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Fretwork plays Muhly
This coming month, Fretwork will be playing 'My Days' by the Canadian composer Nico Muhly, together with the Gesualdo Consort under Harry van der Kamp.
Academy of Ancient Music to perform at Mozartfest Würzburg
The AAM makes its debut at Germany's most prestigious Mozart Festival, in the Würzburg Residenz, with its music director Richard Egarr and soprano Angelika Kirchschlager.
New CD from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque
After their highly successful debut CD, Rachel Podger and her Welsh friends from Brecon Baroque present a second CD which features the double and triple concertos by JS Bach.
Rachel Podger plays at Göttinger Händelfestspiele
Rachel will perform two different programmes featuring Sonatas by Handel and his German contemporaries and his Italian predecessors.
Les Ambassadeurs presents first CD
After acclaimed first performances in Paris, Brussels and at many festivals accross Europe, Les Ambassadeurs and its director Alexis Kossenko present their first CD.
AAM announced as National Gallery's Resident Ensemble for Summer 2013
The AAM has just announced it will be Resident Ensemble at the National Gallery in London this summer. It will accompany the exhibition 'Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure' and it will give two illustrated concerts exploring the music known to Vermeer and his contemporaries.
Academy of Ancient Music tours with Bach Orchestral Suites
Richard Egarr will lead his Academy of Ancient Music in an 11-concert tour through the UK and Holland with J.S. Bachs Orchestral Suites, this coming February and March.
Rachel Podger plays Mozart, Beethoven with Paolo Giacometti and Kristian Bezuidenhout
Rachel Podger will appear with two stellar pianists this month in Sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven: with Paolo Giacometti, in Holland, and with Kristian Bezuidenhout, in Italy.
Richard Egarr appears with Violinist Shunské Sato
Richard Egarr will play Bach and Corelli in three recitals with Japanese born Shunské Sato in their first performances in Holland, while Sato has just been appointed concertmaster of the Netherlands Bach Society.
Richard Egarr gives recital at Concertgebouw
To tie in with the orchestral concert that Richard Egarr will be directing on the day before, he will play a solo recital on 13 December in the recital hall of the Concertgebouw. Richard will be standing in for Mihaela Ursuleasa, who tragically died just a few months ago.
AAM in Old Masters Series Concertgebouw
The Academy of Ancient Music orchestra and choir will be performing in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw again, this December 12th. Richard Egarr, Music Director of the AAM, will direct the orchestra and choir in a Vivaldi programme, with Elizabeth Watts, Soprano and Daniele Lehner, Mezzo-soprano.
Hurricane Sandy brings trio tour to halt
After a very successful first part of their tour, John Holloway, Jane Gower and Lars Ulrik Mortensen's final concert and class in New York were cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy. A great pity, as the concert at the Frick Collection was sold out. Hopefully, the concert will be rescheduled, perhaps already in the 2013/14 Season.
Holloway, Gower, Mortensen tour USA
John Holloway, Jane Gower and Lars Ulrik Mortensen will be touring in the USA this month with music from their latest CD recording for ECM.
Fretwork & Hilliard Ensemble bring Nico Muhly premiere
In a renewed collaboration with the Hilliard Ensemble, the Viol consort Fretwork will perform works by Orlando Gibbons (17th Century) and the world premiere of 'My Days', composed by Nico Muhly.
Rachel Podger plays Bach, Telemann and Biber Solo
After a very happy concert in the Groningen Musica Antiqua Nova series two Seasons ago, Rachel Podger will return in September for a Solo recital with works by Bach, Telemann and Biber.
Ensemble Clément Janequin performs at Utrecht Early Music Festival
The leading French vocal ensemble kicks of the Season with a performance of music by Sweelinck and his French and Flemish contemporarties at the Utrecht Early Music Festival.
Les Ambassadeurs open Bruges
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Alexis Kossenko will lead his new band in an all-Mozart programme to celebrate the official opening of one of the most important early music festivals of Belgium.
Europa Galante Stravaganza in Germany
Violinist Fabio Biondi will present a programme of Vivaldi extravaganza with his ensemble Europa Galante.
Alexis Kossenko and Les Ambassadeurs perform at Würzburg Mozartfest
Another artist from our roster, Alexis Kossenko, will also perform in Würzburg, at the annual Mozartnight, together with a chamber selection from his 'Les Ambassadeurs'.
Europa Galante opens Würzburg Mozartfest
Violinist Fabio Biondi and his Italian orchestra Europa Galante have the honour of performing the official opening of the Mozartfest Würzburg, with Mozarts beloved Concerto for Flute and Harp and his 'Paris' Symphony.
