Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music Newsletter

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 7: February 2012

Wed 1 Feb 2012 10:00:00 BST

GENERAL BOOKING IS OPEN!

Book your tickets on-line here

or telephone 020 7222 1061, 10am - 5pm, Monday - Friday

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 6: January 2012

Wed 25 Jan 2012 10:00:00 BST

BOOKING OPENS TODAY FOR FESTIVAL FRIENDS

To become a Festival Friend, simply buy top- or second-price tickets for 5 or more concerts in one booking from today.

Telephone 020 7222 1061 any time between 10am and 5pm and receive a 20% discount
Say that you wish to become a Festival Friend
You will then be sent a Friends membership card.

Festival Friends enjoy -

complimentary post-concert drinks with artists after evening concerts on 18, 19, 20, 22 and 26 May
a complimentary Festival programme; those who join before 30 March will also be credited on the Friends page in the programme
Extra this year -
2 tickets to a by-invitation concert with the European Union Baroque Orchestra on 'Europe Day', Wednesday 9 May, at St. John's, Smith Square. More information

Also in this issue: Read Lindsay Kemp's tribute to Gustav Leonhardt who died last Monday

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 5: January 2012

Fri 13 Jan 2012 12:00:00 BST

FRIENDS OF THE LUFTHANSA FESTIVAL

Festival Friends began in 2010 and last year doubled in number. Our Friends add greatly to the 'Festival feel' and enjoy the opportunity to meet artists and each other over drinks after selected evening concerts. They can also book one week earlier than the general public and enjoy a 20% ticket discount.

Become a Friend of the Lufthansa Festival and enjoy -

priority booking from 25 January
20% off ticket prices
complimentary post-concert drinks with artists after evening concerts on 18, 19, 20, 22 and 26 May
a complimentary Festival programme; those who join before 30 March will also be credited on the Friends page in the programme

Extra this year:

2 tickets to a by-invitation concert with the European Union Baroque Orchestra on 'Europe Day', Wednesday 9 May, at St.John's, Smith Square. More information

To become a Friend, simply buy top- or second-price tickets for 5 or more concerts in one booking.

It's easy to join -

Book by telephone 020 7222 1061 any time between 10am and 5pm from Wednesday 25 January - a week before general booking opens - and receive a 20% discount
Say that you wish to become a Festival Friend
You will then be sent a Friends membership card and details of the EUBO invitation concert, should you wish to attend.

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 3: November 2011

Fri 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 BST

Tuesday 22 May, 7.30pm
St. John's, Smith Square
THE CONTEST OF PHOEBUS AND PAN
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Bach: Cantata No.207 'Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten'
Bach: Cantata No.201 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde' (The Contest of Phoebus and Pan)

Susan Hamilton soprano
Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hobbs tenor
Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Robert Davies baritone
Matthew Brook bass-baritone
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt director

John Butt's award-winning vocal-and-instrumental ensemble from Scotland - specialists in fresh performances of Bach's music on an intimate scale - bring two of Bach's vivacious but rarely heard secular dramatic cantatas to the Lufthansa Festival. BWV201 explores the clash of new and old aesthetics represented by the Ovidian figures of Phoebus and Pan, while in BWV207, which features familiar music from the Brandenburg Concertos, the figures of Industry, Honour and Happiness, no less, celebrate the installation of a Leipzig professor.

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 4: December 2011

Fri 16 Dec 2011 12:00:00 BST

Saturday 19 May, 4.30pm
St. Matthew's, Westminster
THE SPORTING LIFE

Alva
Vivien Ellis voice
Giles Lewin voice and fiddle

Voice-and-fiddle duo Vivien Ellis and Giles Lewin make a welcome return to the Lufthansa Festival for another specially researched programme of ballads and popular tunes. For 2012 they take up a sporting theme, searching through the vast legacy of printed verse and music compilations, or 'miscellanies', to find long-lost songs offering insights into 18th-century attitudes to such timeless diversions as wrestling, boxing, cricket and horseracing, as well as forgotten sports such as stoolball, cudgels and quarterstaff.

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 3: November 2011

Fri 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 BST

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 2: October 2011

Fri 21 Oct 2011 12:30:00 BST

Friday 18 May, 7.30pm
St. John's, Smith Square
EUROPEAN UNION
Lully: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite
Biber: Battalia
Cabanilles: Suite Imperial
Corelli: Concerto grosso, Op.6, No.4
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op.6, No.1
Avison/Scarlatti: Concerto No.9
Boccherini: La musica notturna di Madrid

Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall director

One of the great world stars of early music brings his own orchestra, a hand-picked line-up of leading players from many nations, for a concert which itself reflects the marvellous diversity and cross-fertilisations of European Baroque music. From Lully's dance music for Moliere's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme to Biber's riotously inventive Battalia to concertos and suites from Italy, Britain and Spain, it promises a colourful start to our celebration of international harmony.

2012 Festival Newsletter Issue 1: September 2011

Fri 23 Sep 2011 12:50:00 BST

Issue 1 of the 2012 Festival newsletter. In this issue: Details of the line-up for the 2012 Festival