Edition 2024

Early Music Day takes place every year on 21 March, at the initiative of REMA. This celebration of more than a thousand years of music, through concerts and events taking place simultaneously around the world, is an opportunity for Europeans to (re)discover our musical heritage!

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TODOS LOS MALES

20/03/2024 18:00 CET

TODOS LOS MALES On-site

Centro di Musica Antica Ghislieri - Fondazione Teatro Fraschini Italy
Cinema Teatro Politeama, Corso Camillo Benso Cavour, 20, 27100 Pavia PV
Presentation with the artists and then film projection of the movie TODOS LOS MALES by Simone Derai based on the opera LES INCAS DU PEROU by J. P. Rameau that took place at Rimini for the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana on October 2022.


Musicians
Juana Myriam Chero Tarazona - Maria Elena Soto Chero (Phani) - Marco Ciccullo (Carlos) - Cristian Alexis Alarcon Jara (Huascar) - Ekaterina Protsenko (Soprano) Nicholas Scott (Tenore) - Renato Dolcini (Baritono)
Coro Universitario del Collegio Ghislieri - Luca Colombo | Choir leader
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Giulio Prandi | Conductor

Production: Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Anagoor, Kublai Film
Director: Simone Derai 
Photography: Giulio Favotto  
Versailles Grand Bach Weekend - concert #2

16/03/2024 14:00 CET

Versailles Grand Bach Weekend - concert #2 On-site

Magali France
24 rue de la Chancellerie, 78000 Versailles
From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March, the various departments of the Conservatoire de Versailles will be celebrating Bach's genius with a series of seven concerts featuring a variety of programmes.
Musicians
Contemporary music
Chamber music
Broken consort
Harpsichord
2nd cycle choir
Felix Platter: A Life in Music

20/03/2024 19:00 CET

Felix Platter: A Life in Music Online

ReRenaissance – Forum Frühe Musik Switzerland
Barfüsserplatz 7, 4051 Basel
In 1536, just in time for the autumn fair, a child was born at Petersberg in Basel who was to make a name for himself in later years as the city’s doctor: Felix Platter. His research on anatomy, psychiatry and also his epidemiological reports at the time of the Basel plague made him, even beyond his death in 1614, one of the most important sons of the city and known throughout Europe.

But Felix was much more than just a physician. Already during his studies in Montpellier he received the nickname “l’Alemandt du lut”. His “verteutschten” transcriptions of French chansons and Italian madrigals from this same period represent a special musical-philological treasure.

The focus of this concert is the musical side of this polymath, which is once again allowed to flourish with voice, lute, viola da gamba and recorder.



Musicians
Tessa Roos – voice
Ivo Haun – voice, lute, recitation
Rui Stähelin – lute and voice
Caroline Ritchie – Renaissance viola da gamba
Tabea Schwartz – recorder, viola da gamba, direction
Versailles Grand Bach Weekend - concert #6

16/03/2024 10:11 CET

Versailles Grand Bach Weekend - concert #6 On-site

CRR de Versailles Grand Parc France
24 rue de la Chancellerie, 78000 Versailles
From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March, the various departments of the Conservatoire de Versailles will be celebrating Bach's genius with a series of seven concerts featuring a variety of programmes.
Musicians
Baroque Orchestra 1C 2C
Baroque flute ensembles
Violin solo
Young Choir
Student conductors
Chamber music
Telemann "Plenty of Fantasy"

20/03/2024 19:30 CET

Telemann "Plenty of Fantasy" On-site

Hamburger Ratsmusik Germany
KomponistenQuartier Hamburg, Lichtwarksaal, Neanderstraße 22, 20459 Hamburg
The abundance of Georg Philipp Telemann's compositional ideas is inexhaustible. Unlike all his colleagues of his time he never repeats himself, always reinventing himself. In his fantasies and sonatas in this concerto, the transverse flute, viola da gamba and harpsichord compete. On the eve of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday, BWV 1029 will be performed in the trio version for trasverso, viola da gamba and harpsichord. 
Musicians
Steven Zohn, traverso 
Hamburger Ratsmusik 
Simone Eckert, viola da gamba 
Anke Dennert, harpsichord 
BEFORE BACH. ORGAN RECITAL BY ANDREW BENSON-WILSON

