Early Music Concerts at Cal Performances
Our 2025-26 season of Early Music events feature returning favorites and the debut from an ensemble performing Handel. We welcome back to our stages Jordi Savall and his Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya ensembles with Tembembe Ensamble Continuo honoring the more than 25 million people enslaved by Western nations; the Tallis Scholars with an Easter season program; the English Concert directed by Harry Bicket performing Handel’s opera Hercules; and period-instrument ensemble Twelfth Night making its Berkeley debut with Handel’s romantic comedy Aminta e Fillide.
Beginning noon Apr 22, save 25% with an Early Music Subscription!
2024–25 Early Music Events Calendar
The English Concert
Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Harry Bicket, conductor
The Tallis Scholars
Palestrina 500
Peter Phillips, director
2025–26 Early Music Events Calendar
The English Concert
Handel’s Hercules
Harry Bicket, conductor
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin
Justin Taylor, harpsichord
Jordi Savall
Hespèrion XXI
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo
Un Mar de Músicas (A Sea of Music)