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Vache Baroque presents a multi-event project to celebrate the music of Jewish-Italian composer Salomone Rossi. Check out our madrigal music videos and join us later this year for a series of evening recitals, intimate dinner performances, and a closing central London concert.

ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE

Vache Baroque singers and the award-winning ensemble La Vaghezza unite to celebrate the Hanukkah story and mark 400 years of Salomone Rossi's groundbreaking publication 'The Songs of Solomon'. Kindly supported by the Wingate Foundation.

Wednesday 13 December 2023
at St John's Smith Square

COME & LEARN TO SING

Join us at the Wycombe Arts Centre for drop-in community singing sessions for adults (16+) this Autumn! All levels of experience very welcome:
10am – 12pm on Sat 30 Sept
11am – 1pm on Sat 7 Oct
11am – 1pm on Sat 14 Oct
£5 per session (includes refreshments)
FREE for anyone joining us via a community partner

WORKSHOP-SHOW for schools

Travelling back 4.5 billion years, our four Agents of Sound take young audiences on a super-fast tour of sound on Planet Earth in our A History of Sound show. Touring to state primary schools in Bucks, Slough & Brent this Autumn. Kindly supported by The Rothschild Foundation, John and Jan Dugdale Bradley, The Nugée Foundation, The R K Charitable Trust, Heart of Bucks Community Foundation, Chance for Life, and our generous crowdfunder donors.

VBSHOWCASE:
WOMEN OF THE BAROQUE

Check out these songs by female Baroque composers Julie Pinel, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Lady Mary Dering, Francesca Caccini, Lucia Quinciani and Elisabetta de Gambarini. We're proud to be showcasing four brilliant vocal soloists - Hilary Cronin, Angela Hicks, Jasmine Flicker and Karima El Demerdasch.

Kindly supported by the Marchus Trust.

VBFriends

We're intent on connecting a younger and more diverse range of people to the power of high-quality baroque-era music and drama. Becoming a regular supporter is one of the most tangible ways to get involved in our work and help us achieve our mission. As a token of our gratitude, you will enjoy priority booking, behind-the-scenes content, exclusive events and more.

2022 OPERA

Last September we staged two sell-out performances of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's opera Orphée. Samuel Boden and Henry Waddington starred in the main roles alongside an electric team of singers, dancers, and players.

"aesthetically pleasing, imaginative and well-crafted staging" OperaWire
"Newcomer of the year" Opera Now

UKRAINE FUNDRAISER

Almost 200 people joined us at Grosvenor Chapel in May 2022 for a fundraising concert in aid of Ukraine. Ukrainian pianists Sasha Grynyuk and Vladyslav Kuznetsov joined a consort of Vache Baroque singers. The evening culminated in an emotional rendition of the Ukrainian National Anthem.