The music from the musical underground, where English composers created their own unique sound in the shadow of the great masters.

Opera houses and concert halls flourished, new stars were born and a burgeoning middle class was absorbed by the music. But beneath the surface lay an almost forgotten musical underground – English composers who created their own special soundscape in the shadow of the great masters. Welcome to  the London Underground !

London Underground

St. Paul's Church Aarhus

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen

Helsinborg Concert Hall

"The Seasons" - Concerto Köln & Shunske Sato, Herrenchiemsee Festival

Hall of Mirrors

As early as the 18th century, composers were fighting for a European continent without national boundaries. Their music transfer affected not only singers and instrumentalists, but also styles, genres and trends. Italian violinists caused a sensation in London and Dresden, and in Hamburg people danced à la française. You can hear this in the second baroque concert of the season. The Croatian pianist Dejan Lazić and Dutch conductor Jan Willem de Vriend provide additional international flair.

Concerto. Dejan Lazić plays Bach in a baroque setting

Herrenhausen Gallery

The conductorless and period-instrument chamber orchestra performs music of the 18th century. Directed and coached by Corey Jamason and Elisabeth Reed, the ensemble continues to perform brilliant and virtuosic music for baroque orchestra, with students from both the Orchestra and Historical Performance programs.

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Baroque Ensemble

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Soloists from the Festival Orchestra will bring out the southern sun to banish the northern fog through the influence of Italian Baroque composers. Come for J.C. (“The London”) Bach’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin and cello, and concerti grossi by Corelli, Geminiani (arranging Corelli) and Avison (arranging Scarlatti), and stay for Handel’s delightful chamber organ concerto “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale” and more—performed by the Festival Orchestra led by Elizabeth Blumenstock.

London Fog, Italian Sunshine

St. Mark Presbyterian Church

HOW DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? The second Baroque concert of the season brings together guitarist JIJI and the musicians of LACO to perform masterworks from the Italian Baroque, as well as contemporary music inspired by the era from Caroline Shaw and Max Richter.

Charles Avison

Events

Past events

6 - 8 Nov, 2025

London Underground · Concerto Copenhagen

Jul 21, 2025

"The Seasons" - Concerto Köln & Shunske Sato, Herrenchiemsee Festival · Concerto Köln

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