Concert Schedule

January 2025 – April 2026

Mozart Requiem
Bach Collegium Japan

21 January – 1 February 2025

21 January – Paris
22 January – Madrid
23 January – Barcelona
24 January – Toulouse
27 January – Krakow
30 January – Groningen
31 January – Düsseldorf
1 February – Den Haag

Johann Sebastian Bach

“Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht”, Cantata, BWV 105
“Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben”, Cantata, BWV 8
“Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan”, Cantata, BWV 99
 
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Tim Mead countertenor
Thomas Hobbs tenor
Konstantin Krimmel baritone
Bavarian Radio Chorus

BRSO hip Baroque ensemble

Sunday 9 February, 11.00am

Prinzregententheater, Munich

Shakespeare in Song 

Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Haydn, Poulenc, Britten, Sullivan, Ireland , Vaughan Williams, Gurney, Parry, Bridge, Coleridge-Taylor, Roderick Williams and others

Roderick Williams baritone
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Joseph Middleton piano

Sunday 23rd February, 3:00pm

Forum Theatre, Malvern

Haydn’s Creation

Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Haydn, Poulenc, Britten, Sullivan, Ireland , Vaughan Williams, Gurney, Parry, Bridge, Coleridge-Taylor, Roderick Williams and others

Kazuki Yamada Conductor
Carolyn Sampson Soprano
James Way Tenor
Ashley Riches Bass
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus

Sunday 23rd February, 3:00pm

Forum Theatre, Malvern

‘Madness’

Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture Suite G major TWV 55:G2 “La Bizarre”

Georg Friedrich Händel
“Ah, mio ​​cor!” from Alcina HWV 34
“Where shall I fly” from Hercules HWV 60

Henry Purcell
Curtain tune from Timon of Athens Z. 632
Mad Bess of Bedlam

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Il Proteo
“Alma oppressa” from La fida ninfa RV 714
Sonata La Follia Op. 1 No. 12 RV 63

Jan Dismas Zelenka
Hipocondrie á 7 ZWV 187

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Cecilia Bernardiniviolin & conductor
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Liederhalle, Mozartsaal, Stuttgart

‘Madness’

Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture Suite G major TWV 55:G2 “La Bizarre”

Georg Friedrich Händel
“Ah, mio cor!” from Alcina HWV 34
“Where shall I fly” from Hercules HWV 60

Henry Purcell
Curtain tune from Timon of Athens Z. 632
Mad Bess of Bedlam

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Il Proteo
“Alma oppressa” from La fida ninfa RV 714
Sonata La Follia Op. 1 No. 12 RV 63

Jan Dismas Zelenka
Hipocondrie á 7 ZWV 187

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Cecilia Bernardiniviolin & conductor
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Wednesday 26th March 2025

Freiburg

Ludwig van Beethoven

Missa Solemnis

Andrew Manze conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Sophie Harmsen mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon tenor
Darren Jeffery bass
BBC National Chorus of Wales chorus

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Thursday 10 April 2025

Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion

Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord
Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist
Dingle Yandell Christus
Carolyn Sampson soprano

Academy of Ancient Music 

Friday 18 April 2025
Barbican

Music by Handel

Thursday 3 May 2025
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden

Oxford May Music

J.P. Jofre
Tangodromo String Quartet and Bandoneon No. 1

R. Strauss
Four Last Songs, Op. Posth (arr. James Crabb)

Interval

M. Bonis
Ave Maria

George Crumb
Three Early Songs

F. Mendelssohn
6 Gesänge – Auf Flügeln des Gesanges – Op. 34 No. 2

R. Hahn
12 Rondels – No. 9, Les étoiles

W.A. Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K622 (arr. Marnix van den Berg)

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Julian Bliss clarinet
James Crabb accordion
Jack Liebeck violin
Alexandra Raikhlina violin
Benjamin Roskams viola
Laurie Anderson viola
Katherine Jenkinson cello
Adrian Brendel cello
S. Watton double bass
K. Chong piano
Academy of Ancient Music 

Monday 5 May 2025

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Masaaki Suzuki & English Baroque Soloists

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, for the Annunciation (25 March 1725)
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott, BWV 127, for Estomihi – 1st Sunday before Lent (11 February 1725)
Sinfonia from BWV 42, for the 1st Sunday after Easter (8 April 1725)
Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103, for Jubilate (22 April 1725)
Gottlob! Nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28, for the Sunday after Christmas (30 December 1725)

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Rebecca Leggett mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting tenor
Matthias Winckhler bass-baritone

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque soloists
Masaaki Suzuki conductor

