynesight Media
Will Duerden leads from behind in an eclectic treasure chest of rarely heard delights.
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Baroque’n’roll Vivaldi from Pekka Kuusisto in Aurora jam session

Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr and Aurora Orchestra © Chuko Cribb
Swedish folk musician Ale Carr joins the multi-faceted Finn and Aurora Orchestra in an unconventional but brilliant take on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
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