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SouthwellThe Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Southwell

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Vivanco, Morales, Briggs, MacMillan
Harry Christophers; The Sixteen

LondonBBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Thomas Dunford and Friends

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Dowland, Chemirani, Dunford, The Beatles, Marais, Bach
Thomas Dunford; Keyvan Chemirani

DerbyThe Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Derby

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Vivanco, Morales, Briggs, MacMillan
Harry Christophers; The Sixteen

PeterboroughThe Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Peterborough

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Vivanco, Morales, Briggs, MacMillan
Harry Christophers; The Sixteen

LondonGive Me Your Stars

Wigmore Hall
Victoria, Whitacre, Walker, Holst, Schubert, McGlynn, Davis, Traditional, Various, Berlin, Duke, Kander
Barnaby Smith; Voces8; Savannah Porter; Eleonora Poignant; Katie Jeffries-Harris

PragueTenebrae & English Renaissance

Prague Symphony Orchestra
Byrd, Mundy, Tallis
Nigel Short; Tenebrae

LondonMagdalena Kožená, Azul Lima

Wigmore Hall
Purcell, Dowland, Lima, Merula, Dean, Strozzi, Kapsberger, Caccini, Cesti, Piccinini, Berio
Magdalena Kožená; Azul Lima

Hong KongFrederic Belli: Brass Tales from Europe

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Susato, Bruckner, Ewald, Moraeus, Hazell
Frederic Belli; Hong Kong Sinfonietta Brass Ensemble
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Sad shanties from Manchester Collective and Sean Shibe

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The Manchester Collective are one of the most successful groups of musicians who aim to bridge the gap between musicians and their audiences. 
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A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonia

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Any performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is an event, but this mighty Philharmonia account at the Royal Festival Hall proves extra special. 
*****
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Totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at Adelaide Festival

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It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon. 
*****
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Good Night World: Pygmalion opens the Adelaide Festival in style

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The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.
****1
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Symmetries in Sound: Ensemble 360 explores music and maths

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Forwards? Backwards? Upside down? All three at once? From Machaut to Pärt, Ensemble 360 considers the relationship between musical structures and varieties of mathematical pattern.
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Ed Lyon excels in Monteverdi’s Songs of Love and War

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Tenor Ed Lyon fulfils a long-held ambition to sing Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals, conducted by his former teacher, Laurence Cummings at Milton Court.
*****
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Take Five: Fretwork in Sheffield

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Fretwork bring the expected and the startlingly unexpected to Sheffield in a revealing evening of music for viol consort. 

****1
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Dances without movement: Couperin reconsidered by Jean Rondeau

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Jean Rondeau’s anniversary tribute to Louis Couperin reveals a refined but inward-looking aesthetic – beautifully controlled, yet ultimately lacking the rhetorical energy, physicality, and communicative spark essential to this music.

**111
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