John Eliot Gardiner named Honorary Citizen of Cremona John Eliot Gardiner was named an Honorary Citizen of Cremona, the town where Monteverdi was born, on 25 June 2023. The ceremony was held in the Sala dei Quadri of the Palazzo Comunale in Cremona, Italy. “It is an honour for me…
…Chris Lee John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique brought the first leg of their landmark tour celebrating Beethoven 250 at Chicago’s Harris Theater on 3 March. Gardiner and the ORR performed complete cycles of Beethoven’s symphonies at Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Carnegie Hall and finally the…
…music’ Sir John Eliot Gardiner ‘Achieving such prestigious recognition is a tribute to all those involved in this mammoth undertaking: from the talented onstage musicians led by John Eliot Gardiner—and I should stress for those who didn’t see our shows that both singers and players were on stage together, all…
…ORR and John Eliot Gardiner celebrate these twin milestones with a momentous transatlantic tour beginning in February, presenting complete cycles of Beethoven’s symphonies in residencies at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Chicago’s Harris Theater and New York’s Carnegie Hall, where this season Gardiner is a 2019/20 Perspectives Artist.…
…January 2023, John Eliot Gardiner was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest. The ceremony was held in the institution’s main building on Liszt Ferenc Square. “Sir John Eliot Gardiner is an authentic and outstanding representative of international music life, whose professional achievements have been…
…★★★★★ by Stephen Walsh ‘Gardiner’s Monteverdi Odyssey begins, aptly and superbly, with his Odysseus masterpiece’ ‘Gardiner’s Ritorno showed that, on the contrary, his style of recitative, constantly in motion between a sort of dry chatter and informal lyrical song, with every shade in between, is probably the most sophisticated form…
…and Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s 75th birthday at the Barbican Centre. The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists performed three concerts from their Bach Cantata Ring tour, which featured at the Bachfest in Leipzig the weekend before, and visited a roster of Europe’s finest concert halls and churches in May.…
…directed by John Eliot Gardiner since he founded the Monteverdi Choir 54 years ago. This new role was created to give a young conductor the opportunity to work alongside John Eliot Gardiner and to be involved in the process of musicological research, preparation, and rehearsing associated with all MCO projects…
…Tamestit (viola), John Eliot Gardiner and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique showcased a programme of works spanning Berlioz’s career at this year’s BBC Proms. The ORR were on their feet to begin the evening with the swashbuckling Corsaire overture, which was followed by DiDonato embodying the ancient exotic queen Cléopatra in…
…Berlioz, bringing John Eliot Gardiner, the ORR and Monteverdi Choir together with a stellar cast of soloists and an innovative staging from Noa Naamat to create “A Benvenuto Cellini of unfailing gusto” (The Telegraph). Read a selection of the reviews below: “Gardiner’s dazzling semi-staging, in tandem with the director Noa…
…Romantique and John Eliot Gardiner brought the first cycle in our Beethoven 250 celebrations to a close on Friday 14 February as they were joined by the Monteverdi Choir and Cor Cambra Palau for the iconic Ninth Symphony. The concert was a fitting end to to the cycle in Barcelona,…
…16 October, John Eliot Gardiner stepped-in to conduct a concert with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra at the Auditorium de Radio-France in Paris. Gardiner was joined by soprano Camilla Tilling for a performance of Beethoven’s early concert aria ‘Ah! Perfido’ op. 65, which was followed by the bass aria ‘Es…
…2022, Sir John Eliot Gardiner was awarded the honour of “Cavaliere di Gran Croce” of the Order of “Stella d’Italia”. The honour was presented to Sir John Eliot by the Ambassador of Italy, Inigo Lambertini, at an exclusive ceremony at the Embassy of Italy, London. The ceremony was attended by…
…make a memorable semi-staging’ ‘Gardiner’s musical characterisation and Elsa Rooke’s semi-staging brought great clarity to the hierarchy of lovers and their relationships, highlighting the servants’ delicious undercurrent of satire. The genius of Monteverdi could not be better honoured.’ ‘Gardiner’s musical characterisation and Elsa Rooke’s semi-staging brought great clarity to the…
…conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, will be joined by Joyce DiDonato and Antoine Tamestit for an evening of Berlioz at the BBC Proms on Wednesday 5 September at 7.30pm. Programme Overture ‘Le corsaire’ La mort de Cléopâtre (Joyce DiDonato) Highlights from Les Troyens: ‘Chasse Royale et Orage’ | Monologue et…
…came from John Eliot Gardiner, president of the Bach Archiv, who envisaged performing 30 sacred cantatas, across nine concerts during one weekend, alternating between the churches of St Thomas and St Nicholas. John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will be joined by Ton Koopman and the…
…September, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and members of the Monteverdi Choir had the honour of taking part in the Peter Hall Memorial, a service marking a year since the passing of the celebrated theatre director. As part of the service, Gardiner conducted the Choir in a performance of the cantata…
…November 1989, John Eliot Gardiner assembled an orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. Although the concert came under the banner of the English Baroque Soloists, it marked the first public appearance of what was to subsequently become the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. It was a new kind of…
…competence of John Eliot Gardiner, the orchestra and the choir and above all their evident harmony. The sound quality, the precision of the attacks, the rhythm of the narration and the clarity of the concertation are magnificent.” Francesco Giudiceandrea – GB Opera magazine - click here to read the full…
…winter solstice”. (John Eliot Gardiner) This December, John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will perform J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio for the first time since 2008, with dates at Teatro alla Scala, Milan (3 December 2022: Parts 1-3), Chapelle Royale, Palace of Versailles (11 December 2022: Parts…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner will be joined by Isabelle Faust and Antoine Tamestit, two of today’s most revelatory and poetic performers, for a programme of dazzling orchestral works by Haydn and Mozart, with performances at: Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne (9 January 2023); Scharoun Theater, Wolfsburg, (10 January, 2023); Musikverein, Vienna…
…conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, were honoured to perform at the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May 2023. Our very special pre-service performance, featuring music by J.S. Bach and Bruckner, opened the celebrations prior to the arrival of The…
…AND SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER THE MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRAS ANNOUNCE CONDUCTORS FOR THE COMING SEASON The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras confirms: “We are pleased to announce that the forthcoming tour of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will be conducted by Peter Whelan.…
…Alexandra Coghlan ‘John Eliot Gardiner’s instinct for Berlioz has been honed over many years, and the result here was a performance brimming with detail and colour.’ ‘Was it Ann Hallenberg’s glowing “D’amour l’ardente flame” ... the easy brilliance of Michael Spyres’ “Nature immense”, or Laurent Naouri’s plausible, clubbable Mephistopheles that…
…Clements ‘Under John Eliot Gardiner and his exceptional group of musicians, every element in Monteverdi’s 1607 music drama was perfectly scaled and projected’ ‘This year, there’s no shortage of performances marking the 450th anniversary of the birth of Claudio Monteverdi. But if any of the events still to come match…
John Eliot Gardiner received an honorary doctorate from the École pratique des hautes études in a ceremony at the Philharmonie de Paris on Wed 14 March. The École is one of France’s most prestigious institutions of research and higher education. This marks another honour for Gardiner whose work and career…
…led by John Eliot Gardiner, showcased a programme of Italian choral masterpieces by Monteverdi, Carissimi and Domenico Scarlatti, alongside works by Purcell, to full houses at both venues. “The musicians of Gardiner are distinguished by exceptional teamwork: everything is perfected to the smallest detail” - Izvestia (full review) These concerts…
…Romantique and John Eliot Gardiner kicked off our landmark tour of Beethoven’s complete symphonies this week as they began the first of five complete Beethoven symphony cycles at Barcelona’s modernista Palau de la Música Catalana. The tour celebrates both the Beethoven 250 anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the founding…
…Conductor to John Eliot Gardiner and the three Monteverdi ensembles has been the greatest learning curve of my life and this incredible experience has been instrumental for this next step in my career. Having John Eliot as a mentor is the greatest gift any young conductor could ask for, and…
…Grammophon released John Eliot Gardiner’s complete recordings on Archiv Produktion and DG. The boxset comprises all 104 recordings that Gardiner made with the labels in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, including the Bach Passions, Mozart operas and Beethoven’s nine symphonies, along with music by Monteverdi, Haydn, Schumann, Holst, and…
…that Sir John Eliot Gardiner, founder of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, will not be returning to the organisation. Following a reported assault in August 2023, John Eliot Gardiner stepped back from public music-making. He accepted full responsibility for the incident, and…
…Venice, Sir John Eliot Gardiner was honoured by Teatro La Fenice with a ‘Lifetime in Music Award’ for his services to music. The award was presented to him by La Fenice Artistic Director, Fortunato Ortombina at the culmination of an hour-long ceremony that featured performances from the Midi Ensemble and…
…10.15pm Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with this programme of Bach’s Reformation Cantatas BWV 79 and BWV 80 alongside a selection of works from Schütz’s Psalmen Davids. Seats £12.20 to £37.70 (including fees) Tickets now on…
…Thiel ‘Just like Karajan, Gardiner stage directs, assisted by Elsa Rooke. And the staging; it is an arrangement, which can be seen for the first time in Aix, a performance that has aroused singers, so that - with all precision and meticulous preparation - they will turn their innermost outward.…
John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists were joined by Antoine Tamestit (Viola), Isabelle Faust (Violin) and soprano Angela Hicks for a mixed programme of Mozart on Sunday 28 January at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg for the annual Mozart birthday celebrations. ‘It was most enlightening to observe: how…
…working with John Eliot Gardiner and Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras between 1978 and 2003 during important projects, from Rameau Operas Les Boreades and Hippolyte et Arice through to the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage and performances of all the great Mozart operas. He was a valued member of both orchestras - his…
…by Sir John Eliot Gardiner who vividly brought Monteverdi’s words and music to life for audiences across Europe and the US to those working tirelessly behind-the-scenes whose industry made the magic possible. Full details of the RPS Music Award shortlist can be found here The winners will be announced on…
…admired by John Eliot Gardiner and her fellow singers. Jean also sang regularly with the BBC singers and the John Aldiss Choir, and frequently recorded with the Ambrosian Singers. She will be greatly missed, and we would like to send our condolences to her friends, family and loved ones. John…
…(ORR) and John Eliot Gardiner have showcased the music of Hector Berlioz in their annual appearances at the BBC Proms. This year marks both the ORR’s 30th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of the French composer’s death. To honour these twin milestones, Gardiner and the ORR, alongside the Monteverdi Choir,…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner is now available to pre-order. The long-awaited follow up to the Brandenburg Concertos, Debretzeni, Gardiner and the EBS present Bach’s two violin concertos alongside arrangements of two harpsichord concerto; BWV1052 in D minor by Debretzeni and Wilfried Fischer, and the world-premiere recording of Debretzeni’s arrangement…
…Led by John Eliot Gardiner, the performances at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, the Sala São Paulo and Montevideo’s Teatro Solís featured a programme of dramatic church music by Monteverdi, Carissimi and Domenico Scarlatti as well as works by Henry Purcell. “The incredibly homogeneous voices of the 19…
…chosen by John Eliot Gardiner – made available to stream in its entirety for the week ahead, accompanied by a few words from a musician who took part in this landmark project 20 years ago. This will be an opportunity to discover or rediscover these extraordinary pieces of music that…
