In 18th-century London, the operatic stage was as much a site of social spectacle as of musical innovation, shaped by star performers, fashionable audiences and the ambitions of a rapidly expanding cultural scene and at its centre stood Handel. George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.6 Torni omai la pace from Tolomeo No, più soffrir […]
In 18th-century London, the operatic stage was as much a site of social spectacle as of musical innovation, shaped by star performers, fashionable audiences and the ambitions of a rapidly expanding cultural scene and at its centre stood Handel. George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.6 Torni omai la pace from Tolomeo No, più soffrir […]
In 18th-century London, the operatic stage was as much a site of social spectacle as of musical innovation, shaped by star performers, fashionable audiences and the ambitions of a rapidly expanding cultural scene and at its centre stood Handel. George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.6 Torni omai la pace from Tolomeo No, più soffrir […]
George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56 Matthew Truscott violin & director Rowan Pierce soprano Anita Monserrat mezzo-soprano Ed Lyon tenor Marcus Farnsworth baritone 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 […]
George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56 Matthew Truscott violin & director Rowan Pierce soprano Anita Monserrat mezzo-soprano Ed Lyon tenor Marcus Farnsworth baritone Paul Whittaker OBE bsl interpreter 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 […]
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. Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Passion, BWV 244 John Butt director & harpsichord Anna Dennis soprano James Hall countertenor Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist Malachy Frame Christus RSNO youth chorus […]
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. Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Passion, BWV 244 John Butt director & harpsichord Anna Dennis soprano James Hall countertenor Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist Malachy Frame Christus RSNO youth chorus […]
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. Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Passion, BWV 244 John Butt director & harpsichord Anna Dennis soprano James Hall countertenor Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist Malachy Frame Christus RSNO youth chorus […]
Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries, Italian composers transformed string writing into one of Europe’s most influential musical languages. Alessandro Stradella Sinfonia in D Johann Rosenmüller Sinfonia Prima in F Giovanni Legrenzi Sonata “La Cremona” Op.8 No.10 in C Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 4 violins RV 550 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.2 in […]
A young Handel travelled to Italy, immersing himself in a musical world shaped by composers such as Caldara and Lotti. Antonio Caldara Introduzione from L’olimpiade Antonio Lotti Missa Sancti Christophori George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus HWV 232 John Butt director & harpsichord Hilary Cronin soprano Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano Paul Whittaker BSL interpreter Dunedin Consort side […]
