This concert celebrates the great outdoors. Few may think they know Bach’s ‘Hunt’ Cantata but they will certainly know its most popular aria – Sheep May Safely Graze. Bach wrote this lovely piece for a birthday celebration in a hunting lodge, hence the title. Handel’s Water Music is the quintessence of festive: every movement dances with infectious brilliance. […]
Handel's oratorio Samson tells of the last days of the great Israelite warrior, in a dramatic story of his journey from darkness to heavenly light. Opening with Samson in chains, having lost his strength and been blinded by the Philistines, it closes with one of Handel's most famous arias, 'Let the bright Seraphim in burning […]
Dunedin Consort close the 2018 Misteria Paschalia Festival with tenor Ian Bostridge in a performance of Handel's Ode for St Cecilia's Day, a rich and colourful tribute to music's patron saint.
Handel's oratorio Samson tells of the last days of the great Israelite warrior, in a dramatic story of his journey from darkness to heavenly light. Opening with Samson in chains, having lost his strength and been blinded by the Philistines, it closes with one of Handel's most famous arias, 'Let the bright Seraphim in burning […]
