2009 Programme

Sir Nicholas Kenyon reflects on 25 years and more of
Baroque music-making in London

Simone Kermes, Iestyn Davies, Sarah Fox, James Gilchrist,
Neal Davies, Johanette Zomer
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Concerto Köln
Ivor Bolton 'conductor'

Georgian music for violin and harpsichord, including
works by Handel, Geminiani, Chilcot and Arne
Rachel Podger 'violin' - Gary Cooper 'harpsichord'

Popular music from Purcell's London
Alva
Vivien Ellis 'voice' - Giles Lewin 'fiddle'

Dance tunes and ballads from the theatres,
homes and taverns of Baroque London
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King 'director'

Lucy Crowe, Claire Booth, Susan Bickley,
Jeremy Budd, Roderick Williams, Andrew Foster-Williams
Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn 'conductor'

Sacred songs and psalm-settings from the homes and private chapels
of 17th-century England
Charivari Agréable, Rodrigo del Pozo, Simon Beston 'tenor',
Nicholas Perfect 'bass', Manuel Minguillon Nieto 'theorbo', Ibi Aziz 'bass violin',Pawel Siwczak 'harpsichord / chamber organ & director'

Songs and instrumental music by Purcell and Handel
Robin Blaze 'counter-tenor', Sonnerie, Monica Huggett 'violin & director', Emilia Benjamin 'violin', Joseph Crouch 'cello', Elizabeth Kenny 'lute', James Johnstone 'harpsichord / chamber organ'

The Choir of Westminster Abbey
St. James's Baroque - James O'Donnell 'conductor'

A personal conspectus of 150 years of English song,
including music by Campion, Danyel, Dowland, Lawes, Blow,
Purcell, Croft and Greene
Emma Kirkby 'soprano', Jakob Lindberg 'lute', Steven Devine 'harpsichord'

Presenter Catherine Bott, Laurence Dreyfus 'director' and members of Phantasm for a special Festival edition of BBC

A journey through the English viol consort
Phantasm, Laurence Dreyfus treble 'viol & director', Wendy Gillespie 'treble viol', Emilia Benjamin 'tenor viol', Mikko Perkola 'bass viol', Markku Luolajan-Mikkola 'bass viol'

Chordophony, Lynda Sayce treble 'lute & director', Richard MacKenzie 'alto lute', Edward Fitzgibbon 'tenor lute', Richard Sweeney 'bass lute'

'Handel' Water Music: Suite in F major
'Purcell' Suite in C major for trumpet and orchestra
'Purcell' Suite from 'The Virtuous Wife' and 'The Gordian Knot Unty'd'
'Handel' Water Music: Suites in D and G major