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SUMMARY:Bath Bach Fest
DESCRIPTION:Florilegium bring a programme dedicated to the music of J S Bach\, his son Carl Philipp Emanuel\, and their friend and godfather respectively\, Georg Telemann. They will be joined by mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston\, a BBC New Generation artist\, for two cantatas\, including Bach’s famously moving and emotional Vegnügte Ruh\, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGPh Telemann                    Orchestral Suite in A major TWV55:A1 \n\n\n\nJS Bach                                   Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering \n\n\nGPh Telemann                    Cantata Ihr Volker hört from Der harmonisches Gottesdienst \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nINTERVAL\n\n\n \n\n\nCPE Bach                               Concerto for flute in d minor Wq 22 \n\n\nJS Bach                                   Cantata BWV170 Vegnugte Ruh\, beliebte \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/bath-bach-fest/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Bathwick\, Darlington Street\, Bath\, BA2 4EB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250311T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T194637
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SUMMARY:Wigmore Hall
DESCRIPTION:Father\, Son and Godfather\n \n\nFlorilegium with Helen Charlston\n \nFlorilegium will be joined by mezzo soprano Helen Charlston in their programme entitled Father\, Son and Godfather at the Wigmore Hall. This programme will include Bach’s beautiful Cantata ‘Vegnugte Ruh’ which must rank as one of Bach′s most original cantatas. It is not his first for solo alto\, but was certainly the first written during his Leipzig years and uses the organ as an obbligato instrument in two of the arias.\n\n\n\n\nBach’s close friend Telemann is represented with one of his smaller scale cantatas from his vast collection entitled ‘Der Harmonisches Gottesdienst’ and well as an orchestral Suite. The programme also includes a flute concerto by Telemann’s godson CPE Bach and his father’s challenging and unique Ricercar in 6 parts from the ‘Musical Offering’ – a work dedicated to Frederick the Great in 1747. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGPh Telemann                    Orchestral Suite in A major TWV55:A1 \n\n\n\nJS Bach                                   Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering \n\n\nGPh Telemann                    Cantata Ihr Volker hört from Der harmonisches Gottesdienst \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nINTERVAL\n\n\n \n\n\nCPE Bach                               Concerto for flute in d minor Wq 22 \n\n\nJS Bach                                   Cantata BWV170 Vegnugte Ruh\, beliebte \n\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/wigmore-hall/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250406T161500
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SUMMARY:St Matthew Passion with The Bach Choir
DESCRIPTION:The annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion\, sung in English\, with The Bach Choir is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar. \nHear the dramatic telling of the Passion of Christ\, which features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales\, performed in full in English. \nFlorilegium \nDavid Hill conductor \nEd Lyon Evangelist \nSimon Shibambu Christ \nElizabeth Watts soprano \nHelen Charlston mezzo-soprano \nGuy Cutting tenor \nNeal Davies baritone \nThe Bach Choir \nLondon Youth Choir \n 
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/1981/
LOCATION:Royal Festival Hall\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250412T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250412T210000
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SUMMARY:St John Passion
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Cathedral’s programme of worship for Passiontide\, Salisbury Cathedral Choir performs J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion\, a masterpiece of sacred music that vividly tells the story of Christ’s Passion. Featuring an exceptional lineup of soloists and Salisbury Cathedral Choir under the direction of David Halls\, this performance promises to be a profound and moving experience. \nThe St. John Passion is celebrated for its dramatic intensity\, emotional depth\, and exquisite beauty. Bach’s work draws the listener into the narrative of Christ’s betrayal\, trial\, and crucifixion with unmatched artistry. \nEvangelist: Ruairi Bowen\nChristus: Timothy Dickinson\nSoprano: Amy Carson\nAlto: Anita Monserrat\nTenor: Magnus Walker\nBass and Pilatus: Jack Comerford \nChoir: Salisbury Cathedral Choir\nConductor: David Halls
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/st-john-passion/
LOCATION:Salisbury Cathedral\, Salisbury Cathedral\, 6 The Close\, Salisbury\, SP1 2EF
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250501T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250501T211500
DTSTAMP:20260602T194637
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SUMMARY:Florilegium with Rowan Pierce - Firth Hall\, Sheffield
DESCRIPTION:Exploring repertoire for soprano\, solo flute and strings Florilegium present two titans of the Baroque in this programme of sacred and secular music in a number of European styles. Bach is represented by a French suite and a German cantata\, whilst Handel offers an Italian concerto and an English pastoral ode.\nRowan Pierce was a Britten Pears young artist\, a Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a Harewood Artist at English National Opera. Rowan made her BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall in 2017 with the OAE and has returned twice since.
