Later this month renaissance specialist Robert Howarth conducts the Monteverdi Vespers 1610 for a tour with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Choir of the Age of Enlightenment:
April 27   Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
April 28   Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven
April 29   Muziekcentrum Wilmersberg Zaal, Enschede
April 30   Philharmonie, Berlin
May 2     St George’s, Bristol
May 26    Salisbury Cathedral

He will be Petroc Trelawny’s guest for Radio 3’s In Tune on April 20 and appears with the OAE at Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon on April 23 directing The Glory of Venice, a programme featuring the work of  Monteverdi and his contemporaries.