…in which John Eliot Gardiner explores Monteverdi’s role at the centre of seismic shifts and tumultuous advances in all the arts and sciences during the early 1600s. Across eight episodes, with the help of specially recorded musical illustrations and a handpicked team of experts, Gardiner guides listeners through an in-depth…
…the Week’, John Eliot Gardiner joins presenter Donald Macleod to delve into the world of Beethoven’s nine sublime symphonies. In Monday’s episode, titled ‘What is a Symphony?’ they discussed Beethoven’s beginnings with the form, and his first two Symphonies, exploring what the Symphony was when Beethoven first came to write…
…led by John Eliot Gardiner, presented a tour of Handel’s dramatic oratorio, Semele. The work had not been performed by John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi ensembles since they recorded it in the 1980s (the recording described by BBC Music Magazine as the ‘best-conducted Semele on disc’); the 2019 performances…
…Choir and John Eliot Gardiner performed alongside the Camerata Salzburg and a cast of soloists and narrators in two concerts of early Romantic German music at the Haus für Mozart. The first programme consisted of music exclusively by Robert Schumann, including the composer’s musical version of Lord Byron’s poem Manfred,…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner made their return to the BBC Proms, performing a programme of youthful choral works by Handel and Bach. The concert in the Royal Albert Hall was the Monteverdi ensembles’ first live public performance in the UK since 2019. The Prom also marked a significant milestone…
…led by John Eliot Gardiner, performed Berlioz’s sacred oratorio L’enfance du Christ at St Martin-in the-Fields. The ensembles were joined by an outstanding cast of soloists for a concert that marked the beginning of our new artistic partnership with the central London church, and received glowing reviews in the press:…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner are joined by a cast of exceptional young soloists - a new and exciting generation of British Bach singers including Nick Pritchard (Evangelist) and William Thomas (Christus). The album is a deluxe edition consisting of 2 CDs and a Blu-ray disc, which offers the audio…
…Choir and John Eliot Gardiner travelled to Berlin to perform Brahms and Mendelssohn alongside the Berlin Philharmonic. Over three concerts, the Choir showcased two great Romantic works for choir and orchestra in its first performances with the world renowned orchestra, which were met with favourable reviews in the press: “Beautiful…
…Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner assembled an exemplary cast of world-class singers for concert-stagings of Monteverdi’s revolutionary operas. All three semi-staged productions were part of John Eliot Gardiner’s acclaimed celebration of Monteverdi’s 450th anniversary. ‘This production of the first great opera ever written is otherworldly and unforgettable, letting Monteverdi’s genius…
…behalf of John Eliot Gardiner and all of us at the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras, we send our thoughts and sincere condolences to His Majesty The King, our Patron, and all the Royal Family at this sad time. We join the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and the rest of the…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner were joined by a cast of exceptional young soloists - a new and exciting generation of British Bach singers including: Nick Pritchard tenor (Evangelist) William Thomas bass (Jesus) Alex Ashworth bass-baritone (Pilate, bass arias) Julia Doyle soprano (arias) Alexander Chance countertenor (alto arias) Peter Davoren…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner are currently on tour, performing J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Teatro all Scala, Chapelle Royale - Château de Versailles, Versailles and St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. With grateful thanks to: John Eliot Gardiner Rachel Chaplin Hilary Cronin Hugh Cutting Kati Debretzeni Michael Niesemann Emily Owen Nick Pritchard…
…Charles III. John Eliot Gardiner comments: It is a tremendous honour to have been asked by His Majesty to open the musical proceedings at his Coronation on Saturday 6 May. As the former Prince of Wales, His Majesty has been a keen supporter and patron of the Monteverdi Choir, the…
…entered the picture. Like Gardiner, Sousa is keenly aware of the meaning of words of the Mass. He made sure the Monteverdi Choir – rich and full-blooded in sound as always – caught the pleading quality of “miserere nobis” (have mercy upon us), and they found an especially harsh sound…
…Presse “[Dinis Sousa] brought Gardiner’s interpretation to life together with his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, the Monteverdi Choir and a first-class group of soloists ...And what was heard was a revelation” - Der Standard “The event of the five-hour evening was, on the one hand, the fantastic Monteverdi Choir, which…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner performed a programme of Baroque choral masterpieces highlighting the changing musical styles in Italy and Germany in the 17th and early 18th centuries. The performance took place in the magnificent Kollegienkirche as part of the Salzburg Festival. “The excellent musicians made it easy for you…
…Arts Florissants, John Eliot Gardiner gave me repeated opportunities as a soloist in Stravinsky, Handel, Monteverdi, and Bach: cantatas, the Mass in B minor, and the St Matthew Passion. Jonathan Sells performing with the Monteverdi Choir in 2016 I was totally fascinated and inspired by the way that in the…
…to the forefront with Gardiner and his Monteverdis, especially because of the Basso Continuo of the English Baroque Soloists…who showed desibrable effervescence and emotional pleasure in order to support the intense emotions (of the music) and to give them a harmonious, colorful representation’ Stage and Screen by Sascha Krieger ‘Then…
…2017, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir embarked on a monumetal project touring Claudio Monteverdi’s three surviving operas in celebration of the 450th anniversary of his birth. The Monteverdi 450 Trilogy Tour took audiences by storm commencing fittingly at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice before…
…company and we shall miss him sorely.’ John Eliot Gardiner
…Susanne Kübler ‘John Eliot Gardiner stops on his Monteverdi tour at the Lucerne Festival, with an almost too-beautiful Orfeo.’ Rivista Musica by Luca Segala ‘Two hours of pure emotion distilled with wisdom, technical expertise and above all the ability to grasp all the finesse of expressive writing to the highest…
…Herald Scotland, received on behalf of Sir John Eliot Gardiner by board member and founder member of Monteverdi Choir Professor John Smythe. The ‘Herald Angel’ awards celebrate performance excellence at the Edinburgh International Festival, from one of Scotland’s biggest news providers.
