Hindsgavl festival Denmark
Dunedin Consort's debut in Denmark.
Dunedin Consort's debut in Denmark.

Danielle de Niese is sadly unable to join us due to illness. We wish her a speedy recovery. We are delighted Louise Alder is able to join us at short notice. International opera star Danielle de Niese is one of today’s most sought-after sopranos, with a musical personality as dazzling as her vocal virtuosity, and […]

This event has now sold out. Do telephone the box office for possible returns. There are tickets available for the performance in Perth on Sunday the 11th of September at 3pm. Monteverdi’s spectacular masterpiece of 1610 is the most lavish of all the music that this peerless genius wrote for the church in early 17th […]

Monteverdi’s spectacular masterpiece of 1610 is the most lavish of all the music that this peerless genius wrote for the church in early 17th century Venice. Nothing composed before Bach can rival it for sonic grandeur, but there is intimacy too in Monteverdi’s brilliantly imaginative use of solo voices and instruments. With a starry […]

From a world in which windmills are giants and ordinary inns are castles, through the underwater kingdom of Neptune & Amphitrite, to an enchanted forest filled with fairies, the stories of Cervantes and Shakespeare are lifted off the page by Purcell’s theatrically rich musical settings. The Elizabethan literary landscapes of Don Quixote de la Mancha, […]

From a world in which windmills are giants and ordinary inns are castles, through the underwater kingdom of Neptune & Amphitrite, to an enchanted forest filled with fairies, the stories of Cervantes and Shakespeare are lifted off the page by Purcell’s theatrically rich musical settings. The Elizabethan literary landscapes of Don Quixote de la Mancha, […]

From a world in which windmills are giants and ordinary inns are castles, through the underwater kingdom of Neptune & Amphitrite, to an enchanted forest filled with fairies, the stories of Cervantes and Shakespeare are lifted off the page by Purcell’s theatrically rich musical settings. The Elizabethan literary landscapes of Don Quixote de la Mancha, […]
Wigmore Hall celebrates St Cecilia on her annual festival with the greatest of Purcell’s Odes. Hail, bright Cecilia, the Ode for St Cecilia’s Day 1692, belongs to a distinctive English tradition of honouring music’s patron saint. Purcell here enriches Nicholas Brady’s sonorous verse with music packed with expressive subtleties, tonal variety and compelling textural contrasts. […]

As Handel’s best-loved work, Messiah presents a journey through many of the central values associated with the festive season, best represented in the words of the Angel: ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.’ With its effervescent choruses, interspersed with both virtuosic and beautifully […]

Dunedin Consort’s Children’s Messiah is back this year by popular demand. Scotland’s own internationally renowned Baroque ensemble perform highlights from Handel’s much-loved masterpiece Messiah in this 45-minute performance, which includes the famous Hallelujah chorus. Dunedin Consort will take the audience on an interactive journey through the music with explanations and participatory games, suitable for all […]