Brecon Baroque performs in Germany
Rachel Podger returns to the country where she was born, and she brings her own ensemble, Brecon Baroque, which she started recently in her current home country, Wales.
Holloway conducts at Dresden Musikfestival
Violinist John Holloway picks up the baton to conduct at Dresden Musikfestspiele this month.
Kossenko tours with Holland Baroque Society
This month, Alexis Kossenko returns to Holland (and Germany) for one of his specialities: C.P.E. Bach.
Les Ambassadeurs perform in Warsaw
This May we welcome new appearances by Les Ambassadeurs, the true music ambassadors of Europe...
Alexis Kossenko appears as solist
In the forthcoming weeks, Alexis Kossenko will show off his skills as a virtuoso flute, recorder and traverso player, in concerts with Ensemble Mattheus and L'Armée des Romantiques.
Ter Linden plays Bach Suites
Jaap ter Linden will perform in Groningen, with three of the Suites for Violoncello solo by J.S. Bach.
Richard Egarr conducts Rotterdam PhO
'The Leonard Bernstein of early music' returns to Rotterdam, having conducted the orchestra in a successful debut last season, this time to conduct Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
Alexis Kossenko performs with EUBO
One of the most sensational traverso players around, Alexis Kossenko performs with the European Union Baroque Orchestra this month.
Holloway in Bach solo and conducting Bremer Philharmoniker
This December, John Holloway can be heard in concerts performing the Bach Sonatas for Violin Solo, and in a concert where he will be conducting the Bremer Philharmoniker.
Ter Linden conducts Croatian Baroque and Holland Symfonia
Jaap ter Linden picks up the baton again in December in projects with the Croatian Baroque Ensemble, and Holland Symfonia.
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Rachel Podger tours Benelux with Brecon Baroque
Holland and Belgium will be seeing the first tour of Rachel Podger's Brecon Baroque, a new baroque ensemble which she founded two years ago and which is orchestra-in-residence of her festival in Wales.
'Les Ambassadeurs' in Handel's 'Trionfo'
Having directed many successful concerts in Germany, Austria, Poland, Latvia, Bulgaria last Summer — to be invited back with his orchestra next year — Alexis Kossenko will now dive into the world of G.F. Handel, conducting his new orchestra 'Les Ambassadeurs' in his 'Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno'.
New Projects & Tours for 2012/13 Season
We are proud to announce the programmes offered for the 2012/13 Season. If you are a promoter, you will find many interesting programmes, from established orchestras and new artists alike...
Fretwork plays Goldbergs in Holland
Following their successful Bach-arrangements of 'Art of Fugue' and 'Alio Modo', Fretwork will be performing a new arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations in the Netherlands.
Fretwork performs in Germany
The viols from Fretwork shine again in a programme ironically called 'New Music in Old Bottles', at the Kulturfestival Altstadtherbst Düsseldorf, also starring mezzo soprano Clare Wilkinson.
Introducing 'Les Ambassadeurs'
We are proud to present a newly born period orchestra, founded by flute virtuoso Alexis Kossenko. The new ambassadors of musical Europe — a rebirth of the Dresden Hofkapelle, acclaimed orchestra in Bach's time — present themselves in a dozen concerts throughout Europe, including Germany, Austria, Poland, Latvia, Bulgaria...
Ter Linden plays Bach solo in Arolsen
Jaap ter Linden will perform three solo suites by Bach at the Arolser Barockfestspiele, later this month.
Rachel Podger performs in Germany
One of Britain's main baroque violinists, Rachel Podger, will be playing twice in Germany this month. She will play some of the best music ever written - for solo violin at least - at the Musikfestspiele Sanssouci in Potsdam. Later in the month, she will be joined by her own ensemble Brecon Baroque in the final concert of the Arolser Barockfestspiele.
Alexis Kossenko performs twice in Potsdam
French Flutist Alexis Kosssenko performs two concerts at the Musikfestspiele Sanssouci in Potsdam, one solo and the other with his new ensemble 'Les Ambassadeurs'.
Trio Holloway, Ter Linden, Mortensen at Dresdner Musikfestspiele
The celebrated baroque trio will perform at this year's edition of the Musikfestspiele with a tribute to the masters of the baroque epoch of Dresden.
Ter Linden conducts Arion Ensemble
Jaap ter Linden returns to Montréal for a renewed collaboration
with the Canadian period ensemble Arion, where he will conduct a classical programme starring violinist Manfredo Kraemer.
