Past performances
Below is a list of our recent performances
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Bach’s Violin Concertos
Sat 15 Mar 25
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Malvern
Fri 4 Apr 25
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Bristol
Fri 11 Jul 25
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York
AAM leader Bojan Čičić directs and takes the solo roles for a performance of some of Bach's best-loved Violin Concertos.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Fri 27 Jun 25
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London
Struggles, seduction and sparkling wit: Laurence Cummings and AAM play Beethoven, Haydn and Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt.
The Art of the Italian Concerto
Wed 21 May 25
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Chipping Campden
AAM leader Bojan Čičić takes us on a return trip to baroque Italy, in this celebration of the Italian concerto in all its wildly entertaining forms – from Vivaldi’s Venice to the splendour of Rome.
Bach’s Art of Fugue
Wed 14 May 25
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Cambridge
Thu 15 May 25
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London
Four actors, four musical voices, one unparalleled musical genius. From the theatrical imagination of Bill Barclay, a completely new journey into Bach’s astonishing Art of Fugue.
Bach's St John Passion
Sat 19 Apr 25
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Cambridge
Faith, betrayal, tragedy and redemption: all of human emotion pulses through the notes of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion.
Bach's St John Passion
Fri 18 Apr 25
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London
Faith, betrayal, tragedy and redemption: all of human emotion pulses through the notes of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion.
Handel's Messiah
Tue 15 Apr 25
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London
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the Academy of Ancient Music return to Cadogan Hall to continue their Easter oratorio cycle.
International Handel Singing Competition Final
Wed 2 Apr 25
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London
The International Handel Singing Competition is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown of the London Handel Festival.
Transatlantic: Classical Masters
Wed 12 Mar 25
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Cambridge
Thu 13 Mar 25
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London
AAM rediscovers the glorious music of Brazilian composer José Mauricio Nunes Garcia – in the company of his heroes Mozart and Haydn.
Italian Legacies: Geminiani & his English contemporaries
Wed 5 Feb 25
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Cambridge
Fri 7 Feb 25
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London
Swinging London meets Italian flair, 18th century style. AAM presents Georgian England in the company of Arne, Boyce, Geminiani and Bach. But not the Bach you’re expecting…
Handel's Heroines
Sun 2 Feb 25
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Hannover
From Handel’s exhilarating Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the meltingly lovely ‘Lascia la spina’ and Semele’s outrageous display of virtuosity, ‘Myself I shall adore’, this is a concert of high-wire musical thrills and heart-stopping emotions.
Handel's Messiah
Mon 16 Dec 24
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London
Wed 18 Dec 24
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Las Palmas
Hallelujah! Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music present a seasonal performance of Handel’s Messiah – a masterpiece that never grows old.
Handel's Messiah
Fri 6 Dec 24
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Weisbaden
Sat 7 Dec 24
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Amsterdam
Sun 8 Dec 24
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Groningen
Sun 15 Dec 24
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Saffron Walden
AAM joins forces with Tenebrae for a spine-tingling performance of one of the greatest pieces of music in history.
Handel's Messiah
Tue 10 Dec 24
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Oxford
An acclaimed collaboration between AAM and the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, continues with the memorising beauty of Handel's Messiah.
Bach's Magnificat
Sat 30 Nov 24
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Oxford
AAM joins forces with the Oxford Philharmonic Choir for a gleaming portrait of Bach – both vocal and instrumental.
Handel's Messiah
Tue 26 Nov 24
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London
AAM joins the Choir of Westminster Abbey for one of classical music's best-known works in this extraordinary location.
Viennese Virtuosity: symphonies by Mozart, Haydn & friends
Wed 13 Nov 24
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Cambridge
Thu 14 Nov 24
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London
Musical metamorphoses: Mozart, Haydn and their colleagues come together as AAM celebrates a friendship that transformed music for ever.
Charpentier’s Actéon & Rameau’s Pygmalion
Tue 8 Oct 24
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Cambridge
Wed 9 Oct 24
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London
Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion: two mythological mini-masterpieces of baroque opera, in an exuberant concert performance.
Christoph Sietzen & AAM
Sun 29 Sep 24
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Cologne
Experience worlds colliding as old meets new in this audacious new programme devised by Christoph Sietzen and the Academy of Ancient Music.
Handel's Orlando
Sun 30 Jun 24
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London
Passion, magic and truly spectacular singing: Iestyn Davies stars, alongside Handel expert Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music in a concert performance of Handel’s epic fantasy opera Orlando.
