We met with Lucy Crowe during our recording of Rodelinda. We talked about what she got up to during lockdown, our upcoming programme, Handel – The Italian on the 9th of October, and realising your dreams.
Help us record Handel’s Tamerlano
Following from our recording of Handel’s Rodelinda in September, we are announcing an ambitious plan to record the next instalment of our Handel opera cycle Tamerlano. We have a sensational cast including Bejun Mehta, Sophie Bevan and Michael Spyres, set to dazzle like the superstar singers Handel wrote it for. Our musicians have suffered enormous losses during the pandemic.
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Britain’s Orpheus – Press Release
The English Concert with artistic director Harry Bicket is delighted to announce a series of concerts from 1-15 October 2020. The concerts take place in historic venues with star soloists and will be performed and streamed live to a paying audience at 7pm GMT on each performance date. The programmes include first-class vocal and instrumental works from the two pillars of the English Baroque, covering different aspects of the repertoire.
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Handel – Ritorna, oh Caro
Lucy Crowe performs this stunning aria from Handel’s Rodelinda, capturing the sense of loss exquisitely, begging for the return of her beloved. Performers:
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Marcello – Oboe Concerto in D Minor
There are not many instrumental pieces that are as beautifully poignant as this one. Katharina Spreckelsen performs here the second movement of Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D Minor with The English Concert principals directed by Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performers:
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Bach – Chaconne | Nadja Zwiener
Nadja Zwiener, leader of The English Concert, performs Bach’s mighty Chaconne from his Partita for Solo Violin in D Minor BWV 1004 at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where the composer’s remains rest.