Biondi & Europa Galante in Bach Suites
Fabio Biondi directs his Europa Galante in three out of four Orchestral Suites by JS Bach at the Literatur- and Musikfest in Detmold (Germany).
Ter Linden returns to chamber stage
After his tour de force of a 13-concert long tour with Bach's St John's Passion, Jaap ter Linden returns to the intimacy of the chamber music halls with several recitals in Germany and Switzerland.
Jaap ter Linden tours with Bach's St John Passion
Jaap ter Linden displays his versatility in a double role as continuo cellist and as gamba soloist in the famous Aria 'Es ist vollbracht', in a 13-concert long tour with Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
Europa Galante & Simone Kermes meet again in Holland
In February, Fabio Biondi's band Europa Galante will meet again with star Soprano Simone Kermes, for a concert in Groningen (Holland), with an all-Vivaldi programme.
AAM & Steven Isserlis perform in Munich
This month the Academy of Ancient Music will perform music by Bach sons Johann Christian, Carl Philipp Emuanel and Wilhelm Friedemann in the Herkulessaal in Munich, plus several concerts in the UK.
Ter Linden returns to USA with solo Bach
Following a very successful performance of three of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites, Cellist and baroque specialist Jaap ter Linden will return to Seattle to play the other three Suites. He is also guest at the masterclasses, organised by the Seattle Early Music Guild.
Academy of Ancient Music in Amsterdam
This October, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge will perform Monteverdi's Vespro della beata Vergine at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
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This month, John Holloway, one of Europe's foremost professors on baroque violin, will give masterclasses at the Austrian Chamber Music Festival 'Allegro Vivo'. Later on, he will perform with Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Jane Gower in the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden.
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If Vivaldi is your favourite composer, this month's concert by Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante in the Nikolaisaal in Potsdam is a must see.
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Egarr conducts Dutch Youth Orchestra, Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
In two longstanding collaborations, Richard Egarr returns to the Dutch National Youth Orchestra and the Aldeburgh based Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme.
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Egarr conducts Clemenza di Tito
In his third collaboration with the Dutch National Opera Academy, Richard conducts Mozart's Clemenza di Tito, an opera rarely performed.
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Jaap ter Linden celebrates Chopin
Cellist and Conductor Jaap ter Linden returns to Wroclaw in June, to conduct a programme commemorating the Chopin Year.
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Egarr conducts Bach in Madrid
A regular guest director of the Madrid based ensemble Hippocampus, Richard Egarr will direct a Bach Cantata programme end of May.
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John Holloway appears at Mozartfest Sächsische Mozart-Gesellschaft
Baroque Violinist John Holloway performs in a solo programme at the Chemnitz Mozartfest,this month, in a rare combination with the experimental duo LongStrings...
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After many years, Richard Egarr returns to the Göttinger Händelfestspiele to perform a programme with Händel and contemporaries.
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Cellist Jaap ter Linden will tour New Zealand together with Violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and the Wallfisch Band.
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Violinist John Holloway has a new website, with lots of information about his upcoming activities, photographs for download, his newest recordings and much more.
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Richard Egarr directs AAM
The Academy of Ancient Music will perform concerts with Mozart's Requiem and, later this month, a programme called 'In Stil moderno' under its Music Director Richard Egarr, also starring Soprano Aleksandra Anisimowicz.
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Egarr returns to Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Richard Egarr returns to Scotland to conduct two programmes with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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2010/11 Season: Richard Egarr to conduct Rotterdam Philharmonic and Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Next Season will see Richard Egarr at the helm of some of the finest symphony orchestras, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Residentie Orchestra The Hague.
Well tempered and well played
A regular guest at the Bijloke Concerthall, Richard Egarr will return to Ghent at the end of this month, to explore one of the key compositions of classical music: J.S. Bach's Well tempered Clavier, and he explains why it is essential to perform this music in a well tempered manner.
Ter Linden guest directs Lyra Baroque
Later this month, Jaap ter Linden will be making his first appearance with the Minnesota based Lyra Baroque Orchestra (Artistic Director: Jacques Ogg). Ter Linden will direct the orchestra in highlights from the baroque repertoire for Cello and orchestra by Vivaldi, Porpora and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Ter Linden tours Asia with Akamus
Jaap ter Linden will tour Japan and Korea with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, with the Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach.
Egarr and AAM perform at Beethoven Festival
Richard Egarr will direct an all Beethoven programme at this year's Beethoven Festival organised by De Oosterpoort in Groningen. Egarr will be soloist in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.
