Early Music Concert Diary
Please check details with concert organisers before turning up for a concert, as this information comes from a variety of sources which may not all be accurate. Start times are 7.30 pm unless stated. N.B. the * in email addresses has been replaced by * to defeat address-gathering software. Information on concert venues
FEBRUARY
Thur 9 PR Bampton Classical Opera. Bononcini, Eccles, Handel
Fri 10 Oxford, Magdalen College chapel, 8pm. Phantasm viol consort with Daniel Hyde (organ). Byrd, Ward, Jenkins, Lawes, Tomkins, Gibbons & H Purcell. Reservations: 07952 223218 phantasmtickets*gmail.com
Tue 14 London, WiltonÓs Music Hall. The KingÓs Consort. Concert for St ValentineÓs Day (020 7702 2789) www.wiltons.org.uk
Sat 25 Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge SE1. Music to die for: to accompany the installation of David Mach's controversial crucifixion sculpture, Die Harder, in the Cathedral, New Renaissance Voices sing Josquin 'Missa Pange Lingua', Isaac 'Choralis Constantinus', Schutz 'Seven Last Words from the Cross' and J S Bach 'Jesu meine Freude'. Voices and viols directed by Bruce Saunders. £8 at the door
Wed 29 WH Academy of Ancient Music. Musical Revolutions: Rise of the Concerto. Biber, Bach, Vivaldi
Wed 29 Wokingham Town Hall, 8-9pm. Andrea Pfenninger (sop) Adrian Boorman (countertenor) & ensemble. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
MARCH
Sat 3 London, All Saints Church, East Sheen, SW14, 7.30pm. Zadok Baroque Orchestra. A selection of unusual and rarely heard chamber concerti by Telemann, Handel, Quantz & Vivaldi - amidst the more familiar favourites of that period - "the biggest thing since the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba!" See www.baroque.plus.com for maps and more details and www.allsaintsconcerts.org/ for venue details and how to book
Sun 11 New Malden Methodist Church 3 pm. - Cello sonatas by A & D Scarlatti, JS & CPE Bach and F Alborea. Jennifer Morsches, cello & Robin Bigwood, harpsichord
Fri 23 SJSS Whitehall Choir, London Baroque Sinfonia. Handel: Israel in Egypt
Sat 24 SJSS Anton Bruckner Choir, C™then Baroque. JS Bach: St John Passion
Sun 25 SJSS City of London Choir, Hanover Band. JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
Wed 28 Wokingham Town Hall, 8-9pm. Jennifer Janse (bar cello) Telemann, Vivaldi, Domenico Gabrielli
Fri 30 London, The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, Savoy Hill, Strand, London WC2R 0DA, 7.30 pm. Tredici Chamber Choir. Palestrina, Byrd, Tallis, Lotti etc. www.tredici.co.uk
Fri 30 Benslow 8pm. Lute recital (tbc)
Sat 31 SJSS English Baroque Choir, Brandenburg Sinfonia. Handel, JS Bach, Mozart
APRIL
Sat 14 Hitchin, Queen Mother Theatre, Walsworth Rd, 2pm & 7pm. Benslow Baroque Opera. Handel: Semele (staged)
MAY
Fri 25 London, Wallace Collection, Manchester Square at 1800 & 2030. Guildhall School of Music and Drama (dir Andrew Lawrence-King). Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda www.gsmd.ac.uk
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