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/florilegium-with-rowan-pierce/
LOCATION:Firth Hall\, Alfred Denny Building\, Sheffield\, S10 2TN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250502T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250502T211500
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SUMMARY:Florilegium with Rowan Pierce - Sherborne Abbey Festival
DESCRIPTION:Florilegium joins Sherborne Abbey Festival opening with Bach’s First Orchestral Suite – an immensely popular genre in the late 18th century\, playing on the dance forms of the day. Handel follows: the charming pastoral air ‘Sweet Bird’ and the alternately stately and lively Third concerto grosso of his op.3 set. Finally\, Bach’s sublime secular cantata Ich bin in mir vergnugt professes that the greatest riches are to be found not outside of ourselves but within.
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/florilegium-and-rowan-pierce/
LOCATION:Sherborne Abbey\, Sherborne\, DT9 3LQ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250523T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250523T211500
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SUMMARY:Florilegium with Rowan Pierce - Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:Florilegium return to Beverley with soprano Rowan Pierce in a suitably celebratory programme of Handel and Bach\, including Bach’s lively and elegant Orchestral Suite in C together with an expressive and serene secular cantata for solo soprano and chamber ensemble. \nThe two works by Handel include a famous aria from his opera L’Allegro\, il Penseroso ed il Moderato where the virtuosic parts for both solo flute and soprano present a homage to nature and its sweet imitation of bird calls. Whilst it is unlikely that Handel ever visited Beverley\, John Courtney would certainly have known of his work as his music was deeply integrated into the cultural fabric of Georgian society. \n 
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/beverley-east-riding-early-music-festival/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Church\, HU17 8DL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250927T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250927T223000
DTSTAMP:20260602T194637
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SUMMARY:Les accents de passion
DESCRIPTION:Ashley Solomon\, Flute/Director \nReiko Ichise\, Viola da Gamba \nSiobhan Armstrong\, Harp \n  \nThis programme explores the intimate\, elegant sound-world of France and Italy in the 17th and early 18th centuries\, with music by composers who were titans at the time\, writing for flute and bass viol. The Italian\, triple-row harp was also played in France\, described by the French scientist Marin Mersenne in his 1636 work\, Harmonie Universelle. \nMichel de la Barre was the first (1702) to publish Pièces pours le Flûte traversière. The Sonate l’Inconnuë is the final ‘suite’ and is rounded off appropriately with a gloriously buoyant Chaconne. \nMarin Marais was the central figure in the French school of bass-viol that flourished during the late 17th and early 18th century. He spent the greater part of his life in royal service in Paris\, playing under the direction of Lully. \nThe founder of the French flute school\, Jacques Hotteterre enjoyed the status of Flûte de la Chambre du Roy\, and was the first to publish a treatise to help guide players around the complexities of the instrument. \nJacques Morel was a pupil of Marais. This short Chaconne\, from c. 1709\, employs the flute and bass viol as solo partners. \nThe Italian Luigi Rossi was a master composer of operas and cantatas. His music was extremely popular in France where he spent some time working for Cardinal Mazarin who commissioned him to write the opera Orfeo\, premiered in Paris in 1647. \nArcangelo Corelli\, often referred to as ‘the prince of musicians’\, built an enviable contemporaneous reputation as a violin virtuoso and composer of dramatic and experimental music. \nJean-Baptiste Barrière was a virtuoso cellist and composer. After studying in Italy with the cellist Franciscello\, he gave numerous performances in one of the earliest public concert series\, the Parisian Concert Spirituel\, having been accorded special privileges by Louis XV at Fontainebleau in 1733.
