Academy of Ancient Music

“The ultimate raspberry to anyone who says baroque music is predictable”

THE INDEPENDENT, 2009

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Christopher Hogwood on BBC Radio 3

AAM founder Christopher Hogwood discusses our history and looks forward to performing Handel's opera Imeneo

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Latest podcast...

Christopher Hogwood discusses Handel

Catherine Bott presents the latest Barbican podcast, ahead of our performance of Imeneo

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Latest review...

Mozart Requiem

with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge

"revelatory... a true meeting of ancient and modern.

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Latest news...

AAM announced as National Gallery's Resident Ensemble

We will be Resident Ensemble at the National Gallery in Summer 2013, accompanying the exhibition 'Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure'

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New release...

Mozart Requiem

With the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, featuring alternative completions and documentary material

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Latest blog...

Happy birthday, Monteverdi

"as refreshing as skinny-dipping in the Adriatic" — a tribute from AAM violinist Bojan Čičić

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Next concerts...

Handel's Imeneo

AAM founder Christopher Hogwood returns to direct Handel's 'farewell to Italian opera' in Madrid and London

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Latest film...

JS Bach's Easter Oratorio

Watch us rehearsing the Sinfonia to JS Bach's Easter Oratorio in King's College Chapel, Cambridge

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