Richard Egarr conducts Gelders Orkest
Egarr will conduct the Arnhem Symphony Orchestra in a classical programme, where he will also be the soloist in Haydn's Piano Concerto in D.
Andrew Tortise & Richard Egarr bring Brits to Bruges
Young British tenor Andrew Tortise will perform an all-British music from Dowland and Purcell to Britten and Maxwell Davies with Richard Egarr on harpsichord and piano.
Jaap ter Linden & friends
In 1975, Cellist Jaap ter Linden played a concert in the very first season of the Leusden series 'Valleiconcerten'. 35 years later, the promoter invited him to perform a concert with some of his musical friends.
Ter Linden conducts Handel & Haydn Society
Cellist and Conductor Jaap ter Linden will conduct the Boston Handel & Haydn Society in a Christmas programme this December.
Fretwork: New Wine in Old Bottles
England's finest viol consort, together with Soprano Emma Wilkinson, will present a mixed programme of early and contemporary music, written for this period instrument ensemble, in the NDR series 'Das Alte Werk'.
Hallelujah!
The Academy of Ancient Music will perform Handel's Messiah in a series of concerts accross Europe, this December.
Locke Consort performs at BEMF
This month The Locke Consort performs at the Birmingham Early Music Festival, to celebrate the 350th birthday of the English Orpheus.
Biondi Artist in Residence at Van Wassenaer Festival
This year's, renewed, edition of the Van Wassenaer Festival & Competition, held in Amsterdam, has violinist Fabio Biondi as its Artist in Residence.
John Holloway stars in Switzerland
The great British baroque violinist guest stars at the Barockfest Zürcher Oberland together with his celebrated colleagues Jaap ter Linden and Lars Ulrik Mortensen, plus as orchestral soloist in Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
Gramophone Award for Fretwork
Fretwork have won the Gramophone Award 2009 for Baroque Instrumental with their second
recording of the Purcell Fantazias.
AAM, Egarr tour to Africa, Asia
The Orchestra and Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music travels to two continents for performances of Purcell's Dido and Haydn's Nelson Mass.
Baroque in high definition
The Academy of Ancient Music opens their Wigmore Hall and Cambridge season with a panoply of baroque music featured in films ranging from Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters to Le Roi Danse, as part of the Cambridge Film Festival.
Richard Egarr tours with AAM
Richard Egarr has opened his 2009/10 season with a splendid performance of Haydn's Nelson Mass with the Academy of Ancient Music at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. This Autumn sees a three-continent tour with the AAM as well as performances in the UK and on the continent.
Ter Linden conducts Tafelmusik & Arion
Jaap ter Linden has been invited back to conduct a joint project with Tafelmusik, Toronto and the Ensemble Arion from Montréal.
Musical Offering: reverential silence at Edinburgh International Festival
Flutist Alexis Kossenko, violinist John Holloway, cellist Jaap ter Linden and cembalist Lars Ulrik Mortensen rendered a 'haunting finale to the Bach display' of this year's Edinburgh International Festival, according to a Scottish newspaper.
Ter Linden conducts Handel in Münster
After his successful 'King Arthur' production in 2007, Dutch Cellist Jaap ter Linden returns to Münster to conduct the Symphony Orchestra in a Handel programme.
Meeting of virtuosic spirits
This was the first time two virtuosic spirits, as the press put it, met on stage, but it was certainly one that fired the audience - Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante from Italy meet german soprano Simone Kermes at the Kissinger Sommer Festival.
June 2009
Edison Award for Egarr and AAM
The 2009 Edison Award in the category 'Concertos' has been awarded to Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music for their recording of Handel's Opus 4.
Egarr & AAM celebrate Haydn centenary
Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago and the Academy of Ancient Music under its Music Director Richard Egarr celebrate this with two performances of his Nelson Mass.
AAM performs at Händel-Festspiele Halle
This June, the Academy of Ancient Music will be performing at the famous Händel Festspiele in Halle, for a a performance of Händel's wildly popular 'The Messiah'.
Egarr conducts Brussels Philharmonic
Just three years after his debut, Richard Egarr will be conducting the Brussels Philharmonic for the third time, this occasion together with the renowned Flemish Radio Choir, in a performance of Joseph Haydn's 'The Creation'.
Richard Egarr performs with Monica Huggett and Portland Baroque
In his first time performance with Violinist Monica Huggett, with a Mozart programme together with Portland Baroque, Richard Egarr and Huggett leave a deep impression as "a natural duo, energetic and witty, with keen instincts and technical prowess", according to the reviewer.
