Les Arts Florissants
- William Christie - Director and harpsichord
- Purcell, John Blow, Matthew Locke, Pelham Humfrey, Thomas Campion, Dowland, Handel
- William Christie - Director and harpsichord
Barbican Hall, 16-Oct-2025 / 19:30
Carlo Gesualdo: Passione
- Telemann: Wer sich rächet TWV 1:1600
- Johann Kuhnau: Lobe den Herrn meine Seele
- Bach: Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn BWV23
- Christoph Graupner: Aus der Tiefen rufen wir
- Bach: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV22
- Miriam Allan, Edward Grint
- Charpentier:
- Première leçon de ténèbres du mercredi H120
- Seconde leçon de ténèbres du mercredi H138
- Troisième leçon de ténèbres du mercredi H123
- Ilja Aksionov, Padraic Rowan
- Charpentier, Lully and Rameau
- This concert was cancelled.
Royal Albert Hall, 6-Aug-2024 / 19:00
- Purcell: The Fairy Queen (102 mins, semi-staged, sung and spoken in English, with English surtitles)
- Compagnie KÄFIG, Paul Agnew - Conductor, Paulina Francisco - Soprano, Georgia Burashko - Mezzo-soprano, Juliette Mey
- Monteverdi: Damigella tutta bella SV235
- Agostino Steffani:
- Aita fortuna from La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo
- Pria ch'io faccia
- Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata settima a doi violini
- Antonio Caldara: Medea in Corinto
- Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in G minor RV73
- Handel, Giovanni Bononcini
Unless otherwise stated the ensemble was directed by William Christie for the programmes shown on this website page.
Barbican Hall, 19-Dec-2022 / 19:30
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier:
- Antiennes 'O' de l'Avent
- Noëls pour les instruments H531 and H534
- Sur la Naissance de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ H482
- In Nativitatem Domini Canticum H416
- Louis XIII: Tu crois, ô beau soleil
- Pierre Guédron:
- Esprits qu'un fol amour aux voluptés inspire
Unfortunately, Les Arts Florissants' concert scheduled for the 18th of May 2020 at Sinfonia Smith Square was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Barbican Hall, 14-Mar-2022 / 19:30
Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (uncut)
- William Christie - Director
- Louis XIII, Pierre Guédron
Barbican Hall, 8-Dec-2019 / 19:30
- Handel:
- Sinfonia to Act III from Atalanta
- 'Zadok the priest'
- Purcell:
- Overture and 'Welcome to all the pleasures' from Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1683
- 'Tornami a vagheggiar' from Alcina
- 'Ah! stigie larve, ah! scellerati spettri!' from Orlando
- 'I'll to thee well trod stage anon and 'Or let the merry bells ring around' from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
- 'Scherza infida' and 'Bramo aver mille vite' from Ariodante
- The Fairy Queen,
- Prelude to Act II 'Come all, come all ye songsters'
- 'May the God of Wit inspire'
- 'Echo'
- 'Now join your warbling voices'
- 'Sing while we trip it'
- Fairies Dance
- 'Now the night is chased away'
- Passacaglia from King Arthur
- Les Arts Florissants
- William Christie - Director
- Paul Agnew - Director
- Sandrine Piau - Soprano
Les Arts Florissants performed Bach's St John Passion with Reinoud Van Mechelen as Evangelist, soprano Rachel Redmond, contralto Jess Dandy and Anthony Gregory
at the Barbican Hall on the
19th of March 2019.
Wigmore Hall, 29-Jan-2019 / 19:30
- Programme included works by:
- Etienne Moulinié, Claude Le Jeune
- Antoine Boësset and, Pierre Guédron
- Emmanuelle de Negri - Soprano, Emmanuel Reschel - Violin, Thomas Dunford - Theorbo, William Christie - Music director and Harpsichord
Wigmore Hall, 27-Mar-2018 / 19:30
Paul Agnew - Director, tenor
- Bach:
- Komm, Jesu, komm BWV229
- Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV Anh.159
- Jesu, meine Freude BWV227
- Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230
- Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225
- JC Bach: Fürchte dich nicht
- Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea
- JL Bach: Das ist meine Freude
Wigmore Hall, 16-Jan-2017 / 19:30
- Orazio Vecchi: Ardo sì, ma non t'amo
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri: Ardo sì, ma non t'amo
- Monteverdi:
- Ardo sì, ma non t'amo
- Baci soavi e cari
- Dolcemente dormiva la mia Clori
- Non si levav'ancor l'alba novella
- Se tu mi lasci, perfida, tuo danno
- Ecco mormorar l'onde
- O primavera, gioventú dell'anno
- Vattene pur, crudel, con quella pace
- Ch'io t'ami e t'ami più de la mia vita
- Ah dolente partita
- Piagne e sospira, e quando i caldi raggi
- Cruda Amarilli
- Luca Marenzio: Non vidi mai dopo notturna pioggia
- Giaches de Wert:
- Vezzosi augelli
- Forsennata gridava
- Ah dolente partita
- Cruda Amarilli
- Benedetto Pallavicino: Cruda Amarilli
- Soloists of Les Arts Florissants
- Paul Agnew - Director, tenor
- Miriam Allan - Soprano
- Hannah Morrison - Soprano
- Lucile Richardot - Contralto
- Sean Clayton - Tenor
- Cyril Costanzo - Bass
Barbican Hall, 19-Dec-2016 / 19:00
Handel: Messiah
- William Christie - Musical director, Katherine Watson - Soprano, Emmanuelle de Negri - Soprano, Carlo Vistoli - Countertenor, Sam Boden - Tenor
