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From Vache Baroque to Bayreuth: Europe’s Festivals in Celebration

This week, Europe’s festival season celebrated early music, from Vache Baroque to Bayreuth, Milan, Viterbo and Utrecht, spanning baroque opera, sacred polyphony and innovative productions.

by Gabriel Davigneau 11 September 2025

Cultivating the Baroque Spirit, Again and Always!

Anniversary

30th SEASON OF LES BORÉADES DE MONTRÉAL

Cultivating the Baroque Spirit, Again and Always!

For three decades, Les Boréades have brought to life in Montreal a Baroque that is as rigorous as it is joyful. Their 30th season confirms an undiminished creative vitality.

by Victor Jean 9 September 2025

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A nocte temporis & Reinoud Van Mechelen

Clérambault with two faces

In his latest recording, Reinoud Van Mechelen explores the diversity of Clérambault’s musical language, moving between the brilliance of the Te Deum and the inwardness of the Histoire de la femme adultère.

by Gabriel Davigneau 8 September 2025

A Tribute to Composer Andreas Hammerschmidt

History

350th Anniversary

A Tribute to Composer Andreas Hammerschmidt

Little-known today, Andreas Hammerschmidt was one of the great masters of 17th-century Lutheran sacred music. In 2025, Germany marks the 350th anniversary of his death with concerts and new recordings.

by Sarah Fuhs 4 September 2025

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Baroque on Tour: Innsbruck, Davos, Madrid and Basel

From Innsbruck to Basel, the baroque world in pictures: rare operas, captivating tours and a breath of the Renaissance.

by Total Baroque 4 September 2025

One Charming Night – Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques

Video of the week

One Charming Night – Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques

Relive a dazzling baroque night where Purcell, Lully, Rameau and Handel come together, brought to life by Ian Bostridge and Les Talens Lyriques in 2016!

by Total Baroque 4 September 2025

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Nicolas Bucher: Looking Back on His Years at the CMBV

Interview

Versailles baroque music Centre

Nicolas Bucher: Looking Back on His Years at the CMBV

Nicolas Bucher is stepping down after seven years at the helm of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV) to become director of the Geneva Chamber Orchestra.

by Jean-Jacques Schaettel 2 September 2025

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Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian & Le Consort

Purcell in all his Glory

The French countertenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian unveils a sensitive and refined album centered on Purcell and 17th-century English music.

by Gabriel Davigneau 1 September 2025

Baroque Concerto #2: The German Development

Discover…

Playlist of the week

Baroque Concerto #2: The German Development

Discover how Baroque Germany transformed the Italian legacy into a concerto style of unmatched richness and depth.

by Thierry Villetorte 28 August 2025

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Music Across Europe: Thiré, Amsterdam, Ravello, Solothurn and Lucerne

From William Christie’s Jardins des Voix in Thiré to the organs of Lucerne, and the magic of Amsterdam’s Prinsengrachtconcert: baroque music has resonated across Europe. Five unmissable highlights to (re)discover!

by Total Baroque 28 August 2025

Portuguese tenor Salvador Simão wins in Innsbruck

Livestream

Cesti Competition 2025

Portuguese tenor Salvador Simão wins in Innsbruck

Salvador Simão (Portugal), Magdalena Hinz (Germany) and Pierre Gennaï (France) are the three winners of the Cesti competition at the Innsbruck Early Music Weeks, the final of which took place on Sunday 31 August. Watch the replay of the final on Total Baroque Magazine!

by Total Baroque 28 August 2025

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Alkymia: the Memory of Spanish Baroque in Bolivia

With its programme Sucreries, the ensemble Alkymia, conducted by Mariana Delgadillo-Espinoza, delves into the baroque treasures of the New World, where memory, dance and mixed heritages intertwine.

by Lara Othman 27 August 2025

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