| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 19-May-2013 Birmingham Town Hall | Violins galore with Vivaldi, Bach and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Birmingham |
 Marco Borggreve.jpg) What a lovely way to round off a weekend, with some feel-good favourites from one of the world’s finest early music ensembles. Currently in their silver jubilee season, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra actually began to emerge a couple of years earlier than their official 1987 launch. Several students from the College of Music in Freiburg, fortified and inspired by glasses of New Year sparkling wine, had decided to form a group to research, experiment and play on Baroque instruments.Read full review... | |
| 18-May-2013 St John's Smith Square | Baroque on the high seas: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Carolyn Sampson at Lufthansa |
 Marco Borggreve.jpg) The title reflecting a countertenor aria from Henry Purcell’s Ode to St Cecilia, “’tis Nature’s Voice” was the overall theme of this year’s Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, which drew to a spectacular close on Saturday. Attracting some high-calibre soloists and ensembles, this year has seen concerts by the Gabrieli Consort, the European Union Baroque Orchestra, and the Choir of Westminster Abbey, among others, all on a theme of nature.Read full review... | |
