We are absolutely thrilled to welcome one of the world’s leading baroque ensembles for a UK exclusive residency. They offer four wide-ranging programmes of beautiful baroque music including familiar composers as well as equally attractive works by lesser known figures. Under Lars Ulrik Mortensen’s direction a meticulous approach to historical material underpins its artistic orginality and continually evolving performance style and delivery.

For their final concert, Concerto Copenhagen offer us a marvellous discovery. Their programme tells a familiar story: a talented young artist travels the world for inspiration, and his life and art are transformed. In this case his ‘journey of discovery’ had major consequences – it changed Swedish music forever.In 1716 the talented young Swedish violinist Johan Helmich Roman left the German orientated musical scene of Stockholm and came to London where, with Handel newly arrived from Rome, musical taste was much more Italian. He played in Handel’s orchestra and met composers from all over Europe, returning to Stockholm in 1721 having absorbed the latest European musical trends. ‘The Swedish Handel’ worked in Sweden’s royal court for the rest of his career, but his outlook was now truly international and the sheer inventiveness and variety of his music mark him out as a composer of far more than just Scandinavian importance.

Roman Suite No 1 from ‘Golovin Musiken’
Handel Trio Sonata in F major HWV401
Roman Oboe concerto in B major
Roman Suite II from ‘Golovin Musiken’
Geminiani Concerto Grosso after Corelli ‘La Follia’
Handel Allegro and Passacaglia HWV399
Roman Violin Concerto in D minor
Roman Sinfonia in B flat major