The doubts and anxieties of love and faith—Andrew Pickett joins Concentus VII in a programme including cantatas by Caldara, Telemann and Bononcini.    BOOK 

As the Romantic movement burst forth into the nineteenth century, it brought with it a new musical form, the wind quintet. Born in the post-revolutionary salons of Paris the wind quintet was at once earthy and sophisticated—and the Romantics made it their own. Here we showcase works by Mozart/Mengal, Reicha, Muller and the earliest of all wind quintets, one of Cambini’s 3 Quintetti Concertans, Livre 1.    BOOK 

The series culminates with an exciting programme of Italian Baroque cantatas and chamber concerti featuring Concentus VII’s soprano Josie Ryan. Alessandro Scarlatti’s pastoral scene rubs shoulders with Mancini’s heady oboe writing, limpid adagios follow dazzling allegros—there’s something here for everybody. Works by Vivaldi, Mancini, Scarlatti and Lotti.    BOOK