19/03/2024 13:10 GMT (19/03/2024 14:10 CET)

BEFORE BACH. ORGAN RECITAL BY ANDREW BENSON-WILSON On-site

Andrew Benson-Wilson United Kingdom
The Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London , The Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Mayfair, , W1K 2PA London
Andrew’s annual Early Music Day recitals are usually focussed on the music of JS Bach, reflecting the fact that Early Music Day is on 21 March, the date of Bach’s birth under the current calendar. This year, Andrew is giving two Early Music recitals, with the titles of BEFORE BACH and AFTER BACH. This first recital traces the history of German organ music from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch c1460 to Johann Pachelbel, the teacher of Bach’s older brother, Johann Christoph Bach. It seems likely that the 9-year-old Bach met Pachelbel at his older brother’s 1694 wedding.

Other composers represent the south, centre and north of Germany, including Hans Buchner (1483-1538), Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629), Mathias Weckmann (1617-74) in his anniversary year, and Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)) in the 400th anniversary of his Tabulatura nova (1624).

The recital focussed on music written for the Catholic and Lutheran service of Vespers, notably the Magnificat, one of the key musical moments of the service in both churches. We hear versions from five composers, concluding with Scheidt’s Modus Pleno Organo Pedaliter Benedicamus à 6 Voc, composed for the conclusion of a Vespers Service as well as being the final piece in the Tabulatura nova.

Musicians
Andrew Benson-Wilson, organ
Kharkiv Baroque Day

23/03/2024 17:00 EET (23/03/2024 16:00 CET)

Kharkiv Baroque Day Online and On-site

Kharkiv Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Ukraine
EVOhub, Kotsarska str 2/4 , 61052 Kharkiv
Baroque music concert within the Lilac Season of the University Philharmonic
Musicians
Choir, orchestra, soloists of the University of Arts
Johann Sebastian BACH

21/03/2024 08:00 CET

Johann Sebastian BACH Online

FCE Continuo webradio Luxembourg Luxembourg
Église Protestante, 5 Rue de la Congrégation, L-1352 Luxembourg City
from 8 AM until 20 PM: 12 hours Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (and some contemporaries composers)
Musicians
Musiciens et ensembles du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
La tombe de Rameau | Reenactment of the musical setting of Jean-Philippe Rameau's funreal

03/03/2024 18:00 CET (03/03/2024 18:00 CET)

La tombe de Rameau | Reenactment of the musical setting of Jean-Philippe Rameau's funreal On-site

Wrocław Baroque Orchestra Poland
National Forum of Music , Plac Wolności 1, 50-071 Wrocław
“Why the hell are you singing to me? "You are out of tune, father!" These were the last words of Jean-Philippe Rameau on his deathbed. The most important French composer of the 18th century, harpsichordist and theorist, who died on September 12, 1764, was buried the next day in the Parisian church of Saint Eustache. However, the main mourning ceremonies took place only on September 27 in the nearby oratory of the Filipino priests. Two more similar services were later held in the French capital, and Rameau was just as solemnly mourned in Avignon, Dijon, Marseille, Orleans and Rouen.

The musical core of the ceremony at the Oratoire du Louvre, which will be performed by a group of soloists, the NFM Choir and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Skip Sempé, was the Messe funebre by Jean Gilles. The work, first performed at the funeral of the composer in 1705, later became a real hit at 18th-century burials. It was performed, among others, during royal funerals – of Louis XV in 1774 and of the Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński in 1766. Over the years, the piece underwent modifications, adapting it to changing tastes and the requirements of specific occasions. It was standard, for example, to include Michel Corrette’s Carillon des Morts–a musical illustration of the ringing bells of the Rouen Cathedral – during the Mass.