Fretwork performs Purcell at Bodensee
The English Viol Consort gives tribute to Henry Purcell's anniversary at the Bodenseefestival with a performance of instrumental works and some of his most beautiful songs at the Stiftsbibliothek in St Gallen.
Ensemble Clément Janequin brings pleasures to Leipzig
The Paris based Ensemble Clément Janequin will perform at the Leipzig A Cappella Festival, bringing a programme called 'Les Plaisirs du Palais'.
Jaap ter Linden Artist in Residence at Bodenseefestival
This May, Gambist, Cellist and Conductor Jaap ter Linden will be Artist in Residence at the Bodenseefestival. One of the main representatives of the early music scene in The Netherlands, Ter Linden will be presenting himself in a wide variety of settings, as gambist, cellist as well as conductor, in repertoire from Purcell and Händel to Haydn and Mendelssohn.
Academy of Ancient Music meets Pieter Wispelwey
Dutch Cellist Pieter Wispelwey joins this famous period orchestra in a programme dedicated to Joseph Haydn, whose anniversary is celebrated this year.
McFadden joins Europa Galante
Dutch based American soprano Claron McFadden will starr in a dramatic aria programme together with Italian ensemble Europa Galante under its leader Fabio Biondi, at the Muziekcentrum Enschede, The Netherlands.
Egarr conducts Residentie Orchestra
Richard Egarr conducts the Residentie Orchestra The Hague in this year's edition of their annual Easter performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion.
Unanimous praise for AAM Tour in USA
The Academy of Ancient Music and their Music Director Richard Egarr won unanimous praise for their performances of the complete Six Brandenburg Concertos on a 14 concert tour accross the USA last April.
Richard Egarr releases J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.
Harmonia Mundi USA has dedicated a website to this new recording, with audio samples, videos and extensive documentation about the musicians from the Academy of Ancient Music.
Jaap ter Linden on solo tour in Japan
Baroque Cellist Jaap ter Linden will tour Japan this month with a performance of the complete set of Cello Suites by J.S. Bach. The concerts are part of the programme 'Nederland in Japan 2008-2009', celebrating diplomatic and commercial relations between Japan and the Netherlands.
February 2009
Holloway, Ter Linden, Mortensen perform at Carnegie Hall, Yale University
Baptised 'Three of the finest early music specialists on the scene' by the Washington Post after last year's highly successful tour, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden and Lars Ulrik Mortensen will present a programme called 'Madcap, Red Priest and Angel' in Carnegie Hall, where they have been invited to perform in the Weil Recital Hall. They will repeat the programme at Yale University Collection of Instruments Concert Series.
January 2009
Egarr receives Midem Classical Award
Richard Egarr, Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, receives the Midem Classical Award in the Concerto category for his recording of Handel Organ Concertos Opus 4 on harmonia mundi.
Egarr tours with Netherlands Bach Society
In 2007, Richard Egarr created a stir with the Netherlands Bach Society with his interpretation of the early version of the St. Matthew Passion. This month, Egarr conducts the Bach Society in a programme dedicated to the Coronation of James II in 1685, with music from John Blow and Henry Purcell (whose 350th birthday is celebrated this year).
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December 2008
Cellist Jaap ter Linden to tour USA with Bach Suites
One of the main specialists in early music and an authority on the Bach cello suites, Jaap ter Linden will tour the USA with these Suites this coming December.
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November 2008
Egarr on second USA solo tour
After successful debuts at the San Diego Bach Society and Boston Handel & Haydn Society - see the news flag below - Richard continues his American journey with performances of J.S. Bach's Well tempered Clavier.
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Egarr makes "highly impressive debut" at Boston Handel & Haydn Society
This November, Richard Egarr made a highly successful debut at the Handel & Haydn Society in Boston. Conducting a mixed Mozart and Beethoven programme, Richard was baptised the 'Eighth wonder' and the Boston Globe called his debut "highly impressive".
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Podger and Cooper on tour in Benelux
Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper are one of the most celebrated Violin-Keyboard Duos of this moment. While their recording project of the complete Mozart Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard has almost been finished - another fifth CD in this series has just seen the light - their journey takes them to Holland and Belgium where they will perform an all-Bach programme.
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Rachel Podger tours Holland, Belgium and Germany with OAE
Rachel Podger has directed the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on some very successful tours, in the USA and the UK, in the past few years. This month the orchestra and Rachel embark upon a tour to Holland, Belgium and Germany, presenting a baroque programme comprising works from Vivaldi, Telemann and J.S. Bach.
