York Early Music International Young Artists Competition 2024National Centre for Early MusicYork, 13 July 2024 Founded in 1985, the biennial York Early Music International Young Artists Competition takes place in the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) in the former church of St Margaret’s, Walmgate in York. As usual, it formed the conclusion of the annual York Early Music Festival ..read more

Organ at 70Ourania Gassiou & Eleni KeventsidouRoyal Festival Hall, 28 June 2024 Bach: Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto 2. arr. Reger for keyboard (4 hands)Franck: Choral No.2 in B minorCochereau: Scherzo symphonique (from 12 Pieces)Liszt: Funérailles from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173 arr. Nicolas Kynaston for organReger: Rhapsodie in C sharp minor, Op.65 No.1; Toccata in E minor, Op.65 No.11Leighton: Martyrs – dialogues ..read more

Sing JoyfullyThe Renaissance Singers at 80Renaissance Singers, The San Trovaso Consort, David AllinsonSt. George’s Bloomsbury. 29 June 2024 Robert Fayrfax: Magnificat ‘Regale’ a5Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis a4Jacobus Clemens: Ego flos campi a7Orlando Lassus: Missa Puisque j’ay perdu a4, Kyrie and Agnus DeiHeinrich Isaac: Virgo Prudentissima a6 Thomas Luis de Victoria: Four Mairan AntiphonsAlma redemptoris mater a8; Ave regina caelorum a8; Salve regina a8; Ave ..read more

Mayfair Organ ConcertsSt George’s, Hanover Square, 2 July 2024 Two German Anniversaries: 1624 & 1674Samuel Scheidt and Matthais Weckmann Andrew Benson-Wilson Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)Tabulatura nova, 1624Echo ad manuale duplex forte et leneFantasia super Io son ferito lassoModus pleno Organo pedaliter: Benedicamus à 6 Voc Matthias Weckmann (c1616-1674)Canzon in GNun freut euch, lieben Christen gmeinPraeludium A.5 ..read more

Georg Muffat: Missa in Labore Requies a 24Le Banquet Céleste, La Guilde des Mercenaires, Damien GuillonChâteau de Versailles Spectacles CVS106. 58’53 If you like your music loud and dramatic, with moments of calm, you will love this recording by Le Banquet Céleste and La Guilde des Mercenaires of Georg Muffat’s c1690 Missa in Labore Requies ..read more

Farándula Castiza: Madrid, the melting potForma AntiqvaLondon Festival of Baroque MusicSt John’s, Smith Square. 15 May 2024 For around 40 years, and through several incarnations, the London Festival of Baroque Music was one of the highlights of London’s early music scene. Formally known as the Lufthansa Festival, their lengthy sponsorship by a major German airline ..read more

Renaissance ModernsBritten Sinfonia, Marian Consort, Lisa IlleaMilton Court, London. 11 May 2024 Binchois (arr. for strings by Lisa Illean): Two chansonsDunstable: Regina CaeliThomas Adès: Darknesse visibleLisa Illean: Arcing, stilling, bending, gathering (UK premiere)Lusitano: Heu me Domine; Allor che ignudaGesualdo: Moro lasso; Hei mihi Domine; Sparge la moreBrett Dean: Carlo This cleverly designed concert from the Britten Sinfonia and The Marian Consort was built ..read more

Lully & Blow – La naissance de Vènus & Venus and Adonis Istante Collective, The Queenes ChappellBaroquestock Festival 2024 @ Heath Street Baptist Church. 3 May 2024 Jean-Baptiste Lully – Le Ballet royal de la naissance de Vénus (LWV 27)John Blow – Venus and Adonis Under the title of Illusions, the ever-enterprising Baroquestock presented their Baroquestock ..read more

Mozart in 1774The MozartistsIan Page, Samantha Clarke, Jane GowerWigmore Hall. 2 May 2024 Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C, K.200Paisiello: Povera prence… Deh, non varcar (from Andromeda)Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K.191Epistle Sonata in D major, K.144Crudeli, fermate… Ah, dal pianto (from La finta giardiniera)Symphony No. 30 in D, K.202 Following the opening concert on the 10th ..read more

Frederick Lampe: The Dragon of WantleyNew Sussex Opera, Bellot Ensemble, Toby PurserTheatre Royal, Winchester. 28 April 2024 As part of a short tour of south-east England, the New Sussex Opera brought their production of Frederick Lampe’s 1737 opera The Dragon of Wantley (1737) to the splendid surroundings of the Theatre Royal, Winchester. It is a fascinating piece, full ..read more