Allyn Wu Bartolo

Joseph Hancock Count Almaviva

Klara Solen Rosina

Jaehong Kim Figaro

Seho Oh Basilio

Allyn Wu Bartolo

Joseph Hancock Count Almaviva

Klara Solen Rosina

Jaehong Kim Figaro

Seho Oh Basilio

Generously supported by Edward Brooks and the late Lyndon van der Pump, prizes are awarded to singers and accompanists in memory of Joan Chissell and Rex Stephens.

Following a triumphant debut with the Monteverdi Choir in December 2024, celebrated French baroque specialist Christophe Rousset brings his dramatic flair to Handel's thrilling oratorio, showcasing the full musical range of ‘the best choir in the world’ (Trouw), with a stellar cast of soloists.

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Christophe Rousset Conductor

Following a triumphant debut with the Monteverdi Choir in December 2024, celebrated French baroque specialist Christophe Rousset brings his dramatic flair to Handel's thrilling oratorio, showcasing the full musical range of ‘the best choir in the world’ (Trouw), with a stellar cast of soloists.

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Christophe Rousset Conductor

Allyn Wu baritone

Florence Price conductor

Georgie Malcolm soprano

Bernadette Johns alto

Philippe Durrant tenor

Allyn Wu bass

The Choir of St Cuthbert's Church

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Quintin Beer conductor

Oxford Philharmonic Choir
Marios Papadopoulos conductor

Westminster Cathedral Choir

Simon Johnson conductor

The London Handel Festival’s annual performance of Messiah is a truly unique opportunity to hear Handel’s timeless masterpiece in the very church where the composer himself worshipped.

This year, conductor Richard Gowers leads the combined forces of the Choir of St George’s, the London Handel Orchestra, and four remarkable soloists – all past finalists and winners of the International Handel Singing Competition.

Joe Tobin conductor

Daisy Livesey soprano
Mercè Bruguera Abelló alto
Gopal Kambo tenor
Allyn Wu baritone

Endelienta Baroque

Ed Woodhouse evangelist

Andy Tipple christus

Allyn Wu pilatus

William Waine director

Choir of Christ Church Southgate

Oxford Bach Soloists

Dónal McCann conductor

Caroline Blair soprano

Charlotte Clapperton mezzo-soprano

Tim Burton tenor

Allyn Wu baritone

Harry Bradford conductor

English Baroque Choir & Beaufoy Sinfonia

Allyn Wu Owen

Simone Best-Babayeju Kate

Alexis Jagger Mrs Julian

Jakob Fradley Coyle

Amber Dixon Mrs Wingrave

Hugh Kaliski Lechmere

Cynthia Verazie Mrs Coyle

Allyn Wu Owen

Simone Best-Babayeju Kate

Alexis Jagger Mrs Julian

Jakob Fradley Coyle

Amber Dixon Mrs Wingrave

Hugh Kaliski Lechmere

Cynthia Verazie Mrs Coyle

Allyn Wu baritone

Louis Moisan Theorbo

Mademoiselle Duval’s opera, Les Génies ou les Caractères de l’Amour, premiered at the Paris Opera in 1736 with Duval herself at the harpsichord. Although the opera captivated audiences, only some of her music survives.

In this concert performance, her opera makes its UK premiere in a bespoke reconstruction by Satoko Doi-Luck as we bring you the excitement and splendour of Enlightenment Paris.

Brighton Early Music Festival 2025

Elizabeth Kenny director
Academy Baroque Soloists
Musicians from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

Elizabeth Kenny director
Academy Baroque Soloists
Musicians from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

The Monteverdi Choir brings its ‘extraordinary class’ (Leipziger Volkszeitung) to Mozart’s final masterpiece, the Requiem Mass in D minor, with acclaimed Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado making his MCO debut.

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

Pablo Heras-Casado Conductor

Marking 400 years since the death of the great English Renaissance composer Orlando Gibbons, this concert celebrates his enduring legacy through performances of some of his most iconic masterpieces. Featuring his richly expressive verse anthems accompanied by viol consort, the programme also includes two newly commissioned works by Academy composers, offering a contemporary response to Gibbons’ timeless artistry.

Allyn Wu director/baritone

Ruby Skilbeck and Elizabeth Vineall soprano
Alex Thow and Louis Pettitt countertenor
Hugh Beckwith and Louis Watkins tenor
Henry Saywell bass
Matthew Farrell, Timothy Lin, Tess Roberts and Theodore Nisbett viol
Jude Chandler violone

Bach, Handel and Purcell masterpieces, conducted by Jonathan Sells 

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

Academy Baroque Soloists

Nicholas Mulroy director

Allyn Wu baritone

Mozart: Missa Solemnis, K337

Haydn: Missa in Augustins (Nelson Mass), Hob.XXII/11

Abigail Sinclair Soprano

Ruby Bak Contralto

Joseph Hancock Tenor

Allyn Wu Baritone

Ian Smith Conductor

A recital curated by Richard Stokes on the love-triangle between Robert, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms

Allyn Wu baritone

Lizzie Estrada soprano

Thomas Scott piano

Richard Stokes narrator

Over 3 days of practice, Thomas Dunford, lutenist and loyal collaborator of Les Arts Florissants, invites singers and instrumentalists to focus on the work of plucked string instruments and continuo. Improvisation will be explored, as will the interpretation of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

Oxford Bach Soloists

Quintin Beer conductor

Academy students present a performance of Dieterich Buxtehude’s hauntingly beautiful cantata cycle on different parts of Christ’s body on the cross.

Allyn Wu director

Oxford Bach Soloists

Eamonn Dougan conductor