In this evocative programme, soprano Nardus Williams, winner of the Rising Star award at the 2022 International Opera Awards, joins Liz Kenny, one of Europe’s leading lute and theorbo specialists, to trace the musical expression of melancholy across 16th- and 17th-century Europe.

Shut the Gate Against My Thoughts

Smith Square Hall

An intimate and absorbing solo recital performed by the brilliant lutenist Thomas Dunford. BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.

Thomas Dunford: Solo Recital

LSO St Luke's

A gifted composer and violinist, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber produced a host of sacred works and revolutionized the technique of his instrument, leaving behind him a legacy of virtuoso and imaginative scores, meditative or ardent, eminently spiritual and spectacular.

Le temps des rêves

Billetterie de la Ville

In the lead-up to Christmas the widely-ranging British soprano presents a seasonal programme in collaboration with a rising star amongst period ensembles.

EPSG:4326

Lucy Crowe soprano; La Nuova Musica; David Bates director

Wigmore Hall

Back to Nature – Chamber Music on Period Instruments

BFO Rehearsal Hall

The Royall Consort of King Charles I was at the cutting edge of 17th century music, and today it lives again with Academy of Ancient Music.
King Charles I was a connoisseur of the visual arts, but he had exquisite taste in music, too, and the brilliant young composer and courtier William Lawes flooded the Stuart court with some of Britain’s – and Europe’s – most innovative (and ravishing) sounds.

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 6, 2026

Back to Nature – Chamber Music on Period Instruments · Budapest Festival Orchestra

21 - 22 Apr, 2027

The Royall Consort · Academy of Ancient Music

Past events

Oct 30, 2026

Shut the Gate Against My Thoughts · Sinfonia Smith Square

Feb 5, 2026

Thomas Dunford: Solo Recital · London Symphony Orchestra

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