Enjoy an ‘as live’ performance of our 2022 Choral Pilgrimage programme An Old Belief, from the comfort of your own home. Filmed in the intimate surroundings of London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields, this emotional programme centres around Parry’s heartfelt Songs of Farewell.

An Old Belief

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

One of the most sought-after countertenors of our time, Tim Mead is constantly busy in the opera house, the concert hall and on the recital platform, bringing his delicate artistry to bear on a wide range of music from the Baroque to the present day. Here he joins with the Mexican lutenist for a programme of English songs from the late Renaissance period.

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Tim Mead countertenor; Sergio Bucheli lute

Wigmore Hall

‘A good voice… [is a] gift… so rare there is not one among a thousand that hath it’, wrote William Byrd in 1588. This didn’t put off singers wishing to try their luck: songbooks became hugely popular around the turn of the 17th century, most notably John Dowland’s groundbreaking First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597).
This was music for performers to make their own. These works have a strongly operatic flavour, blending poetry and music to create intensely expressive drama that goes straight to the listener’s heart. Highlights include Purcell’s masterpiece In guilty night, which is held in the Academy’s Spencer Collection.

Thomas Campion

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Oct 24, 2025

An Old Belief · The Sixteen

May 14, 2025

Hope is a dangerous thing · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

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