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LUFTHANSA FESTIVAL OF BAROQUE MUSIC 2008
13/05/2008
The 2008 Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music in London, 15-21 May, presents glorious music performed by international artists at St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster Abbey, and St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. The festival theme is The Triumph of Peace featuring joyful operas, carefree cantatas and euphoric Te Deums by Bach, Handel, Lully, Rameau, de Brossard, Monteverdi and many more. |
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BEVERLEY AND EAST RIDING EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
06/05/2008
The National Centre for Early Music in York mounts three high-profile festivals of early music each year, in addition to their ongoing programme of events, the summer and Christmas festivals in York itself, and the Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival (23–26 May 2008). |
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CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL
05/05/2008
4 to 19 July 2008.
The Cheltenham Festival, founded in 1945, has from its inception encouraged creativity, young artists and performances of recent works, sometimes played by the composers themselves. This policy is still firmly in place, as the first weekend’s concerts of this year’s festival attest: the events of 5 and 6 July will feature works from the early repertoire revisited by uninhibited musicians. |
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ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL
23/04/2008
13 to 29 June.
Founded after World War II by Benjamin Britten as a vehicle for his music and music making with friends who came to include Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovitch, the Aldeburgh Festival has long outlived the composer’s death in 1976. 2008 will in fact be the 61st year of the festival, which is based on Snape Maltings, the superb concert hall situated in a beautiful landscape on the East Coast of England. |
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LUFTHANSA FESTIVAL OF BAROQUE MUSIC
21/04/2008
The theme of this year’s Luft-hansa Festival of Baroque Music (15–21 May) is “The Triumph of Peace”, picking up on the celebrations and relaxations that have followed periods of war and disturbance. It takes place at St John’s Smith Square, Westminster Abbey and School, and St Margaret’s church. |
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LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL 2008
09/04/2008
The first week of the London Handel Festival 2008 started on 13 March with an exciting and moving performance of Joshua , conducted by Laurence Cummings, in the Festival's principle venue, St George's Church, Hanover Square. The concert was recorded live by SOMM Recordings with publication planned for the end of 2008. |
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THE CLASSICAL OPERA COMPANY’S ASSOCIATE ARTIST SHOWCASE AT LONDON’S WIGMORE HALL
27/03/2008
Handel, Haydn & Mozart: A recital by the Associate Artists of the Classical Opera Company.
Friday 18 April 2008, 7.30 pm at Wigmore Hall.
Tickets (£12 - £26) available from:
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk / 020 7935 2141.
The Classical Opera Company has established an outstanding reputation for the valuable work that it does in identifying and nurturing exceptional young singers. Following its sell-out retrospective of J.C. Bach in January, the company returns to Wigmore Hall on 18 April with a recital by Associate Artists sopranos Sophie Bevan and Rebecca Ryan and tenor Allan Clayton, with piano accompaniment by the company’s conductor and artistic director, Ian Page. The programme comprises operatic highlights from three of the greatest composers of the eighteenth century. |
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EX CATHEDRA AND OAE TO RECREATE 1784 ‘COMMEMORATION OF HANDEL’ MESSIAH WHICH HELPED LAUNCH THE BIRMINGHAM TRIENNIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL.
12/03/2008
Ex Cathedra and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) invite you to join them as they recreate a landmark moment in Birmingham’s cultural history – the 1784 ‘Commemoration of Handel’ Messiah which helped inaugurate the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival. This unmissable concert takes place at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, on Saturday 5 April, 6.30pm. |
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LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL
11/02/2008
13 March to 24 April 2008.
The London Handel Festival reaches its 31st year in 2008. Centred on St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, the church where Handel himself worshipped, the festival not only features a wide variety of concerts, but also incorporates the sixth Handel Singing Competition for singers between the ages of 23 and 34. |
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EUBO AUDITION COURSES : 25-28 MARCH & 28-31 MARCH 2008
07/02/2008
The European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) is now inviting applications for the 2008 Audition Courses from Europe’s most talented young baroque musicians.
If you are under 30 years old and have an EU passport, you could be a member of EUBO 2008 for projects with directors Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Enrico Onofri and Roy Goodman. Between July and December 2008, EUBO will undertake four tours, rehearsing in Luxembourg, Germany and France and giving concerts throughout Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Sweden, Bulgaria & Romania).
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