Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras move to St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Martin-in-the-Fields has announced that it will be the London home of the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras. This is the first time that the three ensembles – the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique – will have a home in the UK capital.

St Martin-in-the-Fields will present three concerts with John Eliot Gardiner and his musicians this season, starting with a performance of Berlioz’s beautiful Christmas oratorio L’enfance du Christ, 11 December, with soloists Ann Hallenberg, Lionel Lhote and William Thomas.

Chris Denton, chief executive of St Martin-in-the-Fields, commented: 'St Martin-in-the-Fields is the ideal venue for historically-inspired performance and choral music, and is, therefore, delighted to welcome the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras, a truly great body of musicians lead by their visionary founder John Eliot Gardiner. We look forward to many great performances to come, and to welcoming their apprentices.'