The task of arranging Gilles’ Requiem for Rameau’s farewell ceremony probably fell to a pair of friends – François Rebel and François Francœur from the Concert Spirituel community. In just a dozen or so days between the composer’s death and the funeral service, they had to introduce their own changes to the piece, copy the notes for the performers and rehearse with them. They skilfully modified the instrumentation of the Mass, added further sections to it and incorporate fragments of the deceased’s best operas. Interestingly, they introduced the most changes at the beginning of the piece, and the closer to the last bars, the closer their adaptation is to the original. The approaching deadline cooled down the aroused ambitions of the organisers of the musical setting. Despite the need to make an artistic compromise, the arrangement of the Mass was intended to deeply move the 1,500 mourners gathered at the ceremony. “The Requiem pierced the French with pain, while the Italians trembled with terror,” Corette complimented on this performance. 
Musicians
Skip Sempé – conductor
Soloists
NFM Choir
Lionel Sow – artistic direction of the NFM Choir
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
Jarosław Thiel – artistic direction of Wrocław Baroque Orchestra 
Like father, like son...?

23/03/2024 20:00 CET

Like father, like son...? On-site

Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord France
36 rue du Four, 24600 RIBERAC
Organ concert in the church of Saint-Astier (24) given by Jan Willem Jansen. On the programme: Johann Sebastian Bach and his descendants: Carl Phillip Emanuel, Wilhem Friedeman, Johann Christoph Friedrich! Let's retrace over 100 years of Bach compositions together.
Musicians
Jan Willem Jansen, organist
Inaugural Concert of the 6th International Festival of Early Music 'Timeless Notes

21/03/2024 11:11 CET (21/03/2024 11:11 CET)

Inaugural Concert of the 6th International Festival of Early Music 'Timeless Notes On-site

Note senza tempo festival internazionale di musica antica Italy
Sassari (Sardinia - Italy), Piazza Cappuccini, 1, , 07100 Sassari
On World Early Music Day, the festival opens its 6th edition with two extraordinary cantatas by J.S. Bach 
Cantata No. 131
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir

Cantata No. 106
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - Actus Tragicus
Musicians
La Calandria Ensemble
ALIDA OLIVA soprano
BIANCA SIMONE alto
JIANGCHEN HE tenor 
DECIO BIAVATI bass

WILLELM PEERIK organ and direction
Ritual

21/03/2024 19:30 CET

Ritual On-site

Fundació Cultural CDM Spain
Palau de la Música de València, Pg. de l’Albereda, 30 , 46023 Valencia
Sephardic and Arab-Andalusian chants.

Musicians
Capella de Ministrers
Françoise Atlan, voice 
Carles Magraner, director, rebec and violas
Aziz Samsaoui, Kanún, saz and oud
Kaveh Sarvarian, nay and tombak 
Jota Martínez, citole, lute and percussion 

LUDI MUSICI // 1621

21/03/2024 14:52 CET (21/03/2024 14:52 CET)

LUDI MUSICI // 1621 On-site

AS TIME GOES BY - A new Consort of Music Slovakia
Koncertná sieň Konzervatórium Bratislava, Konventná 686, 811 03 Staré mesto Bratislava
Instrumental music from the beginning of the 17th century

At the beginning of the 17th century, a large number of musicians undertook hundreds of kilometers of arduous travel to train with and be inspired by the esteemed “Orpheus of Amsterdam” Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, the organist, improviser and composer at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.
This profound influence can be found in our program along with the contrapuntally artistic, expressively magnificent and profoundly melancholic works from the emerging composers.
The true meaning of the collection of dances by Samuel Scheidt titled Ludi Musicis from 1621 were pertaining to the true minstrels and virtuosos of the time- namely the composers themselves.

AS TIME GOES BY – A NEW CONSORT OF MUSIC is passionate about the jewels of consort music for recorders from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Vienna-based ensemble plays on a variety of recorders based on historical replicas in different sizes.
Musicians
Luca Anna Várhelyi, Eunsol Lee, Barbora Špelinová, Stefan Tokár, Carsten Eckert - recorder
Versailles Grand Bach Weekend - concert #4

16/03/2024 16:00 CET

Versailles Grand Bach Weekend - concert #4 On-site

CRR de Versailles Grand Parc France
24 rue de la Chancellerie, 78000 Versailles
From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March, the various departments of the Conservatoire de Versailles will be celebrating Bach's genius with a series of seven concerts featuring a variety of programmes.
Musicians
Piano (solo and 4 hands)
Guitar
Concerto for two harpsichords and strings
Andrea Falconieri "Il napoletano"

21/03/2024 19:00 EET (21/03/2024 18:00 CET)

Andrea Falconieri "Il napoletano" On-site

Musicians of the King’s Road (Kuninkaantien muusikot) Finland
Turku Cathedral, Tuomiokirkonkatu 1, 20500 Turku
To celebrate the Early Music Day, Musicians of the King’s Road performs a programme with rarely heard music by the Neapolitan composer Andrea Falconieri. The concert is held in Turku Cathedral. 