…Baroque Soloists…’ ’...deft and dance-like interprestations from John Eliot Gardiner…’
…of Sir John Eliot Gardiner by way of a year-long apprenticeship, involving participation in projects with the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, as well as additional workshops and coaching sessions with mentors from the Monteverdi ensembles. The Monteverdi Apprentices Programme is free of charge…
…out.’ Sir John Eliot Gardiner - 2016 ‘There is an element of ritual to each concert performance, and dress and presentation have always been very important to us. It is important that the choir’s uniform is not only striking, but practical: it needs to be able to withstand long journeys…
…tribute from John Eliot Gardiner ‘Orchestral percussionists are a rare breed. Unlike the ubiquitous strings, the starry woodwind and gregarious brass, percussionists are often loners, coming in ones and twos, or more rarely in 4s or 5s. They always strike me as colourful characters utterly absorbed in their craft and…
…missed.’ Sir John Eliot Gardiner Marking 20 years since the Monteverdi ensembles’ last London performance of Verdi’s monumental work which took place at St Paul’s Cathedral on 13 July 1998 - this special evening will be the only UK date on a European tour that will visit a prestigious roster…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner were joined by a cast of young and glamorous soloists in a concert-staging of Handel’s musical drama, directed by Thomas Guthrie. Arias and choruses throughout were met with rapturous applause by a generous Parisian audience, who responded with an ecstatic ovation as the show ended.…
…Trust – John Eliot Gardiner’s childhood home - during which the Apprentices worked closely with their mentors on a range of choral repertoire ranging from folk songs to rounds, covering music from Monteverdi to Grainger, via Schütz, Handel and Brahms - to name but a few. Recital programme: Brahms: Einförmig…
…direction of John Eliot Gardiner, performed their final recital in the intimate surroundings of King’s College London’s Chapel. This performance marked the conclusion of a year long-tenure for the nine gifted young singers we appointed in 2018 as our Monteverdi Apprentices. The music heard in this recital celebrated the aims…
…by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, our new Apprentices could not have a better springboard towards the next step in their careers. We look forward to working with them over the next twelve months. 2019/20 Monteverdi Apprentices Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde (Cello) Víctor García (Cello) Xenia Gogu (Violin) Hatty Haynes (Violin) Oscar Holch…
…Kati Debretzeni, John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists present a dazzling and insightful account of the composer’s Violin Concertos. Also featuring an arrangement of BWV 1052 in D minor by Debretzeni and Wilfried Fischer, and the world-premiere recording of Debretzeni’s arrangement of BWV 1053, the album has released…
…and singing of tremendous precision and often hair-raising exuberance. Gardiner conducted with almost ferocious energy … It was impossible not to be swept away by it all.” Tim Ashley Click here to read the full article, and click here for more on our Benvenuto Cellini tour.
…share their insight into the ORR’s and John Eliot Gardiner’s visionary interpretation of the symphonies.
John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR bring the curtain down on their five-concert residency at New York’s Carnegie Hall with Beethoven’s Eighth and Ninth Symphonies on 24 February. The concert will be broadcast live on New York’s premier classical radio station, WQXR. The ORR are joined for the Ninth Symphony…
…including exclusive insight into the symphonies from John Eliot Gardiner. In the meantime please enjoy Beethoven’s Eighth and Ninth Symphonies live from Carnegie Hall.
