The English Concert is a chamber orchestra specializing in historically informed performance.
Created by Trevor Pinnock in 1973, the orchestra appointed Harry Bicket as its Artistic Director in 2007. The English Concert’s discography includes more than 100 recordings with Trevor Pinnock for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv, and a series of critically acclaimed CDs for Harmonia Mundi with violinist Andrew Manze.
Recordings with Harry Bicket have been widely praised, including Lucy Crowe’s debut solo recital, Il caro Sassone. EMI Classics released Sound the Trumpet, a recording of Baroque music for trumpet with Alison Balsom and the English Concert directed by Trevor Pinnock. A recording featuring music by Handel with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote was released in the autumn of 2014.
The English Concert works with several distinguished guest directors, including violinist Fabio Biondi and harpsichordist Laurence Cummings. Learn more at EnglishConcert.co.uk.