Thursday 19 June 2025
St Martin in the Fields, London

Australian Chamber Music Festival 

Friday 25 July – Saturday 2 August 2025

Potsdam Chamber Academy

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Kammerakademie Potsdam
François Leleux oboe & conductor

Saturday 6 September 2025

Settimane Musicali di Ascona 
Music by Bach, Stravinsky, and Bruckner

J. S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

I. Stravinsky
Pulcinella, ballet in one act with three solo voices (after Pergolesi)

A. Bruckner
Ave Maria, Locus Iste, Os Justi — motets for choir

I. Stravinsky
Les Noces — Russian choreographic scenes for soloists, choir, four pianos, and percussion

 

Guy Cutting tenor
Ludmila Schwartzwalder mezzo-soprano
Matthias Winckhler bass-baritone
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Cédric Pescia piano
Oliver Schnyder piano
Gabriele Leporatti piano
Teo Gheorghiu piano

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno choir
Charles Dutoit conductor

 

Friday 26 September 2025
Church of San Francesco, Ascona

Haydn’s Creation with English Concert

Carolyn Sampson soprano
William Balkwill tenor
Thomas Humphreys bass

Christ Church Cathedral Choir and Frideswide Voices

Peter Holder director

Saturday 25 October 2025, 8.00pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Schubert the Song Composer at Norwich Chamber Music

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Joseph Middleton piano

Saturday 25 October 2025, 7.30pm
John Innes Centre Conference Centre

Mahler’s Resurrection with Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo
VOLT Kamerkoor
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor

Saturday 29 November 2025, 8.00pm
Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp

The Sixteen: Handel’s Messiah

The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Hugh Cutting alto
Robert Murray tenor
Henry Waddington bass
Harry Christophers director

Tuesday 9 December 2025, 7.00pm
St Martin in the Fields, London

Handel & Haydn Society: Mozart & Haydn

W.A. Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, K.165

J. Haydn
Symphony No. 44 in E minor, “Trauer”

G.P. Telemann
Ino, TWV 20:41

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Jonathan Cohen conductor

Friday 9 and Sunday 11 January 2026
NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Ravel Mother Goose Suite

Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne
Dukas Symphony in C

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Domingo Hindoyan
 conductor

Thursday 19 February 2026
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 

Emelyanychev & Rundfunkchor

J. Shatin
Adonai Ro’i, for choir a cappella

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Elijah – Oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra

Maxim Emelyanychev conductor

Rundfunkchor Berlin chorus
Gijs Leenaars chorus master

Hera Hyesang Park soprano
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Sophie Harmsen mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples tenor
Benjamin Appl baritone

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin orchestra

Sunday 8 March 2026 Berlin Philharmonie

Bach’s St Matthew Passion

J. Shatin
Adonai Ro’i, for choir a cappella

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Elijah – Oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ellicott tenor
James Way tenor
Matthew Brook baritone
George Humphreys baritone

Vlaams Radiokoor chorus
Kinderkoor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen children’s chorus

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Laurence Cummings conductor

Friday 20 March 2026
Saturday 21 March 2026

Haydn’s Creation

J. Haydn
The Creation

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Matthew Brook baritone

George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

Paul McCreesh conductor

Wednesday 8 April 2026, 7.00pm
Thursday 9 April 2026, 7.00pm

 

Handel’s Brockes Passion

G.F Handel
Brockes Passion

Maarten Engeltjes countertenor, conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Julia Lezhneva soprano
Fabio Trümpy tenor
Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor

PRJCT Amsterdam
Maarten Engeltjes conductor
 

Saturday 18 April 2025, 1.30pm
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Handel’s Brockes Passion

G.F Handel
Brockes Passion

Maarten Engeltjes countertenor, conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Julia Lezhneva soprano
Fabio Trümpy tenor
Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor

PRJCT Amsterdam
Maarten Engeltjes conductor
 

Sunday 19 April 2025, 5.00pm
Flagey, Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels

Handel’s Brockes Passion

G.F Handel
Brockes Passion

Maarten Engeltjes countertenor, conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Julia Lezhneva soprano
Fabio Trümpy tenor
Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor

Flemish Radio Choir

PRJCT Amsterdam
Maarten Engeltjes conductor
 

Sunday 19 April 2025, 5.00pm
deDoelen, Rotterdam

Handel’s Brockes Passion

G.F Handel
Brockes Passion

Maarten Engeltjes countertenor, conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Julia Lezhneva soprano
Fabio Trümpy tenor
Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor

PRJCT Amsterdam
Maarten Engeltjes conductor
 

Wednesday 29 April 2025, 7.00pm
Elb Philharmonie, Hamburg