Chamber Music & Recitals

This tour of London takes US to the best known parts of the British capital, with views of the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Hampton Court and down river to Greenwich. The music for this tour of London is taken from the...

A city built on an archipelago of 117 islets, Venice is remarkable in many ways. Unsullied by modern traffic, it's buildings retain much of their historic character and something of the magic of the place is reflected in this tour which visits a number...

This tour of Germany, and in particular, Thuringia, takes US to places associated with Johann Sebastian Bach, to his birth-place, Eisenach, to Arnstadt where he had early employment, and to Leipzig, where he spent the last 27 years of his life.

Our tour starts with the Baroque Villa Mansi in Lucca, followed by Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. Other sites include the villages of Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast, Lake Bolsano and Chianti.

Our tour of Scotland takes US from Edinburgh, with it's castle, Scott monument and Palace of Holyrood, to the Highlands and then to the Hebrides, recalling the journey undertaken by the young Mendelssohn.

The former Russian capital, established in 1712 by Peter the Great, represented an era of modernization. Built around the River Neva, it's palaces, streets, and parks reflect the age of it's construction and wider European influences.

The Places Northern Italy has been ruled by various powers over the centuries. The Southern Tyrol, seen here, retains much of it's Austrian past, with some regions predominantly German-speaking and others Italian.

Our journey takes US principally to the old city of Lucca, for centuries independent until seized by Napoleon, who made his sister, Elisa Baciocchi, and her husband it's rulers. Lucca was the birth-place of Boccherini and of Puccini and for some time the...

From Caserta and Naples in southern Italy, travel to Sicily. The music included is by Mozart.

Famous sights in London are shown to music by Elgar, Handel, Byrd, Haydn, Beethoven, and Verdi.

The great chateaux and country houses of the Loire arose largely from the decision of Francois I, who came to the throne in 1515, to move his court for part of the year to the Loire valley.

Tuscany draws it's modern name from the ancient kingdom of Etruria and it's inhabitants, the Etruscans, whose early history is inextricably entangled with the rise to power of Rome.