It’s no surprise that Handel’s Messiah continues to draw audiences back year after year. There is nothing quite like it. Although the Hallelujah chorus has become the work’s calling card, Handel wrote every note to impress and astound his listeners. Its choruses are as grand as anything Handel ever composed, the solo writing profoundly moving, […]
Jean-Philippe Rameau is most famous now as a composer of grand operas, full of myth and phalanxes of woodwind, but in 1741 he published a remarkable collection of pieces with tantalising titles. Jean-Philippe Rameau Premier concert, Pièces de clavecin en concerts Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Trio Sonata in B flat major Johann Sebastian Bach […]
Jean-Philippe Rameau is most famous now as a composer of grand operas, full of myth and phalanxes of woodwind, but in 1741 he published a remarkable collection of pieces with tantalising titles. Jean-Philippe Rameau Premier concert, Pièces de clavecin en concerts Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Trio Sonata in B flat major Johann Sebastian Bach […]
Sean Shibe and Dunedin Consort dive into the archives of the National Library of Scotland to explore the musical riches in its collection which includes music for viol by Marin Marais, and a uniquely Scottish version of John Dowland’s Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares. Programme to include: John Dowland Lachrimae Solo lute pieces from the Panmure Collection […]
Sean Shibe and Dunedin Consort dive into the archives of the National Library of Scotland to explore the musical riches in its collection which includes music for viol by Marin Marais, and a uniquely Scottish version of John Dowland’s Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares. Programme to include: John Dowland Lachrimae Solo lute pieces from the Panmure Collection […]
Sean Shibe and Dunedin Consort dive into the archives of the National Library of Scotland to explore the musical riches in its collection which includes music for viol by Marin Marais, and a uniquely Scottish version of John Dowland’s Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares. Programme to include: John Dowland Lachrimae Solo lute pieces from the Panmure Collection […]
Mary Magdalene is one of the most enigmatic figures of the Passion narrative, close at hand and yet never quite in focus across the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Tansy Davies Passion of Mary Magdalene John Butt director Anna Dennis Mary Magdalene Marcus Farnsworth Jesus Mary Magdalene is one of the most enigmatic […]
Bach’s Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday 1727. Amidst the drama of betrayal, trial, judgement, and crucifixion, there runs a thread of love, both human and divine. Eight singers and two orchestras work together and apart to narrate, comment, and reflect on the last days of Jesus’ life. Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew […]
Bach’s Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday 1727. Amidst the drama of betrayal, trial, judgement, and crucifixion, there runs a thread of love, both human and divine. Eight singers and two orchestras work together and apart to narrate, comment, and reflect on the last days of Jesus’ life. Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Passion, […]
Clouds scud and wheel across the sky in a programme that celebrates the joy of deep breaths and the full possibilities of the human voice. Caroline Shaw’s origami-inspired How to fold the wind and Aaron Jay Kernis’ diaphanous Ecstatic Meditations sit at the heart of the each half, framed by sixteenth-century polyphony from John Sheppard […]
