12/10 (Friday);8pm
St. Dominic's Church
Admission with free ticket
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Carolyn Sampson, Soprano
Programme:
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066/ Concerto for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060
G.F. Händel: Silete Venti, Motet for Soprano and Orchestra in B-flat, HWV 242/ “With darkness deep as is my woe”/ “Angels ever bright and fair”/ “Oh that I on wings could rise” from Theodora, HWV 68
Based in London and created by world-renowned harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock in 1973, The English Concert is among the world’s most distinguished chamber orchestras. For more than thirty years it has been critically acclaimed in concert on four continents and in over 120 recordings of Baroque and Classical music, including many prize-winners. Harry Bicket became its Artistic Director in 2007, and he has since led the orchestra in tours to Europe, the USA and the Middle East. Bicket is renowned internationally for his work in opera with the finest singers of the age. Collaborators in performance and recording with the English Concert include Ian Bostridge, Vesselina Kasarova, David Daniels, Lucy Crowe, Elizabeth Watts, Daniele de Niese, Rosemary Joshua and Sarah Connolly.
The orchestra has built upon its outstanding reputation, attracting new audiences with a distinctive mixture of informality and serious musical aims, breathing new life into well-known masterpieces and little-known repertoire.
“Nothing short of electrifying!”
The Daily Telegraph
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, including one interval
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