Giulio Caccini, born in 1551, most likely in Rome, channelled heightened emotions into his solo songs. He understood the artistic and commercial value of The New Music, as he titled his 1602 collection of monodies, as did the other composers in La Venexiana’s concert. The Italian vocal ensemble, founded almost 30 years ago, comes to this repertoire with a near-supernatural understanding of its imagery and expressive language.

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La Venexiana

Wigmore Hall

Swiss soprano Nicole Wacker, winner of the Eduard Tschumi Prize in 2024, presents vocal music from the early Baroque period in her matinee concert – by Barbara Strozzi and Claudio Monteverdi.

Carte Blanche for Nicole Wacker (Eduard Tschumi Prize winner 2024)

Casino Bern

For more than two decades, Magdalena Kožená has captivated global audiences as one of the world's leading voices. The New York Times once described her unique presence as "vocally elegant, emotionally direct, and stylistically accomplished." In the intimate atmosphere of the small hall, the versatile singer, accompanied only by Daniele Caminiti's sensitive lute playing, presents a program of Baroque classics such as Purcell's world-famous lament "When I am laid in Earth" and arias by the composer and prima donna Barbara Strozzi.

Magdalena Kožená / Song recital

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

"It'll be a really fun show with some of the most insanely talented musicians playing some of the best music ever written... All you have to know is - do you like a good tune? Because we're going to be playing a ton of those." - Chris Addison

Chris Addison’s Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music

Cast

Federico Fiorio & Karalis Antiqua Ensemble

Teatro La Fenice

With her deep knowledge of Nordic folk magic, Olga Ravn works to stage performances that reinterpret folk magic with inspiration from cultic ritual, the visual world of poetry and the concentration of performance art. It is this dialogue that now moves into the concert hall with a performance developed especially for the Copenhagen Phil.

Olga Ravn: Re-enchantment

The Conservatory Concert Hall

And there was light: By the end of the 16th century at the latest, affect had become an indispensable component of music. Stylus luxurians – "luminous style" – is what music theorist and composer Christoph Bernhard calls this creative device, which was also prevalent in the Baroque period and is characterized by theatricality and intense emotional expression. The Ensemble Astrum researches, experiments, and creates. In their program "And there was light ," the trio of artists led by award-winning Salzburg recorder player Felix Gutschi and Dutch soprano Noëlle Drost dedicate themselves to the stylus luxurians and take the audience on an emotionally profound journey through the Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods.

Museum Concert: Ensemble Astrum And there was

Mozart Residence

Violinist Alexi Kenney returns to play and direct a compelling selection of Baroque and contemporary gems spanning several centuries. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons lays out a sequence of scenes, all shaped by elemental forces: wind, rain, sunshine, and snow. Vivaldi creates an immersive sound-world complete with calling birds, murmuring streams, rustling leaves, barking dogs, lurching peasants, rolling thunder, chattering teeth. Any composer can simulate natural sounds and noises; Vivaldi makes us feel them. Rich in tunes and tonal contrasts, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos blend the sparkling refinement of the French suite and the lusty vigor of the Italian concerto grosso with the contrapuntal grandeur of German organ music. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 features a dazzling dance between three virtuoso soloists—on flute, violin, and keyboard—and orchestra.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

San Francisco Symphony

The genius dimension of Giovanni Legrenzi

Musica Mirabilis Festival, Clusone

Hugh Cutting made history in 2021 as the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award and join the roster of BBC New Generation Artists. A rising-star soloist, he was hailed by the Times as “an exceptional voice: lustrous and rounded, with power in reserve and immaculate intonation.”

The English Concert and Hugh Cutting at Wigmore Hall

Beyond – Music Beyond Time

Saanen Church

Take a trip back in time to 18th century Venice with violinist Rachel Barton Pine and a professional chorus at our A Little Afternoon Musik series.

Vivaldi’s Venice

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption

Baroque cello or classical sounds, intimate chamber music or orchestra? No question for the prizewinner in residence. Anastasia Kobekina has invited close friends to perform all of these together on stage for a week as part of the "Baroque with Anastasia & Friends" series.

Basel Chamber Orchestra: Venice Beyond

City Church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas

Scottish Ensemble’s annual summer concerts bring vibrant music to open, light-filled venues across Scotland. In 2025 Scottish Ensemble are joined by soprano and composer Héloïse Werner – “a soprano of extraordinary range, tone and vocal abilities, possessing a seemingly inexhaustible expressive range” (Gramophone)

Concerts for a Summer’s Night with Scottish Ensemble

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

In a kind of mini-residency, we present saxophonist Asya Fateyeva, who will not only be our guest at BaseCamp on 17 May, but has also brought a colourful concert programme from the Baroque period with works based around the noble concept of hope to the Old Federal Council. But beware: » Hope, that’s a dangerous thing! «, as not only Lana del Rey sings, but as poets, writers and artists of all genres have been saying since ancient times! But that doesn’t stop composers from writing the most beautiful music on this subject. The unusual combination of saxophone with baroque harp and lute promises exciting sound journeys into the emotionally charged world of the baroque!

