Ton Koopman 80th Birthday Celebrations
Soloists of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Wigmore Hall, 29 November 2024

Ton Koopman and a pocket-sized version of his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra came to the Wigmore Hall as part of his extended 80th Birthday Celebrations. The main touring programme of the celebration year has been a new version of Handel’s Esther, which I don’t think ever came to the UK, but this was a less ambitious programme of music by the prolific Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) performed by six soloists from his orchestra.

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