London Handel Festival | Handel Opera Studio | Aci by the River
1 week until Aci by the River premieres at the 2024 London Handel Festival 🌊
Critically acclaimed director Jack Furness makes his LHF debut directing a cast of internationally renowned soloists including Mary Bevan, Claudia Huckle, Callum Thorpe and actor Durassie Kiangangu.
In this short insight, meet the team behind this new production of the early dramatic work Aci, Galatea e Polifemo.
📷 Sasha Owen
Tickets still available but selling fast ⬇️
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/2023-autumn-series/events-calendar/2024-spring-awakenings/
Brockes Passion | 27 March
Join us this Wednesday 27 March as internationally acclaimed Handel specialists Harry Bicket and The English Concert return to the London Handel Festival for a Holy Week performance of the Brockes Passion.
A sensational line-up of soloists include sopranos Hilary Cronin and Nardus Williams, contralto Jess Dandy, tenor Rob Murray, and baritone Morgan Pearse.
This is an extremely rare opportunity to experience one of Handel's most contemplative and meditative works performed by an internationally renowned ensemble.
Tickets available from £15 - £65
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/2024-brockes-passion/?event=42801
Ben Nobuto introduces 'Face Anthems'
With a style described ‘sonically dazzling’ (RPS Awards), composer Ben Nobuto introduces his new composition ‘Face Anthems’ premiering at St Martin-in-the-Fields on April 6 as part of A Coronation Made New!
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and National Youth Choir join forces in this Coronation-inspired collaborative performance. Alongside the remarkable array of performers, four of the UK’s most dynamic and acclaimed composers including Ben, Anna Clyne, Héloïse Werner and Roderick Williams, have been commissioned by the London Handel Festival to write companion pieces to Handel’s timeless Coronation Anthems.
Tickets £35, available now 🔥
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/2024-a-coronation-made-new/?event=43402
Ensemble Molière perform Delalande's Passacaille 🎵
The sensational Ensemble Molière performing Delalande's Passacaille 🎵
Returning to the Festival this year, Ensemble Molière bring a programme of beautiful and rarely heard collections of 18th-century French Baroque chamber music paired with its more well-known counterparts.
Join us on Sunday 24 March The Foundling Museum at 5.30pm for this special performance. There is limited capacity at the Foundling Museum so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment ⬇️
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/2024-ensemble-moliere-present-hidden-gems-at-the-foundling-museum/?event=43601
Laurence Cummings introduces LHF's 2023 Big Give Campaign
The LHF Big Give campaign 2023 is live 🎉
Musical Director Laurence Cummings introduces our project “The Isle is Full of Noises” - workshops for schools
Giving 360 children and young people from low-income families access to a creative arts workshop in London schools. This brand new format combines acting, singing and composing with expert facilitators and live musicians, all inspired by the drama of a Shakespeare play and the music of Handel.
Every donation will be match funded by our partners TThe Childhood Trustmeaning if you donate £10 it'll become £20!
There's only 6 days left to donate and reach our target of £12,000 so any donation however large or small would be hugely appreciated ✨
Find out more and donate via the link below
https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002RXtoNAAT
In the Realms of Sorrow
Reuniting award-winning director Adele Thomas and LHF Music Director Laurence Cummings, this is a rare opportunity to see staged performances of four of Handel’s most soul-searching cantatas.
Fusing exquisite singing and dance theatre, In the Realms of Sorrow is a fascinating insight into young Handel’s early capacity for depicting the complexity of the human soul. Seen together, the four cantatas create a raw and alluring journey into love, obsession, delusion and ecstasy.
Featuring brand new music by acclaimed composer Héloïse Werner. In the Realms of Sorrow promises to be one of the most extraordinary events the London Handel Festival has ever staged, performed at the atmospheric Stone Nest.
A limited run from 28 Feb - 3 March, early booking is recommended
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/in-the-realms-of-sorrow-2/?event=38801
Discover our 2023 Festival 'Forces of Nature'.
A jam-packed three-and-a-half week celebration of Handel’s boundary-pushing spirit and continued impact on today’s world. Each one of our events has been crafted to offer unique, Handel-inspired experiences, presenting varied and exciting ways of engaging with this remarkable figure.
Promising to be one of our most exciting Festivals to date. Throughout the Festival we welcome some of the finest Handelian performers and artists and we are thrilled to present a programme of concerts that has something for everyone. Whether you are new to Handel’s music or have been coming to the Festival for years, we guarantee that there will be something new for you to discover.
Discover the 2023 Festival below and book your tickets 🎼
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/whats-on-2/events-calendar-2/
The London Handel Festival’s annual Messiah returns to St George’s, Hanover Square this December to ring in the Christmas season. Adrian Butterfield will conduct the London Handel Orchestra and choir of St George’s with an all-star line up of soloists!
All winners or finalists in the International Handel Singing Competition, feel festive with solos from favourites such as soprano, Hilary Cronin, countertenor Alexander Chance, tenor Ruairi Bowen and baritone Felix Kemp.
Join us on Thursday December 1st to experience Handel's everlasting masterpiece. Tickets on sale now: https://bit.ly/3TE1f79
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Zadok the Priest is a British anthem which was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727, the anthem then went on to inspire the UEFA Champions League anthem.
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It's incredible to learn the history of pieces that are used in such important events.
You can learn about Handel and the meaning behind our festival via our website.
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Another stunning example of the talent that we see.
David Bates performance with @lanuovamusicauk at our 2021 festival.
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Laurence Cummings conducts the London Handel Festival Orchestra at our 2021 Festival.
Tickets for 2022 go on sale on the 24th January
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"Handel's unsung heroes"
@dbatesconductor performance with @lanuovamusica at our 2021 festival.
Both have just been names as @GramaphoneMag Editor's Choice for January 2022!
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Our Festival Director Gregory Batsleer is introducing the choir of Lufthansa Singphoniker.
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Ben Parry is introducing our Choral Partner, the choir of St John the Divine Kennington, directed by Ben Vonberg-Clark.
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Iestyn Davies MBE - Countertenor is introducing another one of our Choral Partners, City of London School. Directed by Richard Quesnel.
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Anna Dennis is introducing One World Baroque directed by Daniel Taylor.
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MESSIAH REIMAGINED | DAY 2
Introducing @hackneychoral directed by @tom_daggett and introduced by @RGCWBaritone
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