…which brought John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists together with an exceptional group of soloists to perform Monteverdi’s three surviving operas to audiences around the world – click here to read more about the project. At a time when a European tour of Monteverdi’s sacred and…
…online stream will be introduced by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Click here to listen
…in which John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR explore these incredible works as we rehearsed for this project. The first instalment in this series ‘Symphony No. 1: Beethoven Announces Himself’ will be available to watch on our YouTube channel from 5pm today (Friday 15 May), with subsequent films on each…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner perform in Europe’s most prestigious venues. These performances gave audiences the chance to hear a fuller version of the work, notably with some passages by Handel very rarely heard in modern performances. A glamorous team of young soloists joined the Monteverdi ensembles in this recording…
…led by John Eliot Gardiner, returned to the European performing stage for our first public concert since the COVID-19 pandemic brought the musical world to a standstill in March. Taking place in the stunning Duomo di Monreale, this concert opened the Settimana di Musica Sacra di Monreale festival. The ‘Week…
…in 2019, John Eliot Gardiner led the Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and a cast of international soloists in performances of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini across Europe. This tour concluded with a concert at the Opéra Royal in the Palace of Versailles, which was filmed and subsequently released on DVD…
…Good Friday, John Eliot Gardiner will lead the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in a live streamed performance of Bach’s setting of the Passion according to St John. The unique setting of Oxford’s historic Sheldonian Theatre provides the backdrop for a performance that will mark the Monteverdi Choir and…
…Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner and our cast of soloists began rehearsing this sacred masterpiece. Rehearsals continue over the weekend, before we travel to Oxford ahead of our live-streamed performance in the historic Sheldonian Theatre. We’re thrilled to see that this online concert, which is streamed over the Easter weekend…
…better was the way Gardiner shaped every word of the chorales for maximum emotional impact, with everybody singing from memory throughout.” Richard Morrison, ★★★★ The Times – click here to read the full review (Times subscription required) “An Easter feast for the eyes as well as the ears.” Hugh Canning,…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner will showcase a programme of youthful choral works by Handel and Bach. The renowned Handelian singer Ann Hallenberg will join the Monteverdi ensembles for Handel’s Donna che in ciel, which will be heard alongside his psalm setting Dixit Dominus, and Bach’s virtuosic elaboration of Martin…
…Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner return to St Martin’s with a programme of Mozart and Haydn symphonies on Saturday 23 April. Award-winning violinist Isabelle Faust also joins the EBS for this performance, featuring as the soloist in Mozart’s first and third violin concertos. Book tickets here. Then on Thursday 16…
…performed with John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (ORR) in all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies in 2020, and in Berlioz’s oratorio L’enfance du Christ last December. After their recital in March, they will conclude their time as Apprentices when they join the ORR for performances of Beethoven’s…
…Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner assembled an exemplary cast of world-class singers for a concert-staging of Monteverdi’s revolutionary operas. ‘This production of the first great opera ever written is otherworldly and unforgettable, letting Monteverdi’s genius shine through’ ★★★★★ The Times We now look forward to the release of the final…
…Artistic Director, John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are joined for a performance of Beethoven’s late masterpiece by regular collaborators Lucy Crowe and Ann Hallenberg, alongside two of the most exciting young voices of the moment - Giovanni Sala and William Thomas. Part of a…
…and family.’ John Eliot Gardiner - Founder & Artistic Director ‘Ian Hay Davison was a rare polymath, combining great analytical and execution capability in business with an enlightened, generous and unstinting commitment to the arts, above all music. He was an invariable inspiration to his great circle of friends and…
…force of John Eliot Gardiner pushed these singers to achieve great things over six decades. What was your first experience of choral music? Singing in my primary school choir in south London. We were very lucky to have an inspired, energetic and fearsome Director of Music who put on ambitious…
Bachfest Leipzig 2018
Monteverdi 450 V&A Museum 2017
Bach Cantata Ring 2018
Verdi Requiem 2018
Handel’s Semele at Alexandra Palace | Highlights
Handel & Bach Virtuosic Choral Works: September 2021
Berlioz L’enfance du Christ: December 2021
2016/17 Monteverdi Apprentices Programme
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Handel Semele tour 2019
2018/19 Monteverdi Apprentices Showcase Recital - Chapel of King’s College London
Monteverdi | Carissimi | Scarlatti: On tour in Europe and South America
Monteverdi | Carissimi | Scarlatti - Monreale: October 2020
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Palau de la Música Catalana
Bach St John Passion live stream - Oxford: April 2021
…including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Harry Christophers, Christophe Rousset and Sir Mark Elder, and orchestras and ensembles including the Philharmonia, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Freiburger Barockorchester, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Orchestra of the Age…
…selected by John Eliot Gardiner for his Accademia Monteverdiana and was invited to sing Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner on tour in Cambridge, Barcelona, Versailles and at the Salzburg Festival. Other recent engagements include: Jommelli’s L’isola disabitata at…
