2010 Programme
All concerts are at St. John's, Smith Square, unless otherwise stated
Click on the dates to read the respective programme:
Thursday 13 May, 7.30pm
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
La Venexiana
Claudio Cavina director
Friday 14 May, 7.00pm
The Beating Heart
Chamber cantatas by Handel and his Italian rivals
Emanuela Galli soprano
La Risonanza
Fabio Bonizzoni harpsichord & director
Friday 14 May, 9.30pm
The Wandering Viol
Baroque solo repertoire, plus improvisations
Paolo Pandolfo viola da gamba
Saturday 15 May, 4.30pm
The Birth of the Trio Sonata
Ensemble sonatas from 17th-century Italy
Baroque Fever
Peter Spissky and Bjarte Eike violins
Thomas Pitt cello
Allan Rasmussen harpsichord
Saturday 15 May, 6.15pm
The Lufthansa Lecture
Monteverdi the Modern Man
Robert Hollingworth
Saturday 15 May, 7.45pm
Gods, Emperors and Angels
Vivaldi concertos for winds and strings
Pamela Thorby recorder
Peter Whelan bassoon
Sara Deborah Struntz violin
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler violin & director
Sunday 16 May, 4.30pm
St Peter's, Eaton Square
'Ingenious Jesting with Art'
Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti
Pierre Hantaï harpsichord
Sunday 16 May, 7.30pm
Madrigal into Opera
Madrigals by Wert, Rore, Marenzio, Gesualdo and Monteverdi
I Fagiolini
Barokksolistene
Robert Hollingworth director
Tuesday 18 May, 7.00pm
Westminster Abbey
Praises from Venice and Rome
Julia Doyle soprano
Charlotte Mobbs soprano
Clare Wilkinson mezzo-sporano
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
St. James's Baroque
James O'Donnell conductor
Thursday 20 May, 7.30pm
Handel La Resurrezione
Mhairi Lawson Angel
Gillian Webster Mary Magdalen
Romina Basso Mary Cleophas
Jeremy Ovenden St. John
Vuyani Mlinde Lucifer
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh director
Friday 21 May, 7.00pm
The Voice in the Violin
A journey through Italian violin music from Monteverdi to Corelli
IMAGINARIUM Ensemble
Alessandro Tampieri archlute & violin
Alessandro Palmeri cello
Luca Guglielmi harpsichord & organ
Enrico Onofri violin & director
Friday 21 May, 9.30pm
Parting Is Such Sweet
Sorrow
Baroque music and jazz improvisations
Pamela Thorby recorder
Olivia Chaney vocals
Huw Warren piano
Saturday 22 May, 5.00pm
Radio 3 'Discovering Music'
Stephen Johnson presenter
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Enrico Onofri violin & director
Margaret Faultless violin & co-director
Saturday 22 May, 7.30pm
When in Rome...
Concertos by Corelli, Handel and Muffat
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Enrico Onofri violin & director
Margaret Faultless violin & co-director