In Olympic year we celebrate the rich cross-currents of European Baroque music. The revered Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations lead the pageant, which includes the UK premier of Vivaldi's  L'Olimpiade performed by La Serenissima, the Dunedin Consort & Players in J S Bach, Harmonie Universelle in Georg Muffat, Elizabeth Wallfisch and friends in Locatelli and Leclair, our annual visit to Westminster Abbey for Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, and to finish, more operatic fireworks with Rosemary Joshua and Mhairi Lawson as Handel's  'Rival Queens' aided and abetted by the Early Opera Company.