Brighton Early Music Festival

East meets West: extraordinary collaborations across the centuries
anniversaries of Purcell, Handel and Haydn
11th October to 8th November
21 events
3 BBC broadcasts
http://www.bremf.org.uk/

Events include:
Emma Kirkby, soprano with the London Handel Players;
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts;
Alison Bury (violin) leads the BREMF Players with Mhairi Lawson, soprano;
Handel’s Solomon with The Brook Street Band, an international line-up of soloists and the BREMF Singers;
17th and 18th century music from France and China with Le Baroque Nomade in the Royal Pavilion;
The Orlando Consort and Indian classical musicians explore the musical traditions of Goa and its 16th century Portuguese missionary colonisers;
the songs of the Sephardic Jews in two concerts by Joglaresa and Eclipse;
the musical and courtesan cultures of Italy and India, with Musica Secreta and leading Indian musicians and dancers;