Pictures of the Week Aix-en-Provence, Basel, Cremona, Paris, Espinho Cavalli in Cremona and Aix-en-Provence, Palestrina in Basel, Handel at the cinema in Paris, and the EEEmerging Academy in Portugal: welcome to the summer of early music! by Total Baroque 10 July 2025
Festival Saintes 2025 (France) David Théodoridès: “Showing that early music is not set in stone” In Saintes, one of France’s longest-running early music festivals continues to evolve. Rooted in tradition yet open to bold artistic choices, the 2025 edition promises a wealth of discoveries! by Total Baroque 3 July 2025 Subscribers
Pictures of the Week Ludwigsburg, Paris, Namur, Toronto Summer is a time for celebration in Paris with Philippe Jaroussky, for training sessions in Toronto and for festivals in Namur (Belgium) and Ludwigsburg (Germany)! by Total Baroque 3 July 2025
Video of the week Francesco Cavalli’s Calisto at the Rhine Opera House Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques and Mariame Clément offer a refined version of Cavalli’s opera, reflecting the inconstancy and vicissitudes of Callisto’s myth. by Total Baroque 26 June 2025 Subscribers
Pictures of the Week Amsterdam, Potsdam, Graz, Leipzig Purcell, Steffani, Draghi… The baroque summer is in full swing, from Amsterdam to Potsdam, via Graz and Leipzig. by Total Baroque 26 June 2025
Video of the week The Four Seasons by the Musiciens de St Julien at the Ambronay Festival Four atypical seasons by Vivaldi, to the sound of musette, recorder and traverso: that’s the program proposed by the Musiciens de Saint Julien for the 40th anniversary of the Ambronay festival! by Total Baroque 19 June 2025 Subscribers
Pictures of the Week Boston, Potsdam, Leipzig, Cremona, Maguelone The summer festival season is underway! Here’s a first look at the Early Music Festival in Boston, Monteverdi in Cremona, Potsdam Sanssouci, Maguelone, and Bachfest in Leipzig. by Total Baroque 19 June 2025
Video of the week Carmina Latina, New World Baroque Leonardo García-Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea rediscover Latin American Baroque music, between secular and sacred, with Ensemble Clematis and the Chœur de chambre de Namur. by Total Baroque 12 June 2025 Subscribers
Pictures of the Week Salzburg, Bayreuth, Melk, Halle, Basel, Regensburg German tour, from Regensburg in Germany to Basel in Switzerland, via Austria, for this Whitsun weekend rich in early music! by Total Baroque 12 June 2025
Video of the week La Bella Noeva by Ensemble Accordone At Maguelone Cathedral, Ensemble Accordone and Marco Beasley bring together Gregorian chant, tarantellas and baroque music in a concert where scholarship meets spontaneity. by Total Baroque 5 June 2025 Subscribers
Pictures of the Week Prague, Paris, Barcelona A German composer, Handel, in Barcelona; a Frenchman, Rameau, in Prague; another German, Bach, in Paris — such is the musical map of Europe this week, as seen through the lens of early music. by Total Baroque 5 June 2025
Video of the week Bach: The Easter and Ascension Oratorios And what if Bach could still surprise you? Two lesser-known oratorios receive a vivid and finely honed interpretation from Le Banquet Céleste and Damien Guillon. by Total Baroque 29 May 2025 Subscribers
