Diary
Handel’s Messiah, Tunbridge Wells with Steven Devine
Handel’s masterpiece with the wonderful Steven Devine and “The Devine Musick”
Vivaldi’s Gloria with Sinfonia Viva, Bach & Vivaldi: Timeless Treasures, Derby Cathedral
Choral beauty and virtuoso violins combine in a concert of timeless compositions by Baroque masters Bach and Vivaldi. Vivaldi’s uplifting Gloria is the climax of the evening. Before that, enjoy the vibrancy of two of Bach’s perkiest pieces – Brandenburg Concerto no.3 and his celebrated Concerto for 2 Violins (“the double concerto”), performed by wife and husband duo Sophie Rosa and Peter Liang.
https://www.sinfoniaviva.co.uk/event/bach-vivaldi-timeless-treasures-derby-cathedral-concert/
‘Jane Barbier - Shrew’d Syren’, with Opera Settecento at the London Handel Festival
With Opera Settecento and Musical Director Leo Duarte, we perform a special programme that explores works that made Barbier famous and tells the story of her infamous life.
Jane Barbier was one of the first generation of English singers to sing Italian operas in London. Noted for her ability to convince in both male and female roles, Barbier sang parts in Handel’s Rinaldo, Il Pastor Fido, and Teseo, before moving to Drury Lane and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, where musical entertainments were sung in English. She led a lifestyle that made her the talk of the town; eloping; returning unmarried; gambling in South Sea stock; winning; retiring; and returning to the stage.
Charpentier’s ‘Actéon’ and Rameau’s ‘Pygmalion’ with the Academy of Ancient Music (consort)
Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion: two mythological mini-masterpieces of baroque opera, in an exuberant concert performance.
https://aam.co.uk/concerts/charpentier-acteon-rameau-pygmalion-2024/
Charpentier’s ‘Actéon’ and Rameau’s ‘Pygmalion’ with the Academy of Ancient Music (consort)
Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion: two mythological mini-masterpieces of baroque opera, in an exuberant concert performance.
https://aam.co.uk/concerts/charpentier-acteon-rameau-pygmalion-2024/
‘Such Sweet Sorrow’, with The Sarum Consort, St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury
Selections from Orlando di Lasso’s Lagrime di San Pietro feature alongside music full of ache by Vittoria, Monteverdi, Byrd, and more in this programme of songs of exquisite melancholy designed and directed by guest conductor Greg Skidmore (The Tallis Scholars, I Fagiolini).
Titus L’Empéreur HWV A5 - (New Production)
Titus L’Empéreur HWV A5 - (New Production)
Reconstruction of the opera fragment by G. F. Handel
If Handel were to attend a performance of this opera, he would certainly be surprised: “I never completed it!“ And he didn’t – only the overture and three scenes have come down us. Yet at this year’s Handel Festival you will be able to hear the complete opera of Titus l’Empereur – exclusively with music penned by Handel. The ensemble Opera Settecento and their musical director Leo Duarte realised this ambitious project in cooperation with Handel House, Halle. Handel and his resident librettist Giacomo Rossi modelled the plot closely on Jean Racine’s drama Bérénice before halting the work for pragmatic reasons. For this reason, the French tragedy has been used to complete the fragment. The newly created work begins with the original fragment, which is followed by two further acts with eight to ten numbers in the style of an 18th-century pasticcio.
Dido & Aeneas, Purcell (Sorceress and 2nd woman), Isle of Wight Festival
Dido & Aeneas, Purcell (Sorceress and 2nd woman), Isle of Wight Festival with Barokksolistene and Robert Hollingworth
Berio Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Berio Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Bach Dynasty with Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque
Bach Dynasty with Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque at Kings Place