Thu 25 Oct 2018
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Apollo and Daphne
Handel Suite from The Alchemist
Manfredini Concerto Grosso Op 3 no. 9
Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.4
Handel Apollo e Dafne
Jonathan Cohen conductor
Katherine Watson soprano
James Newby baritone
Your typical Handel opera has a multitude of characters and runs for more than three hours. With Apollo e Dafne, however, he showed he could also write a short, sharp, enjoyable two-hander.
Sun 11 Nov 2018
Royal Festival Hall, London
Brahms: A German Requiem
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Brahms A German Requiem
Marin Alsop Conductor
Elizabeth Watts soprano
James Newby baritone
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
A Requiem for the masses.
To mark Armistice Day, we perform Brahms’ epic German Requiem, the landmark moment in the composer’s career.
What does it mean to be free?
Tue 30 Jan 2018
Today we’re announcing the concerts in our 2018/19 season as Resident Orchestra at Southbank Centre.
It’s called Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, and it’s the second in our Six Chapters of Enlightenment, six years of concerts celebrating the thought that made the modern world.
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