The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique - 3 world-renowned ensembles founded by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
We were honoured to perform at the
#Coronation
of King Charles III and Queen Camilla and delighted that the
@Telegraph
noted, "If the Monteverdi Choir isn't singing when I get to the gates of Heaven, I want my money back."
This July, we are thrilled to spotlight soprano Ali Ponsford-Hill in our new "Meet the MCO Musicians" series, as she marks an extraordinary 20 years with the Monteverdi Choir.
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We are looking forward to working with
@AntoineTamestit
and
#IsabelleFaust
. Listen to Isabelle Faust performing Mozart's Violin Concerto in B-flat Major with the English Baroque Soloists in 2022.
Book tickets for our Haydn & Mozart concert
@smitf_london
👉
The Monteverdi Choir directed by Jonathan Sells, with the incredible Isabelle Faust (violin) in the Nikolaikirche at Bachfest Leipzig: Bach motets and solo violin music. This is going to be something special!
#MonteverdiChoir
#BachfestLeipzig
#MCOonTour
Together with fellow representatives of the UK’s freelance professional choral ensembles, we’ve sent this letter to the BBC to express our dismay at the decision to disband the
@BBCSingers
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
Rehearsals are underway at the
@Musikverein
for our
#VerdiRequiem18
concert this evening. Have a listen to this powerful excerpt from the 'Tuba Mirum' (courtesy of our Deputy Stage Manager Matt Muller)
#Musikverein
#Vienna
“The orchestral playing was buoyant as well as sensitive, the choral work dazzling.”
★★★★★ The Observer
Join us in a week as the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Peter Whelan bring this dazzling choral showpiece to life at the Salzburg Festival 2024.🎶
#JohnEliotGardiner
was named an Honorary Citizen of Cremona on 25 June. He said, "It is an honour for me to become a citizen of the city where Claudio
#Monteverdi
was born who, for me, is the greatest composer."
🎵✨ Get ready to be blown away by the incredible talent of the MCO horn section! Today, they're bringing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 to life during rehearsals, and we've got an exclusive sneak peek for you. 📹🎶
Join us tonight at St Martin-in-Fields at 7:30 PM 🌟🗣️
We had a wonderful time performing at evocative venues associated with
#Monteverdi
's life and career on our Italian tour. Here we are performing at the
#MonteverdiFestival
in
#Cremona
, the town where the composer was born.
🎶✨ "The Lord is my strength and my song" ✨🎶
Julia Doyle and Amy Wood were our enchanting soprano soloists in March 🌟🎻
Just 2 weeks until we appear at the prestigious Salzburg Festival with this dazzling choral masterpiece 🎵🌍
Find out more:
We are excited to be performing in the Chapelle Royale at the Château de Versailles today. Listen below to the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists rehearsing No. 17 from Part 2
@CVersailles
@CVSpectacles
: “The performance stood out not only for its technical excellence and the beauty of the solo voices but also for its deep spiritual impact.”
Join us in just 3 weeks as the Monteverdi Choir bring Handel's Israel in Egypt to life at the Salzburg Festival🎶
Fantastic weekend in Zürich performing alongside the
@tonhalle
Orchester! 🎶
Next stop on our tour of Berlioz’s ‘L'enfance du Christ’ is
@Ely_Cathedral
on Friday 10 December – book your tickets now:
We had a fantastic time touring our Haydn & Mozart programme throughout Europe with
@AntoineTamestit
and
#IsabelleFaust
. Listen 👇 to the English Baroque Soloists rehearsing Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major “Linz” ahead of our final concert
@muenchenmusik
last night.
🎂 Today is Monteverdi’s 457th birthday!
What better way to celebrate than with the English Baroque Soloists performing the opening of l’Orfeo – conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, recorded at Teatro La Fenice, Venice in June 2017 as part of the Monteverdi 450 celebrations.
The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are currently rehearsing Beethoven's epic Missa solemnis for our concert tonight at the BBC Proms!
@bbcproms
Happy Birthday Johann Sebastian Bach! We’re celebrating with a
#ThrowbackThrusday
to last year’s
#BachFest
when the audience of the Nikolaikirche joined us in singing the final chorus of BWV 140.
#Bach334
Today we were joined by renowned soloists
@AntoineTamestit
and
#IsabelleFaust
rehearsing Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major ahead of our Haydn and Mozart tour next week. Join as
@smitf_london
on Friday 13 January. Book tickets 👉
We have arrived in Amsterdam and are looking forward to the first of 3 concerts this evening
@Concertgebouw
in partnership with
@ConcertgbOrkest
, performing Brahms's Choral Works.
