New York, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Lausanne, Kraków, Paris

Thomas Dunford and Jupiter in New York

Thomas Dunford, Léa Desandre, and the ensemble Jupiter had the honour of giving, on Saturday 26 April, the inaugural concert at the new Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium at the Frick Collection in New York. On the programme: their album Eternal Heaven (Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Monteverdi) and a world premiere of a piece composed by Nico Muhly, featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo.

With Léa Desandre, Anthony Roth Costanzo, the ensemble Jupiter and Thomas Dunford.

Buxtehude in Hamburg (Germany)

An exceptional finale in Hamburg for Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti, and the ensemble Voces Suaves around Membra Jesu Nostri by Dietrich Buxtehude. After Dijon, Strasbourg, Weimar (Germany), Hall in Tirol (Austria), and Basel (Switzerland), the tour concluded to resounding success in the Grand Hall of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.

With Gli Incogniti, Voces Suaves and Amandine Beyer.

Dido and Aeneas in Amsterdam

Camille Delaforge and Il Caravaggio performed Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, in a semi-staged production directed by Rosemary Joshua at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, ahead of a tour to Arnhem and Enschede.

With Martina Myskohlid, Leander Carlier, Franciana Noguès, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Il Caravaggio and Camille Delaforge.

Pygmalion in Lausanne

Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion concluded their major nine-date international tour — Paris, Vienna, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Hamburg, and more — with St John Passion (2025 version) in a concert at the Opéra de Lausanne, followed by a recording session.

With Julian Prégardien, Ying Fang, Lucile Richardot, the ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon.

Le Poème Harmonique in Kraków

The 2025 edition of the Misteria Paschalia Festival in Kraków closed with a moving tribute to music in the Grand Hall of the Kraków Philharmonic. Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre performed Hail! Bright Cecilia, Henry Purcell’s monumental ode to music, complemented by Remember not, Lord, our offences and Welcome, every guest by John Blow.

With Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Hugo Hymas, Geoffrey Carey, Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre.

Two Harpsichords and a Kilt in Paris!

At the Piccola Scala in Paris, harpsichordist Jean-Luc Ho donned his finest kilt for a tribute to English music featuring works by Gibbons, Byrd, Dowland, Purcell, and Handel. He played on two copies of rare English instruments: a replica of an eighteenth-century harpsichord recently discovered (though irreparable), and a copy of an instrument signed by Ludovic Theeuwes (1579), a Flemish-born maker.

With Jean-Luc Ho.