Musicians of the King’s Road plays on period instruments. Concertmaster is Anthony Marini and soloist is the Italian mezzo-soprano Valentina Ferrarese.
Musicians
Anthony Marini, concertmaster
Valentina Ferrarese, mezzo-soprano
Il Tessuto dei Sogni / The Fabric of Dreams

21/03/2024 17:00 CET

Il Tessuto dei Sogni / The Fabric of Dreams On-site

ISIS CARDUCCI - DANTE Italy
ISIS Carducci-Dante, Aula Magna, Via Giustiniano 3, 34133 Trieste
It's a transcription of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Shakespeare in three languages: English, Italian and Triestine dialect, written and played by the school's classical students. The play is accompanied by the music of The Fairy Queen by Purcell, played by the school's early music students. 
Musicians
50 students of Classical and Musical High School 'Carducci-Dante' of Trieste (aged 16-19) 
Philosophy teacher Mrs Elsa Zibai, English teacher Mrs Anna Pettener, 
Early music MM Teodora Tommasi, Arstistic supervision MM Fanni Cannelles (Accademia Ars Nova) 

The King’s Playlist

19/03/2024 19:30 GMT (19/03/2024 20:30 CET)

The King’s Playlist On-site

Leamington Music United Kingdom
St Mary's Church, Warwick, Old Square, CV34 4RA Warwick
The first ever Radio 3 New Generation Baroque Ensemble finishes the season in the Court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, with a soundtrack of music written and dedicated to every moment of the King’s Day. Works by Charpentier, Lully, Couperin, Delalande, Marais, and more.
Musicians
Ensemble Molière 
Flavia Hirte flute, 
Alice Earle violin, 
Catriona McDermid bassoon, 
Kate Conway viola da gamba, 
Satoko Doi-Luck harpsichord
Early Music Day Recital - Historical Music from Bologna

21/03/2024 11:30 GMT (21/03/2024 12:30 CET)

Early Music Day Recital - Historical Music from Bologna On-site

Thomas Charles Marshall Ireland
St Ann's Church, Dawson St, 18 Dawson St, D02 YV57 Dublin
Early Music Day Recital - Francesco Giusti, Norah O'Leary, and Thomas Charles Marshall perform music from Bologna written in the 17th and 18th Centuries. 


Musicians
Francesco Giusti - countertenor
Norah O'Leary - cello
Thomas Charles Marshall - organ
Concerto di Pasqua

21/03/2024 21:00 CET

Concerto di Pasqua On-site

Centro di Musica Antica Ghislieri Italy
Basilica di San Michele Maggiore, Piazza San Michele, 27100 Pavia PV
Giulio Prandi will propose, together with Coro Ghislieri and the Basso Continuo of the ensemble, a new program around the music of N. Jommelli and D. Perez. A musical match between the father of Neapolitan opera music of the XVIII century who became famous all over Europe, and the most rappresentative composer of sacred music of the same period who ended the carrer in a far european state, Portugal.
Musicians
Alessandro Nasello, Yoan Otano - FAGOTTI
Maria Cecilia Farina - ORGANO

CORO GHISLIERI
DIRETTORE - Giulio Prandi
Medieval songs and snacks

21/03/2024 19:00 CET

Medieval songs and snacks On-site

Ensemble Obsidienne - Festival de La Reverdie France
Salle de La Poterne 19 Bd du 14 juillet , 89100 SENS
Aperitif concert to open the 6th edition of the Festival de La Reverdie - As part of the European Early Music Day, Obsidienne has concocted a number of songs for this event, accompanied by an aperitif dinner - medieval-inspired snacks cooked by the Mauvaises Herbes restaurant will be served to the audience.
Musicians
Ensemble Obsidienne
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