Listen below to the Monteverdi Choir rehearsing Letzes Glück from Brahms's Fünf Gesänge.
John Eliot Gardiner, together with the
@mco_london
and English Baroque Soloists, adds a new reading of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion to his remarkable legacy of recordings for DG.
Order now 👉
“He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all quarters.”
Handel’s Israel in Egypt is the 18th-century equivalent of a technicolour Biblical epic.
Join us in just one month as MCO bring this dazzling choral showpiece to life at the Salzburg Festival
We are now streaming our Cantata of the Week for the first Sunday after Trinity, Bach’s BWV 20 ‘O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort’. This is introduced by baritone Dietrich Henschel, who featured as a soloist in many concerts across our Bach Cantata Pilgrimage.
Wishing all our followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎄 Listen below 👇 to the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner in rehearsal for J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
@smitf_london
@stageplusmusic
@stagecasters
📽️ All nine films in our Beethoven Symphonies series are available now!
📺
Watch John Eliot Gardiner’s in-depth exploration of the composer’s symphonic works, with exclusive footage of the ORR rehearsing and performing our Beethoven Symphony Cycle 🎶
It’s been a very long time since the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique last performed together (541 days to be exact!)
Today, we’re thrilled that they are finally reunited in rehearsals for our Mendelssohn and Berlioz programme! 🎻🎺
Claudio
#Monteverdi
was baptized
#OnThisDay
in 1567. In June we will pay homage to the composer by filming a spectacular documentary, featuring performances at evocative venues associated with his career, in Italy.
Portrait by Bernardo Strozzi.
We are looking forward to performing Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Teatro alla Scala this evening. Listen below to John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in rehearsal this afternoon.
@teatroallascala
Today is the Monteverdi Choir’s 56th birthday! 🎉🎈🥂 📯
To celebrate, enjoy this clip of the Choir performing the joyful ‘Endless pleasure’ chorus from Handel’s Semele last Spring at London’s
@Yourallypally
Find out more about the Choir's history here:
🎧Hear the English Baroque Soloists in rehearsal with
@AntoineTamestit
and
#IsabelleFaust
for tonight’s concert
@smitf_london
. Composed in 1779, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante can be considered his most successful realization in this cross-over genre between symphony and concerto.
"A choral ensemble that is rightfully considered the best in Europe" – Bachtrack ★★★★★
It's hard to believe it's already been a month since we began our epic Beethoven journey at the Philharmonie de Paris with the breathtaking Mass in C major.
🎶✨
#MCOonTour
#Beethoven
🎶 We continue our epic journey through Beethoven's musical universe TONIGHT, as we immerse ourselves in the grandeur of the iconic Symphony No. 5 and the infectious energy of Symphony No. 4. 🚀✨
Join us at St Martin-in-Fields at 7.30
Today the choir are in action rehearsing our ‘Handel & Bach: Virtuosic Choral Works’ programme, ahead of our
@bbcproms
concert on Wednesday 1 September 🎶
📽️ Enjoy this clip from Bach’s ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’, and book your tickets to our Prom here:
We had a wonderful time in Budapest performing
@MupaBudapest
🇭🇺. Last stop ➡️of our Haydn & Mozart tour
@muenchenmusik
🇩🇪
We are also proud to share that John Eliot Gardiner was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music 👉📖
📽️Watch the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner in rehearsal at the Chapelle Royale - Château de Versailles.
@CVSpectacles
With thanks to
@stagecasters
.
Our reinforcements from the Monteverdi Choir &
@Orfeo_Catala
have arrived for tonight's concert, the last of the Barcelona leg of our
#Beethoven250
Symphony Cycle tour. Looking forward to raising the
@palaumusicacat
roof tonight!
We arrived at Beethoven's 9th Symphony on Sunday to round off a fantastic first week of rehearsals for our
#Beethoven250
Symphony Cycle tour! Now counting down the days until we begin the tour on Sunday at the
@palaumusicacat
...
It’s a pleasure to be back at the
@Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam 🇳🇱
We’re currently rehearsing our Brahms choral works programme with the magnificent
@ConcertgbOrkest
ahead of three concerts this week, the first of which is tonight!
