CONCERT 1 DIDO AND AENEAS

Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October 2007
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Including excerpts from Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage

Cast includes
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Giles Underwood bass
Choir of the Enlightenment
Tim Carroll director (staging)
Steven Devine director (music)
Elizabeth Kenny director (music)
Jenny Tiramani designer
Mandarava puppets

CONCERT 2 MUSIC FOR THE GIRLS OF SANTA MARIA DE LA PIETA, VENICE

Thursday 25 October 2007
St John's, Smith Square, 7.30pm

Vivaldi Lauda Jerusalem
Vivaldi Salve Regina, RV 617
Vivaldi Concerto for violin in D, RV 212
Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins and 2 organs, RV 584
Vivaldi Gloria

Pavlo Beznosiuk director/violin
Lucy Crowe soprano
Kati Debretzeni violin
Scuola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi

CONCERT 3 FINISH UNFINISHED

Tuesday 6 November 2007
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm

Weber Overture to Der Freischutz
Schubert Symphony No.8, Unfinished
(New completion by Anton Safronov, Uk Premiere)
Brahms Piano Concerto No.1

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Stephen Hough piano

CONCERT 4 ENTERING PARADISE

Friday 7 December 2007
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm

Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri

Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Kate Royal soprano
Bernada Fink mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore tenor
Timothy Robinson tenor
David Wilson Johnson bass
Choir of the Enlightenment

CONCERT 5 THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: VIENNA

Tuesday 19 February 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

Mozart Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor
Mozart Rondo in A minor for solo piano
Mozart Piano concerto No.21 in C major
Beethoven Coriolan Overture

Robert Levin piano/director
Kati Debretzeni director

CONCERT 6 BACH REVISITED

Sunday 24 February 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

Bach St. John Passion

Mark Padmore Evangelist
Peter Harvey Christus
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Michael Chance counter-tenor
Thomas Walker tenor
Matthew Brook bass
Choir of the Enlightenment

CONCERT 7 THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: LONDON

Tuesday 18 March 2008
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm

Handel Messiah

Richard Egarr director
Lorna Anderson soprano
Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano
Andrew Tortise tenor
Christopher Purves bass
English Voices

CONCERT 8 THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: THE STAGE

Thursday 24 April 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

Mozart Overture, ballet music and arias from Idomeneo
Haydn Scena di Berenice
Haydn Symphony No.60, Il Distratto

Robin Ticciati conductor
Rinat Shaham mezzo-soprano

CONCERT 9 THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: PARIS

Wednesday 14 May 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

Rameau Suite from Castor and Pollux
Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364
Haydn Symphony No.83, La Poule

Ivan Fischerconductor
Rachel Podger violin
Pavlo Beznosiuk viola

CONCERT 10 CELEBRATING THE COUNTER-TENOR

Wednesday 11 June 2008
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm

Bach Suite No.3in D - Overture
Handel Presti omai l'Egizia terrafrom Giulio Cesare
Handel Dove sei from Rodelinda
Bach Suite No.3 in D - Air
Handel Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless from Saul
Vivaldi Cum dederit from Nisi Dominus
Bach Erbarme dich from St. Matthew Passion
Bach Suite No. 3 in D - Gavottes, Bouree and Gigue
Handel Overture from Rodelinda
Handel Vivi tirrano from Rodelinda

Andreas Scholl counter-tenor
James Bowman presenter