Little is known about the genesis of Handel's early comic cantata Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, but the score was mined for a number of hits in his more well-known operas. Who better to bring this once neglected comedy to fizzing life than Dunedin Consort with director John Butt. George Frideric Handel Clori, Tirsi e Fileno […]
Bach’s Mass in B Minor is undoubtedly his most spectacular choral work. Its combination of sizzling choruses and solo numbers covering the gamut of late-Baroque vocal expression render it one of the most joyous musical experiences in the western tradition. J.S. Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232 John Butt director & harpsichord Rowan Pierce […]
Bach’s Matthew Passion is an annual fixture in the Dunedin Consort calendar and it’s a privilege to bring it once again to Wigmore Hall at the start of their 125th anniversary celebrations. This monumental work delivers the drama of Holy Week, all the while reflecting on the cosmic and theological consequences of Jesus’ life and crucifixion. […]
Shortly after Bach’s death in 1750, his Markus Passion was hand-delivered by his son C.P.E. to his Leipzig publisher, Johann Breitkopf. We’re deeply familiar with his John and Matthew Passions but it was not for a century that the editor collating a new complete J.S. Bach edition noticed that the music for the Markus was […]
Johann Sebastian Bach may never have actually visited Italy but he certainly made the journey in music. An avid consumer and transcriber of his Italian colleagues, he borrowed their music as themes for fugues or took up their musical ideas to structure his own compositions. This concert brings his voracious interest to life as glittering […]
Johann Sebastian Bach may never have actually visited Italy but he certainly made the journey in music. An avid consumer and transcriber of his Italian colleagues, he borrowed their music as themes for fugues or took up their musical ideas to structure his own compositions. This concert brings his voracious interest to life as glittering […]
Johann Sebastian Bach may never have actually visited Italy but he certainly made the journey in music. An avid consumer and transcriber of his Italian colleagues, he borrowed their music as themes for fugues or took up their musical ideas to structure his own compositions. This concert brings his voracious interest to life as glittering […]
Stop. Listen. Breathe. We invite you to immerse yourself in the astonishing clarity of four musicians, together and alone. Rising star Charlotte Bowden offers up beautifully reflective and philosophical Handel, while violin, cello, and theorbo each take their turn in the limelight. Bach’s mesmerising and forthright third suite for solo cello contrasts with the obsessive […]
Stop. Listen. Breathe. We invite you to immerse yourself in the astonishing clarity of four musicians, together and alone. Rising star Charlotte Bowden offers upbeautifully reflective and philosophical Handel, while violin, cello, and theorbo each take their turn in the limelight. Bach’s mesmerising and forthright third suite for solo cello contrasts with the obsessive tread […]
Stop. Listen. Breathe. We invite you to immerse yourself in the astonishing clarity of four musicians, together and alone. Rising star Charlotte Bowden offers upbeautifully reflective and philosophical Handel, while violin, cello, and theorbo each take their turn in the limelight. Bach’s mesmerising and forthright third suite for solo cello contrasts with the obsessive tread […]