Find out more here 👉
Today’s the day!! The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are rehearsing music by Carissimi, Scarlatti and Schütz in the beautiful Kollegienkirche ahead of tonight’s concert as part of the Salzburg Festival.🎶🇦🇹
@SbgFestival
#salzburgerfestspiele
#salzburgfestival
To commemorate the great French Maestro Hector Berlioz on the 150th anniversary of his death, we’d like to share this extract from the final movement of the ever-exhilarating Symphonie fantastique, performed by the ORR and John Eliot Gardiner at the
@OperaRoyal
#Berlioz150
📢 Today is the day! We are very excited about our live-streamed performance of Bach’s St John Passion from Oxford’s
@SheldonianOxUni
, which will be available from 2pm (UK time) 🎶
📺 In the meantime, here’s another short clip from rehearsals to show you what’s in store…
Johann Sebastian Bach died 273 years ago today. In June we joined Bachfest in Leipzig in celebrating the lasting influence of Bach's music, with the Monteverdi Choir and Violin Soloists Kati Debretzeni and Isabelle Faust, conducted by Jonathan Sells.
Happy Birthday
@teatroallascala
which opened 245 years ago on 3 August 1778! Here's a poster for our performance of
#Handel
's Semele on our European tour in 2019 - listen to our live recording from London's Alexandra Palace here 👇
Thrilled to finally be back on the
@RoyalAlbertHall
stage! 🎶🎻
We return to the
@bbcproms
tonight for an evening of Handel and Bach - limited tickets left, follow this link to book now:
📽️ Short clip from the beautiful ‘Shepherds’ Farewell’ in rehearsal today at
@battersea_arts
👇
Don't miss our performances of Berlioz’s festive oratorio ‘L’enfance du Christ’ at
@Ely_Cathedral
and
@smitf_london
this weekend – book tickets here:
The Monteverdi Choir
@mco_london
ist Bester Chor. Warum? Weil das Kollektiv bei Festivals, auf Konzerttourneen und in seinen zahlreichen Aufnahmen immer wieder sprachlos macht ob seiner Qualität. Und die reicht längst über die Ära des Namensgebers hinaus bis weit ins 19.
A week ago we were at the wonderful Bachfest Leipzig for “a double concert of almost unbearable beauty and richness” (Leipziger Volkzeitung): Bach family motets in dialogue with solo violin music.
📷 Photo credit: Leipzig Bachfest / Gert Mothes
We really enjoyed performing
#Bach
's Mass in B minor at
@smitf_london
last night which was broadcast live
@BBCRadio3
- listen here 👇
📷Paul Marc Mitchell
Rehearsals in London for our Handel Semele tour are off to a flying start. Very excited for our first concert at the
@philharmonie
in Paris next week!
#MCOsemele
#Handel
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras continue its exploration of Monteverdi’s Italy with a performance in the Galleria degli Specchi at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua.
Now available to stream on demand at
Want to learn more about the period instruments played by the ORR and how they contribute to the ensemble’s unique, historically-inspired identity? Principal Horn
@AnnekeScott
demonstrates some of the instruments that featured in our recent
#BerliozSeries18
tour…
🎶 TONIGHT! Join the Monteverdi Choir at St Martin-in-the-Fields for an evening exploring the motets of the Bach family and captivating solo violin pieces. Here's an exclusive rehearsal clip of "Singet dem Herrn" from yesterday.
🎟️ Find out more:
Dinis Sousa will conduct the Monteverdi Choir and Concertgebouw Orchestra in performances of Brahms’s choral masterpiece ‘Ein deutsches Requiem’ at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in February and March 2024.
We are very excited to have Dinis onboard this project;
🎟️ In our bio
More reaction from Salzburg:
“The sonorous splendour, vocal agility, and internal emotion of the Monteverdi Choir, impeccably supported by the English Baroque Soloists under Peter Whelan.” – Die Presse
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We've got that
#FridayFeeIing
so to celebrate here's a small but perfectly formed clip from today's rehearsal of Bach Cantata BWV 12 at the Dresden Frauenkirche ahead of tonight's
#bachcantataring18
performance at
@dresdenfestival
Today we were honoured to be a part of the
#PeterHall
memorial service at
@wabbey
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducted members of the Monteverdi Choir in a performance of J.C. Bach’s ‘Es Ist Nun Aus Mit Meinem Leben’ (‘Now My Life Is Ended’)
Thrilled to announce that actor, author and director
@SimonCallow
will be joining us for two of our
#BerliozSeries18
concerts in the U.S.! He will be taking on the role of narrator in our performances of Berlioz's 'Lélio ou Le retour à la vie' at
#AnnArbor
and
@carnegiehall
⏰ Just three days to go until our live-streamed performance of Bach’s St John Passion from Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre!
If you haven’t already, head to
@DGclassics
‘DG Stage’ to book your tickets now:
🎫
We’re sad not to be at the
@BarbicanCentre
this week performing our Beethoven Symphony Cycle, but we’re delighted to announce the launch of a 9-part film series in which Gardiner and the ORR explore these incredible works as we rehearsed for this project.