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| The London Pageant of Baroque Music at Smith Sq. Corridor, 2025 |
The London Pageant of Baroque Music returns to Smith Sq. Corridor from 24 to 31 October 2026, once more with countertenor Iestyn Davies as creative director.
The Pageant opens with a uncommon alternative to listen to Concerto Copenhagen in London. Directed by Lars Ulrik Mortensen they current Bach’s Orchestral Suites Nos.1-4, after which the next night give a chamber live performance that includes music by Purcell, Bertali, Biber and Frohberger.
The Pageant closes with La Nuova Musica, conductor David Bates, in Bach’s Mass in B Minor with soloists Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Ana Beard Fernandez, Bethany Horak-Hallett, Laurence Kilsby and Dingle Yandell, and there may be additionally an opportunity to listen to Laurence Kilsby in recital when he joins lutenist Yun Bayeul. And there may be additional lute motion when violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte joins lutenist Thomas Dunford for music for Charles II’s court docket, while soprano Nardus Williams and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny discover the musical expression of melancholy throughout sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe
Different guests to the pageant embrace Stile Antico, The Curious Bards, Ensemble Théodora and Trio Mediæval, and resident ensemble Sinfonia Smith Sq. will probably be presenting a brand new association of Bach’s Goldberg Variations by Robin O’Neill who additionally conducts.
Every occasion will probably be introduced considered one of three live performance settings, together with the intimate in-the-round format that captivated audiences final yr.
Additional particulars from Sinfonia Smith Sq.’s web site.