…Antiquo; Sir John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists; Highlights of his successful career are: Handel’s Rodelinda (Grimoaldo) with Ian Adamus/Capella Cracoviensis; the world première of Fabio Vacchi’s Teneke for his stage debut in 2007 at the Teatro alla Scala, conducted by Roberto Abbado; Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Diego Fasolis; Handel’s…
…Project under John Eliot Gardiner as Seneca, Antino and Plutone, on a worldwide tour. Most recently he starred Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex with the Berliner Philarmoniker under Gardiner; Le nozze di Figaro (Bartolo) in Zurich; Don Giovanni (Commendatore) in Bilbao, Turin; Bach’s Magnificat (concert and recording) and Verdi’s Requiem with Gardiner…
…Soloists (Sir John Eliot Gardiner), and later that year on a tour of Bach’s Magnificat. He has also sung Arias and Evangelist in the Johannes-Passion recently in Nidarosdomen (Trondheim Barokk) and Croatia (Croatian Baroque Ensemble), and Arias for Messe H-Moll in Herkulesaal, München (Münchner MotettenChor, Benedikt Haag). He frequently works…
…performances. Sir John Eliot Gardiner took her on several tours with his Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, performing Monteverdi’s Vespers, Bach solo cantatas (Jauchzet Gott and Weichet nur betrübte Schatten) and Bach’s Mass in B minor, and they released a recording of Bach’s Ascension Cantatas. In 2019 she sang…
…including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Colin Davis and Paul McCreesh. Recent appearances include the UK première, with the Classical Opera Company, of Telemann’s Orfeo as Pluto, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Hallé Orchestra, Messiah with the CBSO and City of Birmingham Choir in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, a…
…of Sir John Eliot Gardiner she made her Salzburg Festival debut in 2013 in Alexander’s Feast (Handel), she sang in Schumann’s Paradise and the Peri and Brahms’ A German Requiem with Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 2014. She made her BBC Proms debut in Bach’s Easter Oratorio; then, in 2016, she…
…by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. In 2017 she performed roles in each opera from Monteverdi’s Trilogy and Vespers for the Monteverdi 450 celebrations, in Europe and in the United States, again with the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and directed by Elsa Rooke; this extensive…
…with Sir John Eliot Gardiner‚ 2017 World Tour)‚ Mopsa & Flute The Fairy Queen (Glyndebourne Festival under Laurence Cummings)‚ Arnalta L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Montpellier)‚ Evangelist St John Passion and Beadle Sweeney Todd (Nederlandse Reisopera)‚ Dr Blind Die Fledermaus‚ Red Queen Alice in Wonderland‚ Abbé de Chazeuil Adriana Lecouvrer‚ Goro Madama…
…as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Mark Minkowski, Andrea Marcon and Michael Hofstetter. Engagements of the 2016/17 season and beyond include Nerone in L’incoronazione di Poppea and Speranza in L’Orfeo di Monteverdi at the Salzburg Festival, the Philharmonie of Paris, the Edinburgh Festival, the Luzern Festival, the Berliner Festspiele and at…
…Currentzis, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Emmanuelle Haïm, Daniel Harding, Andrea Marcon, Cornelius Meister, Marc Minkowski, Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Antonio Pappano, Evelino Pidò and Christophe Rousset. Upcoming highlights include the title role in Agrippina at the Drottningholm Festival, Dejanira in Hercules at the Handel Festival in…
…with Sir John Eliot Gardiner in Carnegie Hall, Bernstein’s Wonderful Town with the Sir Simon Rattle/London Symphony Orchestra, a European tour of Giulio Cesare and Agrippina with Christophe Rousset /Les Talens Lyriques, and Creon Oedipus Rex with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2022/23 he sings Angelotti Tosca with Edward Gardner/Bergen…
…and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, playing Umana Fragilità in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea. He also participated in L’Orfeo as Pastore with with Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew in Caen, Vienna, Katowize, Versailles, Madrid and Paris. He performed the same role with Cappella…
…artists including John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Giovanni Antonini, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, Rachel Podger, Carolyn Sampson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mark Padmore & Matthias Goerne. Kristian’s rich and award-winning discography on Harmonia Mundi includes the complete keyboard music of Mozart (Diapason d’Or de…
…with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and sings alongside Christian Gerhaher in Schumann´s Scenes from Goethe´s Faust at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Highlights of previous seasons include his role debuts as Filippo in Verdi´s Don Carlo at Theater St. Gallen and as Banco in Verdi´s Macbeth in Antwerp, Haydn´s Missa in…
…with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Handel’s L’Allegro with Dinis Sousa at Carnegie Hall. Recent solo engagements include BWV 174 with the London Handel Players, Schutz’s Musikalische Exequien with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir and Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Hanover Band. Jack works as a…
…Amsterdam (Sir John Eliot Gardiner), and in Toronto (Tafelmusik), St Matthew Passion at Alice Tully Hall in New York (Philippe Hereweghe), Christmas Oratorio in Sydney and Melbourne with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (Richard Tognetti), BWV 202 with Music of the Baroque in Chicago (Nicholas Kraemer), BWV 199 with Bach Vereniging…
…directed by John Eliot Gardiner, Gabrieli Consort and Paul McCreesh, King’s Consort, Netherlands Bach Society, Purcell Quartet and London Baroque, as well as appearaning with The Sixteen and Harry Christophers, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Symphony. A fluent French speaker, he works…
…joined Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras for their Monteverdi 450 tour, which saw the ensembles performing Monteverdi’s three surviving operas around the world. Biliotti sang the roles of Ericlea in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Venus in the Monteverdi trilogy, performing in the most…
…operas in John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi 450 anniversary international tour of the trilogy, Schoenberg’s 2nd String Quartet at the Auditorio de Tenerife, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Masaaki Suzuki, and Queen of the Night/The Magic Flute in performances with Clarion Music Society in…
