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Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations
Friday 18 May

Alva
Saturday 19 May

La Serenissima
Saturday 19 May

Ensemble Meridiana
Sunday 20 May

Andrew Manze, The Lufthansa Lecture
Sunday 20 May

Musica ad Rhenum
Sunday 15 May

Dunedin Consort & Players
Tuesday 22 May

Harmonie Universelle
Wednesday 23 May

The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Thursday 24 May

Elizabeth Wallfisch, Albert Jan-Roelofs & Jaap ter Linden, Friday 25 May

ensemble savādi
Friday 25 May

Kimberly Marshall
Saturday 26 May

Christian Curnyn & Early Opera Company
Saturday 26 May

London will be a special place in 2012. Friendly rivalry, meetings of different cultures and a generous spirit of international co-operation are going to be in the air thanks to the Olympics. So the 2012 Lufthansa Festival celebrates goodwill, gentle competition and the general harmony of nations...

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2012 Programme

European Union

One of the great stars of the early music world, Jordi Savall,  brings his own orchestra, Le Concert des Nations, for a concert which itself reflects the marvellous diversity and cross-fertilisations of European Baroque music.

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 Listen to an excerpt of Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations performing Lully's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (2m 03s):

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Bach v. The World

The Klais organ at St. John's, Smith Square, has only occasionally been heard at the Lufthansa Festival, so here is a chance to hear it put through its paces by a distinguished American concert organist, Kimberly Marshall.

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Zefiro torna - Miniature Operas from 17th-century Venice

Since winning the Early Music Network International Young Artists' Competition in York in 2003, ensemble savādi have captivated audiences throughout Europe with their performances of 17th-century vocal music. 

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