Sons of England
Sat 25 May 24
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Cambridge
Tue 28 May 24
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Liverpool
Thu 30 May 24
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London
Fri 31 May 24
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Bristol
GRAMMY-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley and AAM explore a different vision of the English baroque: in which the music of Purcell, Handel and Ignatius Sancho redefined the culture of a nation.
Bach's Mass in B minor
Fri 10 May 24
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Oxford
Experience the culmination of Bach's career with the Choir of The Queen's College Oxford and AAM, led by Owen Rees, in a performance at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre.
The Art of the Italian Concerto
Tue 7 May 24
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Sherborne
AAM leader Bojan Čičić takes us on a return trip to baroque Italy, in this celebration of the Italian concerto in all its wildly entertaining forms – from Vivaldi’s Venice to the splendour of Rome.
Christoph Sietzen & AAM
Thu 25 Apr 24
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Vienna, Austria
Fri 26 Apr 24
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Viersen, Germany
Worlds collide and old meets new in this audacious new programme devised by Christoph Sietzen and the Academy of Ancient Music.
Le Roi Soleil: the King dances
Wed 17 Apr 24
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Cambridge
Thu 18 Apr 24
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London
The Sun King dances: Academy of Ancient Music and baroque dance experts Mary Collins and Steve Player recreate the sounds and sights of the court of Louis XIV of France.
Bach's St John Passion
Sat 30 Mar 24
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Cambridge
AAM returns to King's College Cambridge for a performance of Bach's St John Passion.
Bach's St Matthew Passion
Fri 29 Mar 24
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London
On Good Friday, AAM returns to a masterpiece that never grows old: Bach’s St Matthew Passion, stripped back to its essentials and performed with absolute commitment.
Bach's St John Passion
Sat 23 Mar 24
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Planfayon, Switzerland
Sun 24 Mar 24
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Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland
AAM joins Ensemble Vocal de Villars-sur-Glâne, Chœur du Collège Ste-Croix and Jérôme Kuhn for two performances of Bach’s St John Passion.
Handel’s Heroines
Fri 23 Feb 24
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Berlin, Germany
Laurence Cummings and Nardus Williams present some of Handel's most powerful heroines.
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos
Wed 24 Jan 24
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Cambridge
Thu 25 Jan 24
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London
Fri 26 Jan 24
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London
All six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in one gloriously life-affirming concert from Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music.
Handel's Messiah
Tue 5 Dec 23
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London
AAM joins Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of Westminster Abbey for their annual performance of Handel's most famous oratorio.
Handel’s Messiah
Fri 1 Dec 23
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Oxford
AAM returns to the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford for an annual performance with Choir of The Queen's College.
Command Performance: Music for an Empress
Wed 22 Nov 23
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Cambridge
Thu 23 Nov 23
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London
Sun 26 Nov 23
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Timișoara, Romania
Academy of Ancient Music travels to the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresa – where genius paid court, and music flourished in magnificent (and unexpected) new ways.
Handel Spectacular
Wed 1 Nov 23
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Truro
AAM returns to Hall for Cornwall for the first time since 2017.
Weldon's The Judgment of Paris (1701)
Sat 28 Oct 23
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Cambridge
AAM and Cambridge Handel Opera Company present another English opera masterpiece following their award-winning co-production of Eccles’ Semele.
Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks
Sun 10 Sep 23
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London
AAM performs free drop-in performances as part of the Open House Festival at London's Guildhall.
BBC Proms: Handel’s Samson
Wed 23 Aug 23
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London
AAM returns to the BBC Proms with a performance of one of Handel's finest dramatic works.
VOCES8 International Festival at Milton Abbey: Gala Concert
Sat 5 Aug 23
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Milton Abbas
AAM performs in the final concert of the VOCES8 International Festival 2023 at Milton Abbey, Dorset, UK
’Tis Nature’s Voice | Beethoven Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Fri 30 Jun 23
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London
The beauties of nature, romantic style
'Tis Nature's Voice | Bach: The Musical Offering
Fri 12 May 23
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Chipping Campden
Unfolding the secrets of Bach's gift for a king
’Tis Nature’s Voice | Il Trionfo del Tempo
Wed 10 May 23
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Cambridge
Thu 11 May 23
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London
Handel’s spectacular, rarely performed oratorio
’Tis Nature’s Voice | Scherzi musicali
Thu 20 Apr 23
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Cambridge
Fri 21 Apr 23
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London
Novelties, parodies and flights of fancy
Bach’s St John Passion
Sat 8 Apr 23
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Cambridge
AAM returns to King's College Chapel for a Holy Saturday performance of Bach's St John Passion.
Bach’s St John Passion
Thu 6 Apr 23
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London
Bach’s setting of the Passion according to St John – one of the supreme masterpieces of sacred music