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. They are joined by baroque ensemble Florilegium and a superb line-up of soloists. Please book early to secure the best seats. Waynflete [...]
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. The St Matthew Passion features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales, alongside rousing and striking choruses. This is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to [...]
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 [...]
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.
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. BACH JS: Brandenburg 6 BMW 1051 BACH JS: Brandenburg 5 BMW 1050 BACH [...]
The Mass in B minor is a remarkable work which combines all of Bach’s monumental gifts as a composer. It contains solos, duets, trios and incredible choruses in as many as eight parts, combining joy, sadness, melancholy but, above all, inspired melodic writing throughout. The lightness and control that The Bach Choir possesses makes this [...]
Florilegium presents the programme Father, Son and Godfather as part of the Imperial College International Lunchtime Series. This concert will explore music by J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and G. P. Telemann, performed on a chamber music setting of two Violins, Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord.
The Waynflete Singers, together with Florilegium and conductor Andrew Lumsden return to Winchester Cathedral with Bach's Christmas Oratorio, set to bring festive joy to the nave of the cathedral. They are joined by a superb line-up of soloists. Please book early to secure the best seats. Waynflete Singers Florilegium Conductor: Andrew Lumsden Soloists: Soprano: Rowan [...]
The Choir of Merton College are joined by Florilegium and harpist Cecily Beer to bring festive spirit to Smith Square Hall, as part of the Sinfonia Square Christmas Festival. They will present a program of music celebrating two great British composers: Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten, both born on St. Cecilia's day, in the 50th [...]
Florilegium and a dream-team quartet of singers mark the month of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday with a celebratory evening of sacred and secular compositions. The composer's music, central to the period-instrument ensemble's repertoire since its foundation in the early 1990s, speaks of life's heightened experiences and the infinite greatness of creation. Florilegium's Palm Sunday programme [...]