Best of Vivaldi and Handel

Founded by cellist Dietrich Bethge in 1998 from London’s leading musicians, London Octave aims to approach the baroque and classical repertoire in a fresh and energetic manner, often without a conductor. Through its regular London season at St Martin-in-the-Fields, the South Bank…

The night before lockdown in March 2020, members of St Martin’s Voices gathered in a dimly lit St Martin-in-the-Fields for one final time to record the music for a service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, broadcast to the nation on the…

The San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra brings to the forefront of its programming the creation and presentation of both old and new music, a hallmark of the ensemble’s versatility. This programme, full of contrast, contradiction, confrontation and a rich sense of internal…

The natural beauty of birds and birdsong has long provided an inspiration for composers and artists of all kinds. Songbirds combines music inspired by our favourite feathered friends, spanning the last 500 years, with songs by modern-day ‘songbirds’ – singers and songwriters…

Multi-faceted musician Vladimir Waltham has been praised by Gramophone magazine for his ‘luminous tone,’ and plays a beautiful 18th-century cello by Nicolò Gagliano. For today’s concert he’s put together a lovely programme centred on two of Bach’s most serene solo cello suites,…

Praised for her “full-bodied, sparkling tone” (Cleveland Classical), Chicago-born lyric soprano Olivia Boen is increasingly in demand both on the operatic stage and in the recital hall. In the 2022-23 season, she will make her role debuts as Musetta and Gretel at…

The pioneering 12 Ensemble perform Max Richter’s chart-topping reworking of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. 12 Ensemble Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, reinvented by the imagination of Max Richter and performed live by London’s own ground-breaking 12 Ensemble. Fresh, direct, and dazzlingly virtuosic, 12 Ensemble…

“Dover Beach is a very difficult piece because nobody is boss, so to speak – not the singer or the string quartet. It’s chamber music.” Samuel Barber, 1979. Nobody is boss except mighty nature in this unruly landscape themed programme from up-and-coming…

Exuberant, energetic and completely irresistible classical-folk fusion from five-piece Polish string band VOŁOSI, one of the most original and dynamic new ensembles on the scene. “VOŁOSI is one of the most exciting, dynamic new bands on the contemporary scene.” Gerald Seligman, former General…