Press
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“Vitality and shifting textures”: Review Highlights for The English Concert’s Hercules
Critic's pick in the New York Times
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The i Paper – The 10 Best Classical Concerts of 2025
The English Concert is featured twice in The i Paper's annual highlights.
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The Times – “a blissful New Year’s Eve at Wigmore Hall”
Five stars for The English Concert and Iestyn Davies
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“A wealth of emotional colours”: review highlights for Fidelio at Garsington
Discover what critics had to say about "a compelling harmony of stage and pit."
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“Delectable”: Review Highlights for Rodelinda at Garsington
Discover what critics had to say about "the most accomplished orchestral performance you could ever hope to hear."
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“This ensemble sets a standard for Handel performance in the 21st century”: Review Highlights for The English Concert’s Giulio Cesare
Discover what critics from The Guardian, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more had to say about our recent production of Handel's Giulio…
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The i Paper – five stars for a “simply breathtaking” St John Passion
In a dark and meaningful yet beautifully powerful performance, alto, Jess Dandy, was superb. Under the direction of Francesco Corti, its small chorus might have…
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Planet Hugill – “sophisticated music making” at Wigmore Hall
A profoundly satisfying account with dramatic urgency complemented by intimacy and tenderness in a performance of the Passion that brought a sense of drama and…
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B Minor Mass – Solemnity and splendour
“Bach’s holiness has its wild, rough and earthy side: her punk virtuosity with this most untameable of brass beasts made it thrillingly audible” “…singers and…
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Planet Hugill – a Baroque banquet for Christmas
Time stopped with the upper voice trio, 'Suscepit Israel'
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The Arts Desk Review – a Baroque banquet for Christmas
The strength-in-depth of this full-blooded Magnificat may have served as the evening’s meaty centrepiece. Still, those early courses delivered far more than pretty trimmings.
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13.05.22 – La Resurrezione is Gramophone Editor’s Choice & Recording of the Month
La Resurrezione is Editor’s Choice & Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for June
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