…collaborated include John Eliot Gardiner, Raphaël Pichon, Jordi Savall, Emmanuelle Haïm, Enrique Mazzola and Leonardo García Alarcón. Plans for 2020/21 include Hippolyte et Aricie at the Opéra Comique, Idamante (Idomeneo) at the Berlin State Opera, L’Amour (Orphée et Eurydice) in Versailles, Annio (La Clemenza di Tito) at the Salzburg Whitsun…
…such a Sir J.E. Gardiner, W. Christie, J. Savall. F. Biondi, E. Onofri, R. Pichon, K. Junghänel, A. Kossenko, W. Katschner, A.Quarta, Ryan Brown and orchestras as Les Arts Florissants, Concerto Köln, Europa Galante, Concertgebouw Kamerorkest, Les Ambassadeurs, Capella Reial de Catalunya, Ensemble Pygmalion, Philarmonisches Orchester Heidelberg, Concerto Romano, Lautten…
…in Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir, Gareth has performed for HRH The Prince of Wales in Buckingham Palace as a consort soloist in Handel’s Dixit Dominus. He performed the role of “The Shepherd” in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex alongside the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin’s Philharmonie, following a performance with…
…led by John Eliot Gardiner for celebrated performances of Monteverdi’s opera trilogy. She also took the role of Lisea in Vivaldi’s Arsilda performed in the Czech Republic and Europe with Collegium 1704 (Vaclav Luks). Alongside these projects, Lucile also recorded her first solo album with Ensemble Correspondances, Perpetual Night, a…
…Nézet-Séguin, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, William Christie, Philippe Herrewege, Masaaki Suzuki, Nicholas McGegan, and Courtney Lewis. His recent and future engagements include world tours with Les Arts Florissants (as a laureate of the Jardin des voix) and the English Baroque Soloists (in several roles in Monteverdi’s three operas); the US…
…tour with John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, marking the 450th anniversary of the composer’s birth. His 2018/19 season includes Mark in Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels with the Strasbourg Symphony Orchestra, a tour of Stravaganza d’amore and Monteverdi’s Vespers and with Ensemble Pygmalion, Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion with…
…with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, Les nuits d’été with Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Bachianas Brasileiras with True Concord at the Tucson Desert Song Festival, a return to Michigan Opera Theatre as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, a recital called García Lorca: Muse and Magician with…
…under Sir John Eliot Gardiner to perform Berlioz La damnation de Faust, and Owain Park Footsteps alongside Tenebrae at the Lammermuir Festival, Scotland. The choir also performed at the Passchendaele Centenary Commemorations in Ypres, Belgium, broadcast live on the BBC. This year has seen the choir in residency at the…
…2017 Sir John Eliot Gardiner appointed him as his assistant for the world tour of Monteverdi’s complete operas. Paolo is regularly invited as a soloist by top leading festivals around the world (London BBC Proms, Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht, Festival de Radio France, MA Festival Brugge…). In 2015 he began…
…with Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s English Baroque Soloists, principal recorder with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and regular guest principal with other period orchestras such as the Academy of Ancient Music. She is a frequent soloist on the legendary EBS Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recordings, made during Bach’s anniversary…
…under Sir John Eliot Gardiner and concerts at the Wigmore Hall, the Fishguard Festival and the Penarth Music Festival. Recent highlights include the title role in Rodelinda for the English National Opera, Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier for the Welsh National Opera and Alice Ford Falstaff in her debut for the Teatro…
…Schiff, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Labadie and Maxim Emelyanychev in Munich, Esterhazy, Gdansk, Tampere, Paris, Boston and London. A prolific recitalist, she will tour in the UK with accompanist Anna Tilbrook, including London’s Wigmore Hall. With repertoire ranging from Purcell, Handel and Mozart to Verdi’s Gilda and Janáček’s The…
…Roth, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Harding, Philippe Herreweghe, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Klaus Mäkelä, Robin Ticciati and Sir Simon Rattle whom she will tour with again in March 2024. Isabelle Faust’s vast artistic curiosity includes all eras and forms of instrumental cooperation. In addition to big symphonic violin concertos this includes,…
…worked with John Eliot Gardiner on productions of the Monteverdi 450 trilogy, Leonore, The Magic Flute, and A Midsummers’ Night’s Dream. His theatre credits include: Edmond de Bergerac (Birmingham Rep and tour), Consent (West End), La Traviata (Royal Opera Muscat), Rent (UK tour), An Inspector Calls (USA tour), Sunny Afternoon,…
…García Alarcón, John Eliot Gardiner, Christina Pluhar and Manfred Kraemer. Since her Australian tour of 2015, she has now sung on every continent, in the most prestigious venues and festivals of the Baroque universe. In March 2016, Mariana Flores made her debut at the Teatro Zarzuela de Madrid in two…
…Choir with John Elliot Gardiner and he made his BBC Proms debut as a soloist in the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. Peter is in very high demand as a consort singer, working with many illustrious groups such as the Monteverdi Choir, Tenebrae, the Sixteen, Solomon’s Knot, Musica Poetica and La…
…America, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, St Matthew Passion with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Eduige in Handel’s Rodelinda with Harry Bicket and the English Concert in Europe and the US.
…under Sir John Eliot Gardiner. He enjoys a close collaboration with Ludus Baroque in Edinburgh with whom he has recorded Handel’s Alexander’s Feast and Ode for St Cecilia’s Day to great critical acclaim. Their most recent release is The Triumph of Time and Truth. Other recordings include Les Troyens (DVD)…
…and was involved in many projects with John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi ensembles, including European tours of Handel’s Semele and Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini. Upon completion of the Programme, Charlotte now sings regularly with the Monteverdi Choir.
