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John Butt announced as Residing Director of Krakow’s Misteria Paschalia Festival 2018

Fast developing a reputation as one of Europe’s leading Baroque festivals, Krakow’s Misteria Paschalia Festival has announced John Butt as its Residing Director for 2018.

The 2018 festival will focus on music from the British Isles, with the Dunedin Consort playing a central role in a series of concerts in March and April.

The Dunedin Consort will open the Festival with a performance of the London version of Handel’s Messiah on 26 March and return to give a performance of Handel’s Samson on 1 April, before closing the Festival with a programme of arias by Purcell with Ian Bostridge on 2 April.

Read The Herald article about John’s appointment here.

For more details about the festival and to view the full programme of events, visit the Festival website.

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Lammermuir Festival – Dunedin Consort with Matthew Brook

One of the highlights of the Dunedin Consort year is a short trip into the East Lothian countryside for the annual Lammermuir Festival.

Dietrich Buxtehude Mein Herz ist bereit, BuxWV 73
Johann Sebastian Bach Oboe d’amore Concerto in A major, BWV 1055
Cristoph Graupner Ouverture in g minor, GWV 469
Johann Sebastian Bach Ich habe genug, BWV 82

John Butt director
Matthew Brook bass
Alexandra Bellamy oboe d’amore
Dunedin Consort

Long time Dunedin Consort collaborator Matthew Brook is an unforgettable interpreter of Baroque music, and this programme is framed by two of the most beautiful cantatas for solo bass by Buxtehude and Bach. Between them, a reconstruction of one of Bach’s two lost oboe d’amore concertos, a life-enhancing work, and a piece by his talented contemporary, Christoph Graupner.

‘Matthew Brook, who turns anything he sings into gold‘ The Guardian

Tickets: £9 – £32