EarlyMusicNews.Org

Locations: Various locations in UK and IE (see list below)

"In 2013 world-renowned choir The Sixteen presents its most far-reaching Choral Pilgrimage tour yet, encompassing 35 concerts around the UK and Ireland. The tour, entitled The Queen of Heaven, will see Harry Christophers CBE and his choir perform glorious music in churches and cathedrals for which it was written. ...

A reminder from Akadêmia of their upcoming "Gloria - Vivaldi" concerts. If you are in the area of the following regions, feel free to attend a concert. You will find them at the following locations:

• 29 May 2013, REIMS (51), Eglise Saint-Jacques
• 30 May 2013, BAR-SUR-AUBE (10),Eglise Saint-Pierre
• 31 May 2013, Festival de Sully et du Loiret, ORLEANS (45), Eglise Saint-Paterne

Many new titles added to the Grigorian.com site of which many in the early music field. You may want to see what is on their list. You can see their latest catalog for the month of may on the Grigorian.com website.

Locations:

• Église Saint Joseph, Montigny-lès-Metz, FR (16 May 2013)
• Nancy, FR (17 May 2013)
• Regensburg, DE (19 May 2013)

A reminder from Syntagma Early Music Ensemble of their upcoming concert days with the performance of Missa Sine Nomine by Johannes Ockeghem, and Songs by Iohannes Cornago. ...

Location: Wigmore Hall, London UK

"Composed between 1718 and 1720, Handel’s Esther is sometimes described as the ‘first English Oratorio’, but is in fact a hybrid form, mixing elements of oratorio, masque, pastoral and opera. ...