English Baroque Soloists | News Music & Opera https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/tag/english-baroque-soloists Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:58:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Is War Declared at the Elbphilharmonie? https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/is-war-declared-at-the-elbphilharmonie Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:00:19 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=14988 After the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists parted ways with their founding conductor John Eliot Gardiner this summer, Gardiner has decided to form a new ensemble, The Constellation. The situation wouldn’t seem so peculiar if Gardiner hadn’t managed to insert himself into the 2024-2025 season at the Elbphilharmonie—with the same program, but one […]

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]]> After the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists parted ways with their founding conductor John Eliot Gardiner this summer, Gardiner has decided to form a new ensemble, The Constellation. The situation wouldn’t seem so peculiar if Gardiner hadn’t managed to insert himself into the 2024-2025 season at the Elbphilharmonie—with the same program, but one week earlier. On December 7, 2024, audiences will hear Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit à quatre voix and Bach’s Cantatas BWV 36 and BWV 110, conducted by Gardiner with his new ensemble. A week later, on December 14, the same works will be performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists as originally scheduled, but this time under the baton of Christophe Rousset, replacing the controversial conductor. Who to choose in case of a musical divorce?

 

 

Monteverdi Choir – English Baroque Soloists © Bruno Moussier

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]]> Christophe Rousset and Thomas Eitler-de Lint Have Choirs in Common https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/christophe-rousset-and-thomas-eitler-de-lint-have-choirs-in-common Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:34:40 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=14980 Two of the most famous choirs in Europe have just announced some changes. The Bayreuth Festival has recruited Thomas Eitler-de Lint, formerly of the Oper Leipzig, to take over the direction of the famous choir at Germany’s greatest festival. As the job is seasonal, Eitler-de Lint will retain his duties in Leipzig. In England, the […]

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]]> Two of the most famous choirs in Europe have just announced some changes. The Bayreuth Festival has recruited Thomas Eitler-de Lint, formerly of the Oper Leipzig, to take over the direction of the famous choir at Germany’s greatest festival. As the job is seasonal, Eitler-de Lint will retain his duties in Leipzig. In England, the Monteverdi Choir and its counterparts, the English Baroque Soloists, announced this summer that they were parting ways with their founder, John Eliot Gardiner. After acts of violence that made headlines last year, the conductor has resigned. Christophe Rousset has been chosen to lead a major tour scheduled for Christmas and other concerts in 2025.

 

 

Christophe Rousset © Eric Larraydieu ; Thomas Eitler de Lint © Sylvio Hoffmann

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