From the United States to the Netherlands, via England and Provence, the summer baroque season is in full swing. Concerts, festivals, heritage discoveries and musical rediscoveries: a look back in pictures at some memorable moments. 
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Reginald Mobley makes a stop in Cleveland
In between three baroque Summer Serenades with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra and a series of Carmina Burana concerts in Cleveland, countertenor Reginald Mobley made a stylish appearance on the Superman red carpet at the film’s Cleveland premiere!
With Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra and Reginald Mobley.
Venice Music Project at Boughton House (UK)
Boughton House and the Venice Music Project, in partnership with the Venice in Peril Fund, hosted a concert in the Great Hall of Boughton, showcasing recently unearthed works from the Montagu Music Collection. Composers Giovanni Porta and Johann Adolf Hasse, contemporaries of Vivaldi in Venice, were the focus of the evening. Built by the Duke of Montagu—British ambassador to France in 1699—the house is often described as the “English Versailles.” The concert also marked the unveiling of the restored ceiling of the Great Hall, featuring a 1705 painting, The Apotheosis of Hercules by Louis Chéron.
With Liesl Odenweller, Caterina Chiarcos, Alexander Simpson et le Venice Music Project Ensemble.
Venice Baroque Orchestra in Provence
Long-time regulars at the Musicales du Luberon, Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra returned to Provence this July for a performance on the Place de l’Horloge in Ménerbes. The programme, Venetian Sighs, featured works by Vivaldi with soprano Benedetta Zanetto and recorder player Céline Pache.
With Benedetta Zanetto, Céline Pache, Venice Baroque Orchestra and Andrea Marcon.
Batenburg Baroque Festival (Netherlands)
The Batenburg Baroque Festival, founded by violinist Judith Steenbrink of Holland Baroque, celebrated its fourth edition this July. For three days, the small town in Gelderland hosted concerts and events, including two performances by French ensemble Les Itinérantes, a new programme Tarentella by Holland Baroque, and a closing concert by young musicians of the Suyderhoud Academy, followed by a festive evening with Legiana Collective.
With Les Itinérantes, Holland Baroque and Judith Steenbrink.
Season finale for Titans Rising in Berlin
The Berlin-based ensemble Titans Rising closed their 2024–2025 concert season at the Am Lietzensee Church in Charlottenburg with an adventurous programme spotlighting three late 16th-century madrigal composers: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Maddalena Casulana and Raffaella Aleotti. In stark contrast to the splendour of the papal chapel, Casulana—a lutenist, singer, and music teacher active in Venice—was presented as a feminist counterpoint to Palestrina.
With Angela Postweiler, Martin Fehr, Sarah Fuhs, Stephan Gähler, Marco Saccardin, Amanda Markwick, Bernhard Reichel and Titans Rising.
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