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Ter Linden conducts Dido in Bordeaux
Cellist and conductor Jaap ter Linden is diving into the world of opera. Having conducted Henry Purcell's King Arthur last season, he is now engaged in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the Opéra de Bordeaux.
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One of the world's leading specialists of the work of Johann Jacob Froberger, Richard Egarr will perform some key compositions at the Festival Alte Musik Zürich in Switzerland on Saturday 20 September.
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Europa Galante tours Germany
Having returned from their "beautiful and raving" performances of Mozart's Idomeneo (according to the Dutch Volkskrant review), Europa Galante will be meeeting again in June for a tour accross Germany, Austria and Spain.
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After several tours starring as cellist, Jaap ter Linden picks up the baton again to conduct the young Polish Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra.
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May 2008
Don't miss this: Manze and Egarr recital!
Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr's careers have developed so quickly that their duo recitals have now become an event you shouldn't miss! Before travelling out to South-East Asia in June they will give three recitals in Europe this month.
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"beautiful and raving virtuosic Idomeneo"
Click here to read some rave reviews from Biondi's Idomeneo production performed in Amsterdam, Lisbon and London.
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Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante perform Mozart's Idomeneo
In May, Fabio Biondi will direct Mozart's Idomeneo in concert version, starring Kate Royal and Ian Bostridge, with performances at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Gulbenkian Lisbon and Barbican in London.
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Their latest discs in a series dedicated to the works of G.F. Handel have received warm international acclaim and awards (including the Gramophone Award for Opus 3). Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music embark upon the recording of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.
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Jaap ter Linden returns to Arion
Dutch cellist and conductor has a longstanding and warm relationship with Montreal based period ensemble Arion. In May he returns to Canada for concerts with Dutch clarinettist Frank van de Brink, in a programme called 'Mozart and the clarinet'.
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Fretwork performs in Belgium, Germany
British leading viol consort Fretwork visits Ghent (Belgium) and will present two concerts at the Göttingen Festival (Germany) in May.
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Rave reviews for Holloway, Ter Linden and Mortensen
April's grand tour with John Holloway, Violin, Jaap ter Linden, Cello and Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Harpsichord, with their programme called 'Madcap, Red Priest and Angel', earned some rave reviews.
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April 2008
Holloway, Ter Linden, Mortensen tour USA
This month sees a grand tour with some of Europe's most distinguished early music personalities visiting the United States, when John Holloway, Violin, Jaap ter Linden, Cello and Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Harpsichord will travel from the southwest to the east coast.
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Richard Egarr: 'The Bernstein of Early Music'
In an article following his concert tour with the Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr was baptised 'The Bernstein of Early Music'. If you want to know why, click here for the full story:
Podger & Cooper showcase Wigmore Hall
On February 1st, Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper will present their fifth volume from the Mozart cycle at a Wigmore Hall concert.
Egarr directs repeat of Purcell's Dido
In January, Richard Egarr directs the repeat of the successful 2006 production by the Brussels Kaaitheater of Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, in a stage direction by Jan Decorte. This time, the production is taken to Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Rotterdam.
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December 2007
It's Messiah time again...
Whether with Bach's Christmas Oratorio or Handel's Messiah, the Academy of Ancient Music's annual christmas performances are relished by audiences accross Europe. This year it's Messiah, and Richard Egarr, the Academy's Music Director since 2006, brings a very special performance of this work indeed. Comes with a great cast including Susan Gritton, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Andrew Tortise and Giles Underwood.
Ter Linden conducts Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide
Two months after his german debut as opera conductor, with the Städtische Bühne in Münster, Jaap ter Linden will conduct Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide in The Hague, with the Orchestra, Choir and Soloists from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
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Richard Egarr appearing as special guest in Rotterdam, Bruges
Richard Egarr will be appearing in the first out of four performances in Rotterdam ánd Bruges this weekend, with J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations plus Book I of the Well Tempered Clavier.
Richard Egarr and Andrew Manze tour the USA
Both artists being celebrated soloists and directors in their own right, last November, Richard Egarr and Andrew Manze appeared as a duo again, this time in a classical programme including works by Mozart and Schubert.
NEW: John Holloway, baroque violinist, joins our roster
We are extremely pleased to announce a new collaboration with John Holloway. A pioneer in the early music scene, John Holloway is regarded as one of the principle baroque violinists around.
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Ter Linden conducts King Arthur
Cellist Jaap ter Linden is quietly becoming more predominant as conductor. This autumn, Linden will lend his expertise to the Städtische Bühne, Münster, in a production of Purcell's King Arthur...
