English Concert
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New 2022 – 2023 season of concerts announced
The English Concert’s 2022-2023 season centers on the works of George Frideric Handel, featuring a range of performances and recordings:
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Jubilee Honour for Artistic Director
We are proud and delighted that English Concert Artistic Director Harry Bicket has been awarded an OBE for his services to music. The Queen’s Jubilee…
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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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Help us record Handel’s Serse
Following from our recording of Handel’s Rodelinda and La Resurrezione, we are announcing an ambitious plan to record the next instalment of our Handel series:…
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08.04.22 – The Times – La Resurrezione ****
‘An exemplary recording of Handel’s vibrant Easter surprise’ ‘The orchestra’s lively precision, rhythmic bounce and variegated colours: ideal tools for proper display of the endless…
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Rodelinda recording nominated for BBC Music Magazine Award
We are delighted to be nominated for a 2022 BBC Music Magazine Award in the Opera category! BBC Music Magazine announces nominees for its 2022…
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The English Concert receives grant from the Government Culture Recovery Fund
The English Concert to receive £80,000 from third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The English Concert among 925 recipients to benefit from the…
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The English Concert receives grant from the Government Culture Recovery Fund
The English Concert to receive £115,000 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The English Concert is among more than 2,700 recipients to…
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Guardian – Bath Bachfest
English Concert/ Cummings review — all outstanding soloists “The English Concert, all outstanding soloists, played Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos 4 and 5: a dazzling finale..”…
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Help us record Handel’s Tamerlano
Following from our recording of Handel’s Rodelinda in September, we are announcing an ambitious plan to record the next instalment of our Handel opera cycle…
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The Times – Purcell, Odes for a Queen Review
English Concert/ Bezuidenhout Review — A Stirring Performance That Melted Hearts “The arrows of the Almighty are within me/ And the terrors of God do…
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