TEC Events – The English Concert

Mozart’s Requiem and Allegri’s Miserere at Westminster Abbey

English Concert — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:35:59 +0000

The St Margaret’s Choristers, comprising 24 girls aged 11-17 drawn from schools across London, were formed in 2023 and have quickly established themselves as an integral part of the music of Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s Church. On formation, they were the first girls’ choir in the Abbey’s thousand-year history. The English Concert performed Vivaldi’s ... Read more

Quartet of The English Concert at Festival MED

English Concert — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:12:11 +0000

A quartet of orchestral players from The English Concert perform a programme of baroque repertoire at the diverse music festival in Portugal’s Algarve. Charlotte Spruit – violin Manani Mizumoto – violin Joseph Crouch – violoncello Sergio Bucheli – theorbo…

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St Matthew Passion at Garsington Studios

English Concert — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:39:23 +0000

The English Concert is returning to Garsington, but it’s not yet time for a summer opera. On Maundy Thursday in 2027, TEC will perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion, directed by Harry Bicket, in celebration of the work’s 300th anniversary year. One of Bach’s most admired compositions, St Matthew Passion is an oratorio setting of the chapters of Matthew’s ... Read more

Handel’s Scipione

English Concert — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:05:40 +0000

Scipione is an opera about a man at the height of his power, and the choice not to use it. Scipio Africanus has just conquered New Carthage. He holds the city and commands the army, and Berenice is among the captives. Scipio holds all the power in that moment, but he refuses to treat her as a prize of victory. Instead, he returns her to the man she loves. The decision at the heart of the…

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Handel’s Alessandro

English Concert — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:03:43 +0000

Handel wrote this opera in 1726. The lively score and libretto explores the romantic life of conqueror Alexander the Great, focusing less on Alessandro’s acts of war and more on a turbulent love triangle. French countertenor and Handel specialist Christophe Dumaux is Alessandro; American soprano Joélle Harvey plays Lisaura, and mezzo-soprano Xenia Puskarz Thomas is ... Read more

Handel’s Alessandro

English Concert — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:02:12 +0000

Handel’s Alessandro

English Concert — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:59:40 +0000

Chamber Music at Lammermuir Festival

English Concert — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:29:45 +0000

Whitekirk may be a tiny hamlet, but it has a long history of Christian pilgrimage dating back to the 14th Century, with the future Pope Pius II making a pilgrimage there after surviving a shipwreck off Dunbar in 1435. Whitekirk’s magnificent red sandstone church of St Mary today remains substantially the building begun in 1439. ... Read more

Evensong, Bach Cantata 34 at Westminster Abbey

English Concert — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:16:59 +0000

Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.

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Trevor Pinnock’s 80th Birthday at Wigmore Hall

English Concert — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:43:57 +0000

A substantial book waits to be written about Trevor Pinnock’s part in the so-called Early Music Revival, a movement that saw the decisive shift in the art of historically informed performance into the mainstream of concert life. At Wigmore Hall, we celebrate his 80th birthday. The trumpets and drums of JS Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite ... Read more