The genesis of Handel’s Samson The season in which Handel premièred Samson, at Covent Garden Theatre on 18 February 1743, marked his final departure from Italian opera and his permanent turn to English word-setting. The last of his more than 30 Italian operas for London had been produced, to small enthusiasm, in 1741. During that summer he wrote Messiah, which …
Harpsichordist Francesco Corti returns to direct The English Concert in a performance of Bach St John Passion on Good Friday. This deeply moving work, depicting the final hours of Christ’s life, is a monumental piece that transcends religious boundaries and speaks to the depths of human emotion. J. S. Bach St John Passion BWV 246
Harpsichordist Francesco Corti returns to direct The English Concert in a performance of Bach St John Passion on Good Friday. This deeply moving work, depicting the final hours of Christ’s life, is a monumental piece that transcends religious boundaries and speaks to the depths of human emotion. J. S. Bach St John Passion BWV 245