Travel Tip: Classical Music in France
Festival de Beaune: International Festival of Baroque Music

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.