As always, Beaune has succeeded in gathering most of the specialists in baroque music to give us an update on the current situation, and as usual Anne Blanchard has a few surprises up her sleeve. Handel's operas Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Acis and Galatea, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
Sacred Music
5 July: Music for the Birthday & Funeral of Queen Mary by Purcell Ch. & Orch. La Fenice | J. Tubéry | Basilique Notre-Dame . 21h
12 July: Visages de la Vierge by D. Scarlatti, Lotti, Legrenzi, Caldara Les Arts Florissants | P. Agnew | Basilique Notre-Dame . 21 h
19 July: Concert Lux Feminae Ens. Hesperion XXI | J. Savall | Basilique Notre-Dame . 21 h
Recitals
3 July 2009 - Récital Andreas Scholl, contre-ténor Shield of Harmony | Crawford Young | Basilique Notre-Dame . 21 h
10 July 2009 - Récital Max Emanuel Cencic, contre-ténor I Barocchisti | Basilique Notre-Dame . 21 h
17 July 2009 - Récital Maria Riccarda Wesseling , soprano Shie Hirai, clavecin & piano-forte | Hospices Salle des Pôvres . 21h 24 July 2009 - Récital Sophie Karthauser, soprano Cédric Tiberghien, piano | Hospices Salle des Pôvres . 21 h
Travellers should note that this festival is particularly popular with Parisians. Ticket sales are brisk.
Festival de Beaune: Festival international de Musique Baroque Web Site
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