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We are very pleased to announce that our collaboration with Fretwork has now been extended to the german speaking countries. Fretwork is one of the leading viol consorts and has gained a huge reputation with their performances of early consort music from Taverner and Purcell up to contemporary music from Elvis Costello and Harrison Birthwhistle.
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Summer 2007
Richard Egarr makes Glyndebourne debut
Richard Egarr makes his debut at Glyndebourne, directing the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, soloists including Mark Padmore as evangelist, Andrew Tortise and Sarah Connolly, in a staged version of Bach's St Matthew Passion.
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Spring 2007
Easter time is Passion time
In the low countries, more than everywhere else, Easter time is dedicated to Bach's St Matthew Passion. The Dutch Bach Society holds a long and famous tradition with their annual performances of the St Matthew Passion, culminating into the Easter performances in Naarden. This year, Richard Egarr was given the privilege to act as their guest conductor.
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Rachel Podger directs OAE in joint project with Freiburger Baroque Orchestra & in bohemian programme touring UK & Europe
Following earlier successful collaborations with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rachel Podger will direct the OAE in two different projects this Spring...
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Jaap ter Linden's new Bach suites
10 Years after his first recording of the complete Bach Suites for Harmonia Mundi USA, Jaap ter Linden has decided the time has come to return to Bach's magnum opus.
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November 2006
Richard Egarr conducts Tafelmusik in Purcell's 'The Fairy Queen'
Richard Egarr returns to Tafelmusik for the third consecutive year to direct Purcell's The Fairy Queen, the opera based on Shakespeare Midsummers Night's Dream.
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May 2006
Academy of Ancient Music appoints Richard Egarr as successor of Christopher Hogwood
This month's most exciting news comes from the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM), which has announced the appointment of Richard Egarr as Music Director, to succeed AAM founder Christopher Hogwood.
The appointment takes effect on 1 September 2006, at which point Christopher Hogwood assumes the lifetime title of Emeritus Director.
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Rachel Podger leads tour with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Rachel Podger leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a predominantly UK series of concerts with an Italian programme.
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March 2006
Richard Egarr makes US solo debut
After several tours with Andrew Manze and with orchestras such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr makes his North American solo debut with several programmes including the Goldberg Variations.
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February 2006
Rachel Podger features in Amsterdam Concertgebouw Recital Series
After a very successful tour through the United States Rachel Podger lands in Amsterdam to perform in the Recital Hall of the Concertgebouw together with Gary Cooper.
In February, Richard Egarr will direct 'Esther, My Queen' with the Dutch Bach Society in several performances throughout Holland.
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Jaap ter Linden to perform in New York and Cleveland
In February, Jaap ter Linden will be in Cleveland for concerts with David Breitman, and in New York for a solo performance of three Bach Suites.
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January 2006
Richard Egarr in concerts and recordings with The Academy of Ancient Music
In his second project as Associate Director of the AAM, Richard Egarr will lead the orchestra in concerts and recordings of the Concerti grossi Opus 3 by Handel.
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Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper tour UK and USA
Taking part in many celebrations of the Mozart Year, Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper will be performing many concerts with a choice from their latest Mozart Sonata discs.
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November 2005
Jaap ter Linden joins Arion Ensemble, Québec
Cellist and Conductor Jaap ter Linden has a long ongoing relationship with the Canadian Ensemble Arion (Musical Director: Claire Guimond). In November, Jaap ter Linden will be leading the ensemble in a programme called 'Love Duets', together with soprano Suzy leBlanc and counter-tenor Daniel Taylor.
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Rachel Podger directs European Union Baroque Orchestra
This month, Violinist Rachel Podger will be touring Belgium, France, Spain, UK and Germany for concerts with the EUBO, an orchestra comprising the youngest talents of the European early music scene.
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Richard Egarr guest directing Tafelmusik, Toronto
After his successful debut last year, Richard Egarr will be directing the famous Canadian ensemble Tafelmusik in a programme with english music from Purcell to Handel.
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September 2005
Europa
Galante performs official opening 'Das Alte Werk', Hamburg
The official opening of the series 'Das Alte Werk' will be performed
by the ambassadors of Italian baroque music, Europa Galante...
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Egarr and Podger tour with Academy of
Ancient Music
Violinist Rachel Podger [NEW world wide management] and harpsichordist
Richard Egarr, in his new function of Associate Director, will collaborate
this and next month with The Academy of Ancient Music. They are two of
the three soloists in the Triple Concerto programme played during this
tour, together with Rachel Brown, traverso.
