London Festival of Baroque Music Smith Square, a classical music venue originally built as a church in the Baroque period. Concerts also take place at Westminster Abbey. Other venues in the Westminster area have included St Margaret's Church, St Peter's Eaton Square, and Westminster School. The London Festival of Baroque Music presents concerts of music from the Baroque period, performed on period instruments. It specialises in inviting non-UK performers, often making their UK debut, as well as UK musicians. Ensembles who have appeared include Musica Antiqua Köln, Collegium Vocale Gent, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Bach Ensemble, Tafelmusik, Europa
Melchior Hoffmann (composer) is a Magnificat for solo soprano and small group, which during the 19th century was assigned a BWV number of BWV Anh. 21. Joshua Rifkin has identified Hoffman's style as having "freshness and charm" while noting the "occasional melodic angularity". He has been sometimes confused with composer Johann Georg Hoffmann, although there is no relation. None of his operas survive, but contemporary reviews indicate they were well received. He has been identified as the first composer to use bells in a serious manner. Melchior Hoffmann (composer) Georg Melchior Hoffmann (c. 1679 – 6 October 1715) was a Baroque composer who