Hope is a dangerous thing

Quay Bonn-Bundeshaus

Seit 2010 spielen Ensembles der Staatskapelle im Bode-Museum, einem Juwel der Berliner Museumslandschaft. Matinee-Konzerte von gut einer Stunde Dauer im Gobelinsaal mit Musik aus den vergangenen Jahrhunderten können zwanglos in weitere Stunden im Museum übergehen – etwa bei einem Ausstellungsbesuch oder kulinarischen Ausklang im stilvollen Museumscafé.

Mu­se­ums­kon­zert VI

Gobelinsaal Bode-Museum

The programme for this concert has changed and is now as below.

Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor; il Pomo d'Oro

Today’s recital, Monteverdi and His Venetian Legacy, is a journey through the rich musical heritage of Venetian composers from the late Renaissance to the Baroque, featuring works by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi.

The Bellot Ensemble

Corn Exchange

Manhattan School of Music’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

So-Chung Shinn, Classical Voice – Soprano

Manhattan School of Music

Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński has surged to the heights of the international classical music scene with ease, his vibrancy paving his path and setting him apart from the rest. Founded in 2012 by Giulio D’Alessio and Gesine Lübben, Il Pomo d’Oro swiftly established itself as an ensemble of outstanding quality. These powerful forces come together in stunning synchronicity in this Bing Concert Hall performance.

Jakub Józef Orliński with Il Pomo d’Oro

Stanford University

Riveting Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński is among today’s most sought-after singers, celebrated for his beauty of tone and an uncommon unity of color and polish across his vocal range. Last season he made a thrilling company debut as Orpheus at San Francisco Opera, a performance praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “radiant and magical,” and he has sung with many of the world’s most esteemed early-music groups. Orliński returns to Berkeley this season with the sensational ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro, in a program of rarely performed works from the 16th and 17th centuries—by Monteverdi, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Strozzi, and others. Orliński’s last Cal Performances recital sold out—with audiences demanding multiple encores—so don’t miss this opportunity to hear a true star at the height of his artistry!

Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor Il Pomo d’Oro

University of California, Berkeley

SBC 2023 Festival Concert 1

Lincoln Theater Damariscotta

The ACO returns to the historic Harlem Parish, the stunning location of its fall ’20 filmed production of The Chaconne Project. Now we assemble the same performers to Revisit that experience in this lively program of Baroque repertoire with a focus on the chaconne—a musical genre that evolved from the bawdiness of 16th-century Spanish street dances to the refinement of Bach’s Chaconne for Solo Violin. In the splendid acoustics of Harlem Parish, we showcase ten vibrant chaconnes that use various combinations of strings, plucked instruments, harpsichord, voice and percussion. Acclaimed Mexican lyric soprano Guadalupe Peraza dazzles with her “mellow, conversational” mezzo (Opera News) and emotional delivery, complemented by dance and hand percussion.

Revisit - The Chaconne Project, a Salon Concert

Harlem Parish

Step into Baroque Venice, where a hidden musical revolution gave rise to powerful voices and rising stars. Featuring music by trailblazers including Casulana, the first woman to publish her own music; Bembo, whose work bridged Italian passion and French grandeur; Strozzi, Venice’s most prolific composer of secular music; and Sirmen, a virtuoso violinist who captivated audiences across Europe. Their music, alongside that of Vivaldi, reveals a world of bold artistry, powerful stories, and a legacy that still resonates. These extraordinary composers defied convention and captivated Europe’s courts and concert halls. Discover bold music, powerful stories, and a legacy that still resonates today.

The Extraordinary Women Of Venice

Halifax United Church

Who, man or woman, committed the first act of infidelity?
To resolve this question, a prince reveals to his court, and to the woman he desires, an experiment once imagined by his father: to return to the origins of the world by staging the encounter of four teenagers, isolated from society and from one another for seventeen years. First glances, first emotions, upheavals of the senses: soon the experiment takes unexpected turns, leaving the question unanswered.

Barbara Strozzi

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 17, 2027

The Extraordinary Women Of Venice · Symphony Nova Scotia

Jan 17, 2027

The Extraordinary Women Of Venice · Symphony Nova Scotia

Mar 11 - Apr 2, 2027

Ce qui brûle en silence · Opéra national de Paris

Past events

Jun 29, 2026

La Venexiana · Wigmore Hall

May 17, 2026

Carte Blanche for Nicole Wacker (Eduard Tschumi Prize winner 2024) · Bühnen Bern

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