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Zefiro Wind Ensemble performs in Groningen
and Bremen Musikfest
Lead by Oboist Alfredo Bernardini, this Italian based wind ensemble (called
after the Greek god of the western wind) performs in the North of Holland
and Germany...
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English Concert revisits Flanders Festival
After a very successful appearance at the Flanders Festival last year,
the English Concert is now revisiting the Festival in Brussels, with a
concert in its 2005 theme 'Everything UK?', dedicated to english music
and musicians.
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Richard Egarr Flanders residency
To say September is a busy month for Richard Egarr is an understatement.
Richard is one of the Artists in Residence of this year's edition of the
Flanders Festival. He will be directing B'Rock and perform in recital
with Soprano Claron McFadden.
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... joins Andrew Manze at Berlin Festival
Richard Egarr will be performing at the prestigious Berliner Festspiele
in September, where he and Violinist Andrew Manze will play a selection
from the Rosary Sonatas by H.I.F. Biber. There are two full evening concerts,
on 2 and 7 September.
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... and accompanies Claron McFadden at Settembre Musica in Turin
Apart from their cooperation at the Flanders Festival, Richard
Egarr will accompany Claron McFadden in Songs by Dutilleux at Settembre
Musica, the annual Music Festival held in Turin...
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Richard Egarr appointed Associate Director of Academy of Ancient Music
September marks the official start of Richard Egarr's post as Associate
Director of The Academy of Ancient Music.
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Rachel Podger represented world wide
I am proud and pleased to announce world wide management of Violinist
Rachel Podger.
Having acquired a great reputation as one of the finest Violinists on
gut strings, Rachel is now concentrating on her solo career and her recitals
with Gary Cooper on the keyboard. She also appears regularly as soloist
and/or director of established ensembles like The Academy of Ancient Music
and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Aug/Sep 2004
English Concert presents Biber premiere at Utrecht and Flanders
Festival,
On August, 15 & 16 September, The English Concert will present
the first 'modern' performances in Benelux of the Missa Christi resurgentis.
Although this Mass was composed well over three hundred years ago, thanks
to the work of Dr James Clements it can be heard today.
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June/July 2004
Biondi leads his Europa Galante
on tours in Germany and Holland
This
Summer, Italy's premier baroque ensemble, Europa Galante, performs at
some of Europe's main festivals.
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May 2004
Ensemble Clement Janequin tours Holland
Several years ago Dominique Visse shocked the Utrecht
Early Music Festival, singing a programme “Vous avez dit: musique
ancienne...”, a recital comprising french music from Guillaume de
Machaut up to Gilbert Bécaud, with songs by Offenbach, Massenet,
Satie and Poulenc.
From 11 to 16 May, Dominique Visse and his Ensemble Clément Janequin
de Paris will tour the Netherlands again.
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April-June 2004
Egarr directs Enlightenment, AAM -
This spring, Richard Egarr directs two of Britain's leading period orchestras,
the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Academy of Ancient Music,
with concerts in the UK and the Netherlands.
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April-May 2004
Manze tours Scandinavia
Andrew Manze has always had a remarkable following in Scandinavia. This
Spring comprises productions with Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Graun's
Der Tod Jesu, two consecutive tours with some of the best chamber orchestras
from the North, Västeras Sinfonietta and Norwegian Chamber Orchestra,
and a mini-festival to celebrate Manze's appointment as 'Artist in Residence'
of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
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December 2003
Richard Egarr leads Portland Baroque, Tafelmusik
At the beginning of the new year, Richard Egarr, who is becoming more
predominant as director of early music ensembles and conductor of 'modern'
orchestras, will be directing two of North-America's leading specialised
ensembles, Portland Baroque Orchestra and Tafelmusik Toronto.
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Oct 2003
Andrew Manze goes solo and tours USA
After various projects in his new role of Artistic Director of The English
Concert, Andrew Manze returns to the violin. In October, he will tour
the USA with a solo programme many fans will have been looking forward
to for some while.
July 2003
Farewell and Welcome at BBC Proms
July 22nd's BBC Proms turned into a memorable event in the carreer of
Andrew Manze. The concert marks his farewell to The Academy of Ancient
Music ánd his first Prom appearance as the new Artistic Director
of The English Concert. Manze directed Corelli's Concerti grossi Op VI,
Haendel's Silete Venti and conducted both orchestras, their choirs and
soloists in his beautiful Dixit Dominus.
September 2003
Richard Egarr directs Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
His second appearance with The Orchestra of The Age Of Enlightenment,
Richard Egarr directed a 'striking and moving' (The Times) production
of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the BBC Proms.