Programmes

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Programme for Holy Week

In the Baroque period, the observation of Holy Week, the most solemn time of the year, was highly ritualized and marked by various customs including the strict suspension of opera and other secular musical entertainments… read more

The Peculiar Genius

Music from the Fairest Isle by Henry Purcell

“Music and poetry were always sisters walking hand in hand: Yet they never approach perfection unless they unite: together they become like the beauty and the soul of one and the same person”. So wrote Henry Purcell, the English Orpheus… read more

Orfeo

Orphée, Orfeo, Orpheus – the story of the great mythic hero and musician inspired art and music across cultures and through the ages…read more

Musique pour Mazarin

This award-winning programme takes us to the Paris and Versailles of the seventeenth century, the musical pulse of France, where the fierce rivalry between elegant French and fiery Italian music was battled out centre-stage… read more

London: home-grown and imported

Alluring music from a vibrant metropolis

London in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century was the largest and most prosperous city in the world – a city where libertine politics, economics and culture conspired to create a hedonistic playground where people demanded pleasure and amusement on an unprecedented scale… read more

Les Trois Ages de l’Opéra

The cult of pleasure, and an insatiable appetite for splendour and spectacle that spanned the reigns of Louis XIII to Louis XVI created a demand for entertainment and opulence on a scale never seen before…read more

In the Still of Night

Christmas Programme

Fireside, family, home and hearth. Join us for an evening of exquisite baroque music- making in this heart-warming Christmas programme…read more

Music for exiled kings

For over twenty years, James II and his son James III lived in exile from Britain as the guests of Louis XIV at the chateau at St Germain-en- Laye… read more

Auf Wiener Art

Music of the seventeenth century from the Habsburg imperial court

The house of Habsburg and its court lived and breathed music. The court was fed a dailydiet rich in vocal and instrumental music for stage and church…read more

Veiled

Programme for Holy Week

In the Baroque period, the observation of Holy Week, the most solemn time of the year, was highly ritualized and marked by various customs including the strict suspension of opera and other secular musical entertainments… read more

The Peculiar Genius

Music from the Fairest Isle by Henry Purcell

“Music and poetry were always sisters walking hand in hand: Yet they never approach perfection unless they unite: together they become like the beauty and the soul of one and the same person”. So wrote Henry Purcell, the English Orpheus… read more

Orfeo

Orphée, Orfeo, Orpheus – the story of the great mythic hero and musician inspired art and music across cultures and through the ages…read more

Musique pour Mazarin

This award-winning programme takes us to the Paris and Versailles of the seventeenth century, the musical pulse of France, where the fierce rivalry between elegant French and fiery Italian music was battled out centre-stage… read more

London: home-grown and imported

Alluring music from a vibrant metropolis

London in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century was the largest and most prosperous city in the world – a city where libertine politics, economics and culture conspired to create a hedonistic playground where people demanded pleasure and amusement on an unprecedented scale… read more

Les Trois Ages de l’Opéra

The cult of pleasure, and an insatiable appetite for splendour and spectacle that spanned the reigns of Louis XIII to Louis XVI created a demand for entertainment and opulence on a scale never seen before…read more

In the Still of Night

Christmas Programme

Fireside, family, home and hearth. Join us for an evening of exquisite baroque music- making in this heart-warming Christmas programme…read more

Music for exiled kings

For over twenty years, James II and his son James III lived in exile from Britain as the guests of Louis XIV at the chateau at St Germain-en- Laye… read more

Auf Wiener Art

Music of the seventeenth century from the Habsburg imperial court

The house of Habsburg and its court lived and breathed music. The court was fed a dailydiet rich in vocal and instrumental music for stage and church…read more

 

Veiled

Programme for Holy Week

In the Baroque period, the observation of Holy Week, the most solemn time of the year, was highly ritualized and marked by various customs including the strict suspension of opera and other secular musical entertainments… read more

The Peculiar Genius

Music from the Fairest Isle by Henry Purcell

“Music and poetry were always sisters walking hand in hand: Yet they never approach perfection unless they unite: together they become like the beauty and the soul of one and the same person”. So wrote Henry Purcell, the English Orpheus… read more

Orfeo

Orphée, Orfeo, Orpheus – the story of the great mythic hero and musician inspired art and music across cultures and through the ages…read more

Musique pour Mazarin

This award-winning programme takes us to the Paris and Versailles of the seventeenth century, the musical pulse of France, where the fierce rivalry between elegant French and fiery Italian music was battled out centre-stage… read more

London: home-grown and imported

Alluring music from a vibrant metropolis

London in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century was the largest and most prosperous city in the world – a city where libertine politics, economics and culture conspired to create a hedonistic playground where people demanded pleasure and amusement on an unprecedented scale… read more

Les Trois Ages de l’Opéra

The cult of pleasure, and an insatiable appetite for splendour and spectacle that spanned the reigns of Louis XIII to Louis XVI created a demand for entertainment and opulence on a scale never seen before…read more

In the Still of Night

Christmas Programme

Fireside, family, home and hearth. Join us for an evening of exquisite baroque music- making in this heart-warming Christmas programme…read more

Music for exiled kings

For over twenty years, James II and his son James III lived in exile from Britain as the guests of Louis XIV at the chateau at St Germain-en- Laye… read more

Auf Wiener Art

Music of the seventeenth century from the Habsburg imperial court

The house of Habsburg and its court lived and breathed music. The court was fed a dailydiet rich in vocal and instrumental music for stage and church…read more

Veiled

Programme for Holy Week

In the Baroque period, the observation of Holy Week, the most solemn time of the year, was highly ritualized and marked by various customs including the strict suspension of opera and other secular musical entertainments… read more

The Peculiar Genius

Music from the Fairest Isle by Henry Purcell

“Music and poetry were always sisters walking hand in hand: Yet they never approach perfection unless they unite: together they become like the beauty and the soul of one and the same person”. So wrote Henry Purcell, the English Orpheus… read more

Orfeo

Orphée, Orfeo, Orpheus – the story of the great mythic hero and musician inspired art and music across cultures and through the ages…read more

Musique pour Mazarin

This award-winning programme takes us to the Paris and Versailles of the seventeenth century, the musical pulse of France, where the fierce rivalry between elegant French and fiery Italian music was battled out centre-stage… read more

London: home-grown and imported

Alluring music from a vibrant metropolis

London in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century was the largest and most prosperous city in the world – a city where libertine politics, economics and culture conspired to create a hedonistic playground where people demanded pleasure and amusement on an unprecedented scale… read more

Les Trois Ages de l’Opéra

The cult of pleasure, and an insatiable appetite for splendour and spectacle that spanned the reigns of Louis XIII to Louis XVI created a demand for entertainment and opulence on a scale never seen before…read more

In the Still of Night

Christmas Programme

Fireside, family, home and hearth. Join us for an evening of exquisite baroque music- making in this heart-warming Christmas programme…read more

Music for exiled kings

For over twenty years, James II and his son James III lived in exile from Britain as the guests of Louis XIV at the chateau at St Germain-en- Laye… read more

Auf Wiener Art

Music of the seventeenth century from the Habsburg imperial court

The house of Habsburg and its court lived and breathed music. The court was fed a dailydiet rich in vocal and instrumental music for stage and church…read more