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.