The mythical Orpheus, who lost his Eurydice forever when he looked back as he was rescuing her from the underworld, has inspired everything from the most creative composers to the most dramatic compos...
Tickets More infoThe Latvian Iveta Apkalna is one of the most talented organists of her generation. Indeed, she has been the titular organist of the Elbphilharmonie organ in Hamburg since its opening in 2016. After an...
Tickets More infoMost of Bach's cantatas were commissioned by the Lutheran church and in service of God. In his Bauerncantate, however, biblical figures make way for everyday characters. Downstage are two peasants who...
Tickets More infoThe charismatic Avi Avital is indisputably one of the greatest mandolin players of our time. His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon are celebrated internationally. For this programme, Avital dips a t...
Tickets More infoThe Goldberg Variations are as moving today as they have ever been. Bach developed over thirty variations on the very well-known aria, and cast them in an ingenious structure. The aria returns at the ...
Tickets More infoIn Die Kunst der Fuge, Bach composed not only one of his greatest but also one of his most enigmatic pieces. At first sight, comparisons with the Argentinean tango may seem absurd. However, the Glorvi...
Tickets More infoIn his Missae Breves Bach wrote four tense masses which, in terms of musical richness, are not outdone by his great Mass in b, BWV 232. In the Missa brevis, BWV 235 Bach demonstrates his mastery in ab...
Tickets More infoThe Hathor Consort brings English violin fantasias face to face with the Indian Dhrupad tradition. Dhrupad, literally ‘the immovable word’, is one of the oldest genres in Indian music. The flat tones ...
Tickets More infoWhen the Belgian film Farinelli was released in 1994 the phenomenon of the castrato became known to a wider audience. Together with his Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky performs a selection of c...
Tickets More infoForgotten genius Orazio Benevolo was a younger contemporary of Frescobaldi and Monteverdi and, according to some, Palestrina’s only true successor. He composed the Missa Si Deus pro nobis for 8 spatia...
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