The London International Festival of Early Music

The London International Festival of Early Music is one of the largest and most inclusive early music festivals in the world. The festival began in 1973 and was first hosted at the Royal College of Music. The event moved to the Royal Horticultural Halls, and Greenwich, before finally finding its home at Blackheath Halls, in London’s oldest surviving purpose-built cultural venue.

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Erik Bosgraaf and The Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

Erik Bosgraaf and The Wrocław Baroque Orchestra perform a festive programme which is a homage to Antonio Vivaldi. In addition to the well-known Four Seasons in their own version for several recorders and orchestra, the concert also includes the familiar concerto for the smallest member of the recorder family...

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Jane Chapman (harpsichord)

Performed on a Taskin harpsichord with its rich timbre, this gala programme explores the vast repertory of contrasting harpsichord music. La Volta by William Byrd was most likely composed for virginals and Roxanna Panufnik’s new work inspired by Byrd’s Pavana Lachrymae is conceived for the double manual harpsichord with all its colourful registration....

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The OAE Experience Scheme Ensemble

Haydn’s genius as a composer of symphonies and Mozart’s genius as an opera composer stand out for players and audiences alike. By the time the two Haydn symphonies in this programme were written (1772), Haydn had been at the court in Esterhazy for a decade...

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