…et Romantique (John Eliot Gardiner), the Concert Brisé (William Dongois), Les Ambassadeurs (Alexis Kossenko), Pygmalion (Raphaël Pichon), the Amarillis ensemble, with whom she travels the world, taking part in numerous recordings. In 2002 she founded the Anpapié string trio with violinist Alice Piérot and cellist Elena Andreyev, which is devoted…
…Orchestras and John Eliot Gardiner; Bach’s B Minor Mass with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vaclav Luks; Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Finnish Radio Orchestra and Nick Collon and in a European tour with Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe, as well as multiple projects with…
…Versailles under John Eliot Gardiner. Since making his debut at Glyndebourne as the Lackey (Ariadne auf Naxos) and covering the title role in Saul, he has gone on to work at all the major opera houses in the UK including ENO, WNO, Opera Holland Park, Opera North and the Royal…
…and Sir John Eliot Gardiner; The Dream of Gerontius with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth, Mahler Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Mahler Symphony No.2 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington. Driven by…
…the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
…Manze and John Eliot Gardiner. He is Music Director of Battersea Choral Society and Harrow Choral Society, and was previously Music Director of Teddington Choral Society and the University of Reading Chorus. He is also the founder and Music Director of Battersea Power Station Community Choir, and conducts Barcarolle and…
…under Sir John Eliot Gardiner singing Handel Dixit Dominus (broadcast on BBC TV and Radio.) She has sung Messiah with the English Chamber Orchestra under Nicholas Kraemer and filmed the work with Voces 8 for their Live from London festival. Bethany’s verstility as a performer has seen her take the…
…Cohen, Jonathan Cohen, Laurence Cummings, Maxim Emelyanychev, John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Kraemer, Stephen Layton, Sir András Schiff and Peter Whelan. Her recordings include Second Lady Dido and Aeneas with La Nuova Musica on Pentatone SACD and Telemann Donner-Ode with Solomon’s Knot on cpo. Photo: Helena Cooke
…Emelyanychev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Layton, Peter Whelan and John Wilson. He made his debut with English National Opera as Earl Tolloller in Iolanthe, and his operatic engagements have further included Damon in Acis and Galatea for Opera Holland Park; staged performances of Die Schöpfung at Lithuanian National Opera;…
…of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, he made his Bachfest Leipzig debut as musical director in 2016 with Bach’s Magnificat, later recorded and released on Sony Classical. Solomon’s Knot’s recording of JS & JC Bach Motets was released by Prospero Classical in 2023, and “demonstrates the innermost essence of this music…
…Tamestit and John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique contrived to do in Berlioz’s Byronic symphony Harold in Italy was sensational.” – The Times ★★★★★ Richard Morrison Carnegie Hall, New York “The orchestra played with tremendous energy and a sense of freedom that came out of an expressive joy in…
NFM, Wroclaw “Gardiner gripped the audience together with his sixty-two forces of the choir, the bass drum and timpani, the pure power of ORR’s brass, thunderous strings and the alarming piccolo so strict and hard that there was a shake of the earth the listener could not fend off.” –…
…connection with John Eliot Gardiner, Beethoven, and the orchestra.” Schuamann: Das Paradies und die Peri, ‘Jetzt sank des Abends goldner Schein’ (Deutsche Grammophon 1999) “It’s a recording that I’m not on! It’s a beautiful movement, and it was performed in memory of somebody in the orchestra who had died. It’s…
…from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and established musicians who act as mentors. Training covers historically-informed performance practice; vocal technique, diction and language tuition; music interpretation and contextual insights on composers and repertoire; and yoga to improve suppleness and breathing. • Mentoring to the highest level of choral singing internationally. Each…
…years since John Eliot Gardiner’s first performance at the V&A Museum, the choir returns for a performance of extracts of Monteverdi’s operas 2018 The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique give a moving performance of Verdi’s Requiem at Westminster Cathedral in memory of Stage Manager Richard Fitzgerald 2019 The…
…of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Participants perform and tour with the ensembles, take part in additional individual and group coaching sessions, and receive mentoring from our experienced musicians. In our management office, the Arts Management Training Programme offers graduates looking to build careers in arts administration a bridge between university…
…by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, one of the most versatile and sought after conductors of our time. The organisation is in the unique position of managing two period-instrument orchestras, whose members are world-renowned in their field, as well as the greatest professional choir in the world. Our Trainees build a…
…of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Following a deeply moving performance in aid of Cancer Research and in memory of Richard Fitzgerald, we were thrilled in late October to have been invited to join the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for the Lucerne-Vienna-Budapest legs of their subsequent European tour.…
…impression on John Eliot Gardiner during his adolescence, and led ultimately to the founding of the Monteverdi ensembles. PROGRAMME Click here to download the texts and translations (PDF) Handel Excerpts from Acis and Galatea HWV 49a: Chorus ‘Oh the pleasures of the plains’ Aria ‘Must I my Acis still bemoan’…
…director, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in ground-breaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces. The ensembles are in great demand worldwide and enjoy an ever-increasing global audience and supporter base. They regularly tour to prestigious venues and festivals around the world and have recorded extensively for several decades on…
…of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, he made his Bachfest Leipzig debut as musical director in 2016 with Bach’s Magnificat, later recorded and released on Sony Classical. Solomon’s Knot’s recording of JS & JC Bach Motets was released by Prospero Classical in 2023, and “demonstrates the innermost essence of this music…
…1978 by John Eliot Gardiner, the EBS has also participated in major opera productions alongside the Monteverdi Choir in works by Handel, Purcell and Monteverdi. “The strings created a beautifully earthy sound.” – New York Times “Intricate and detailed throughout, but in its overall jubilant, assertive, even combative monumentality, it…
…ORR by John Eliot Gardiner, as well as the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. In celebration of these twin milestones, the orchestra embarked on another momentous project, performing a cycle of all nine of the composer’s symphonies in residencies across Europe and the United States. The…
…1964 by John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir has released over 150 recordings and won numerous prizes. The Choir and English Baroque Soloists were honoured to perform at the Coronation of their Patron, HM The King, in May 2023, with The Telegraph proclaiming “if the Monteverdi Choir isn’t singing when…
