The music of the great John Dowland with Ian Bostridge and Elizabeth Kenny

The music of the great John Dowland, with Ian Bostridge and Elizabeth Kenny

Some of Dowland’s most memorable songs, together with his wonderful consort music from the 1604 Lachrimae collection.

Dowland’s groundbreaking 1604 publication, with Elizabeth Kenny, lute.

My Days: Gibbons & Muhly with Alex Chance

Five viols play music in five, including Paul Desmond’s immortal tune, given a new twist by our own Jon Rees. Plus music by Tye, Debussy, Purcell, Orlando Gough and Orlando Gibbons, J.S.Bach and Kate Bush.

from Dowland to Purcell with Cambridge Renaissance Voices

Larkin’s poem, Church Going, is the inspiration for a programme of music by Parsons, Gibbons, Byrd, Lupo, Jenkins, Lawes, Purcell; and the solitary work by the great ‘Picforth’

A service with music by Orlando Gibbons, including his Second Service

Fretwork are joined by Cantorum, with a new work by Anthony Dowlatshahi. You can buy tickets here: www.cantorumchoir.org.uk

An afternoon concert of music by the great John Jenkins, and French composers, Satie, Debussy, Poulenc and Louis Couperin

Orlando Gibbons, Nico Muhly and a world premier of The Silver Swan, re-imagined by Silas Wollston

Nico Muhly’s ‘My Days’, which sets some of Orlando Gibbons’ autopsy, is contrasted with Gibbons’ own vocal and instrumental music, including the uproarious Cries of London. With Anna Dennis, Alex Chance, Sam Boden, Hugo Hymas & Jimmy Holliday.

On this day, 400 years ago, Orlando Gibbons, one of England’s greatest composers died suddenly in Canterbury. We celebrate his music with Anna Dennis, Alex Chance, Hugo Hymas, Sam Boden & Jimmy Holliday. Nico Muhly wrote My Days as an homage to Gibbons and we reprise this Wigmore commission of 2012.

A feast of baroque music, with Ruby Hughes: music by Purcell, Handel, Charpentier, J.S.Bach and Rameau

Echoes of Proust with French music for viols by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Louis Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Antoine Forqueray, Francis Poulenc & Nadia Boulanger

This year Arvo Pärt will celebrate his 90th birthday. Fretwork and Sansara celebrate

Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly

Commemorating 400 years since the death of one of England’s greatest composers

Music by Gibbons, John Paul Jones, Nico Muhly, Elvis Costello and Sting

J.S.Bach’s late and great masterpiece

Expressive music from 17th century Germany by Schütz, stein, Scheidt, Buxtehude, and Bach

Take Five viols, and what can you play? Paul Desmond (Dave Brubeck) of course, and music by Byrd, Debussy, Purcell, Michael Nyman, Tye and Kate Bush.

We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.

We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.