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/les-accents-de-passion/
LOCATION:St John’s Cathedral\, Abbeyquarter North\, Sligo\, Ireland
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251206T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251206T213000
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SUMMARY:Handel's Messiah with Waynflete Singers
DESCRIPTION:The Waynflete Singers together with Florilegium and conductor Andrew Lumsden return to the Cathedral for their ever-popular Christmas concert\, with Handel’s Messiah set to bring festive joy to the nave of the Cathedral. \nThey are joined by baroque ensemble Florilegium and a superb line-up of soloists. \nPlease book early to secure the best seats. \nWaynflete Singers\nEnglish Chamber Orchestra\nAndrew Lumsden\, conductor\nSoloists:\nSoprano: Harriet Eyley\nCounter-: James Laing\nTenor: Benjamin Hulett\nBass: Felix Kemp
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/handels-messiah-with-waynflete-singers-2/
LOCATION:Winchester Cathedral\, Winchester Cathedral\, 9 The Cl\, Winchester\, SO23 9LS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260308T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260308T161500
DTSTAMP:20260602T194637
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SUMMARY:St Matthew Passion with The Bach Choir
DESCRIPTION:The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Florilegium\, sung in English\, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar. \nThe St Matthew Passion features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales\, alongside rousing and striking choruses. \nThis is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to an exceptionally high standard. \nThis year marks the 150th anniversary of The Bach Choir\, which was formed in 1876 to give the first UK performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor. \n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers\nFlorilegium \nDavid Hill conductor \nToby Spence tenor\, Evangelist \nSimon Shibambu bass\, Christ \nLucy Crowe soprano \nCarolyn Dobbin mezzo-soprano \nBenjamin Hulett tenor \nChristopher Purves bass \n 
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/st-matthew-passion-with-the-bach-choir-2/
LOCATION:Royal Festival Hall\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260316T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260316T213000
DTSTAMP:20260602T194637
CREATED:20251215T143303Z
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SUMMARY:Telemann Old and New
DESCRIPTION:Florilegium’s fruitful immersion in the music of Georg Philipp Telemann has opened fresh perspectives on the work of a German Baroque composer who bridged the gap between past styles and new musical fashions and cultivated an eclectic ‘mixed taste’\, nourished by ideas from France\, Italy and elsewhere. Discover Telemann’s seductive blend of old and new in a programme complete with his dramatic cantata Ino\, which Elizabeth Watts recently recorded with Florilegium. \n  \nGeorg Philipp Telemann\, Overture: Suite in F TWV55:F16\nGeorg Philipp Telemann\, Concerto in E minor for flute\, recorder and strings TWV52:e1 \n\n \n\nINTERVAL\n \nGeorg Philipp Telemann\, Cantata: Ino TWV20:41\nGeorg Philipp Telemann\, Conclusion in E minor TWV50:5\n \n \n 
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/telemann-old-and-new/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260509T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260509T213000
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SUMMARY:Bach Easter Oratorio and Ascension Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:Florilegium joins Salisbury Cathedral Choir and conductor David Halls for a programme of Bach’s music for the Easter season\, pairing two celebratory sacred works with one of his most familiar orchestral pieces.
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/bach-easter-oratorio-and-ascension-oratorio/
LOCATION:Salisbury Cathedral\, Salisbury Cathedral\, 6 The Close\, Salisbury\, SP1 2EF
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260518T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260518T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T194637
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SUMMARY:Bach's Complete Brandenburg Concertos
DESCRIPTION:The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach  are widely regarded as some of the greatest orchestral compositions of the Baroque era. Director\, Ashley Solomon\, presents the concertos in reverse order\, so that the number of players increases with each work.  \nBACH JS: Brandenburg 6 BMW 1051 \nBACH JS: Brandenburg 5 BMW 1050 \nBACH JS: Brandenburg 4 BMW 1049 \nINTERVAL \nBACH JS: Brandenburg 3 BMW 1048 \nBACH JS: Brandenburg 2 BMW 1047 \nBACH JS: Brandenburg 1 BMW 1046
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/bachs-complete-brandenburg-concertos/
LOCATION:St James Church\, Church Street\, Chipping Campden\, GL55 6JG
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260526T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260526T214500
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SUMMARY:Bach's Mass in B minor with The Bach Choir
DESCRIPTION:The Mass in B minor is a remarkable work which combines all of Bach’s monumental gifts as a composer. \nIt contains solos\, duets\, trios and incredible choruses in as many as eight parts\, combining joy\, sadness\, melancholy but\, above all\, inspired melodic writing throughout. \nThe lightness and control that The Bach Choir possesses makes this ensemble the perfect match for one of Bach’s most heralded works. \n  \nFlorilegium \nDavid Hill conductor \nNardus Williams soprano \nHelen Charlston mezzo-soprano \nSam Furness tenor \nNeal Davies bass \nThe Bach Choir
URL:https://www.florilegium.org.uk/concerts/bachs-mass-in-b-minor-with-the-bach-choir/
LOCATION:Royal Festival Hall\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
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