Monday 14 May 2012
AAM on Classic FM podcast
AAM Chief Executive Michael Garvey chats to Classic FM ahead of our performance as part of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012. We'll perform music by Handel on the River Thames, and the podcast includes insights into how we'll prepare, why the music is so appropriate - and why clothes pegs will be key to the success of the day.
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Friday 04 May 2012
Richard Egarr renews contract as AAM Music Director
Richard Egarr will remain as AAM Music Director until August 2017, with future plans including music by JS Bach, Handel and Monteverdi - as well as the development of the AAM as Associate Ensemble at the Barbican.
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Wednesday 25 April 2012
Hear AAM live on In Tune
Listen again to our live performance of music by Falconieri, Monteverdi and Castello on BBC Radio 3's In Tune, ahead of concerts later this week. Presenter Sean Rafferty chats about the music with director Jonathan Cohen, tenor James Gilchrist and AAM leader Pavlo Beznosiuk. Skip to 1'10 to hear the performance.
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Monday 23 April 2012
Listen live to the AAM on BBC Radio 3
Our performance from Wigmore Hall on Thursday 27 April will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 at 7.30pm. Jonathan Cohen directs music by Monteverdi and his contemporaries, with soprano Anna Prohaska and tenors James Gilchrist and Benjamin Hulett.
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Thursday 19 April 2012
AAM to perform at 2012 BBC Proms
We are thrilled to announce that the AAM will perform music by JS Bach at the 2012 BBC Proms
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Tuesday 03 April 2012
Scholl to sing Bach with AAM
The acclaimed counter-tenor Andreas Scholl will give three performances of JS Bach's music in our 2012-13 season.
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Friday 02 March 2012
Watch Alina Ibragimova in performance with the AAM
We're in the middle of a UK tour with violinist Alina Ibragimova, which has already won five-star reviews and praise from throughout the music world. You can watch a film featuring excerpts of the performance as part of Bath Bachfest, including works by Biber, JS Bach and Vivaldi.
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Thursday 19 January 2012
AAM to perform at Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
We are thrilled to announce that the AAM will perform Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks as part of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, led by Her Majesty The Queen on the afternoon of 3 June 2012.
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Wednesday 18 January 2012
AAM becomes Associate Ensemble at the Barbican Centre
From September 2012, the AAM will become Associate Ensemble at London's Barbican Centre. Joining the LSO, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia as Associates, we will give regular performances at the Barbican, reaching new audiences and putting on more ambitious and stimulating concerts than ever before.
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Monday 16 January 2012
Gustav Leonhardt 1928-2012
Here at the AAM we're deeply saddened to hear of the death of Gustav Leonhardt: a brilliant harpsichordist, a true pioneer and a personal friend to many AAM players. Leonhardt taught both the AAM's founder Christopher Hogwood and our current Music Director Richard Egarr. Egarr shares his thoughts with us on the passing of a great musician - and of an era...
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