The English Baroque Soloists were formed in 1978 to perform music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on period instruments. The orchestra has made over one hundred recordings, from sacred music by Bach, Handel, Haydn and Monteverdi to Mozart operas, and is now considered one of the world’s leading period-instrument ensembles. Invitations abroad have included such prestigious venues as La Scala, Milan, the Philharmonie Hall in Berlin, the Châtelet in Paris, New York’s Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, St Mark’s, Venice and the Salzburg Festival.