Concert Archive

2 March 2000

25 March 2000
Birmingham

8 April 2000

12 April 2000

14 May 2000
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1

27 May 2000

5 July 2000

5 November 2000

9 November 2000

17 December 2000
The Chapel, Norwich
12 May 2001

27 May 2001
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1

27 June 2001

28 July 2001
Petworth Festival, West Sussex

10 August 2001
Holly Park, London, N3

11 – 18 August 2001
Dartington International Summer School

10 – 11 October 2001

25 November 2001

14 December 2001
The Chapel, Norwich
19 March 2002

25 – 27 March 2002
Handel House Museum project

8 May 2002
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1

11 May 2002

12 June 2002
Handel House Museum project

17 June 2002

19 June 2002
Handel House Museum project

26 June 2002
Handel House Museum project

6 July 2002

10 July 2002
Handel House Museum project

17 July 2002
Handel House Museum project

20th July 2002

23 July 2002
Hampstead Town Hall, London, NW3

27 July 2002
Petworth Festival, West Sussex

29 July – 2 August 2002

30 September 2002

21 – 23 October 2002
Lauderdale House, London, N6

26 October 2002

16 November 2002

18 November 2002

20 November 2002

27 November 2002
Handel House Museum project

7 December 2002

15 December 2002
The Chapel, Norwich
19 January 2003

19 – 20th February 2003

27 March 2003

18 May 2003

24 May 2003
Lincoln Early Music Festival

28 June 2003
Pyrford, Surrey

2 August 2003
Petworth Festival, West Sussex

8 August 2003

15 – 17 August 2003
Shamley Green, Surrey

26 September 2003
BBC Radio 3, In Tune

27 September 2003
Wigmore Hall, London, SW1

1 November 2003
Tate Britain, London, SW1

11 December 2003

13 December 2003
BBC Radio 3, The Early Music Show

14 December 2003
The Chapel, Norwich

19 December 2003
11 January 2004

12 January 2004

26 January 2004

11 February 2004

30 March 2004
BBC Radio 3, In Tune

31 March 2004

24 April 2004

28 April 2004
Kew Place

28 April 2004
Savile Club, London, W1

10 May 2004

21 June 2004

8 July 2004

22 July 2004
Lauderdale House, London, N6

27 July 2004

30 July 2004
Petworth Festival, West Sussex

12 August 2004
The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Snape Proms

18 September 2004
South Bank Early Music Festival

16 October 2004
Weston Church, nr. Stevenage

28 November 2004

17 December 2004
The Chapel, Norwich
4 February 2005
Huntingdon Music Society

18 February 2005

19 February 2005
Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham

4 March 2005
Electric Theatre, Guildford

9 March 2005
Mansfield Street, London, W1

17 – 18 March 2005
Electric Theatre, Guildford

2 April 2005

6 April 2005

18 April 2005

5 June 2005

27 June 2005

7 – 8 July 2005

14 July 2005
Wigmore Hall, London, SW1

15 – 25 July 2005

6 August 2005
Petworth Festival, West Sussex

14 September 2005

18 September 2005
BBC Radio 3, Early Music Show

26 September 2005

29 October 2005
Wigmore Hall, London, WW1

13 November
London Bach Festival

4 December 2005
The Brook Street Bandwagon Friends’ event

7 December 2005

18 December 2005
The Chapel, Norwich
5 February 2006
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1

27 February 2006

6 March 2006

1 April 2006

23 April 2006

6 – 7 May 2006
Barcelona Early Music Festival

8 May 2006

17 May 2006
St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate, London

22 May 2006
Bury St. Edmunds Festival, Unitarian Meeting House

6 June 2006
St John’s, Smith Square, London

17 June
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1

6 August 2006
Petworth Festival, West Sussex

18 November 2006
Music by the Commons, St John’s Church, Wimbledon

10 December 2006
Dartington Arts, Great Hall, Dartington

17 December 2006
The Chapel, Norwich
Mad Songs and Englishmen

21 December 2006
Christmas Concert
21 January 2007
Family Concert

29 January 2007
Handel’s Water World Workshop

26 February 2007
UK launch for Handel ‘Cello’ Sonatas

26 February 2007
The Fleming Collection, Mayfair, London

24 March 2007
Happy Birthday Mr. Handel

25 March 2007
Happy Birthday Mr. Handel

26 April 2007
Hardly Handel Season: The Queen and I

12 May 2007
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1
Buxtehude

15 May 2007
Mad, Bad and Dangerous

1 July 2007
Hallelujah for Handel!

5 August 2007
Petworth Festival, West Sussex
Handel – Acis and Galatea

18 September 2007
Ptuj Castle, Slovenia
Central European Tour

19 September 2007
Salon Cecelja, Varazdin, Croatia
Central European Tour

20 September 2007
Leibniz Castle, Austria
Central European Tour

21 September 2007
Zalaegerszeg Sinagogue, Hungary
Central European Tour

22 September 2007
Ludbreg Castle, Croatia
Central European Tour

23 September 2007
Prelog Church, Croatia
Central European Tour

28 October 2007
Hallelujah for Handel!

2 November 2007
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
The Italian Connection

27 November 2007
Repton Music Society, Derbyshire
The Italian Connection

19 December 2007
The Chapel, Norwich
Sonatas and Trio Sonatas by Handel, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Rameau
Guest artist – Anthony Pleeth (baroque cello)

13 December 2007
BBC Radio 3, In Tune

16 December 2007
Wigmore Hall, London, W1
The Italian Connection
20 January 2008

22 January 2008

26 January 2008
Halswell Park, Somerset

28 January 2008

28 February 2008
Hampstead Parish Church
Private Concert

17 March 2008
Education Workshop

7 – 12 April 2008
CD Recording

19 April 2008
Bach b minor mass

21 April 2008

10 May 2008
Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1

4 July 2008
Bishop Auckland Music Society

19 September 2008
Studio Music, Brightlingsea

25 September 2008
Jackdaws, Somerset
Performances for Jackdaws Music Education Trust

26 September 2008
Jackdaws, Somerset
The Handel Mix
Workshops and education project

2 – 3 October 2008
Jackdaws, Somerset
The Handel Mix
Workshops and education project

9 – 10 October 2008
Jackdaws, Somerset
The Handel Mix
Workshops and education project

16 – 17 October 2008
Jackdaws, Somerset
The Handel Mix
Workshops and education project

21 October 2008

23 – 24 October 2008
Jackdaws, Somerset
The Handel Mix
Workshops and education project

19 December 2008
The Chapel, Norwich
21 January 2009
BBC Radio 3, In Tune

23 January 2009
Wigmore Hall, London, W1
Handel Cantatas Part 1

27 January 2009

12 April 2009
From Leipzig to London – Trio sonatas by Bach and Handel

14 April 2009
Handel’s English Cantatas

16 May 2009
St. Matthew’s Church, Blackmoor, Hampshire

19 June 2009
Eccentric Englishmen

28 June 2009
Handel’s English Cantatas

30 June 2009
BBC Radio London

1 July 2009
BBC Radio 3, In Tune

2 July 2009
Handel’s English Cantatas

5 July 2009
Wigmore Hall, London, W1
Handel Cantatas Part 2

21 September, 5, 15 & 16 October 2009
Education project for the Wigmore Hall Trust

17 October 2009
Handel – English Cantatas

23 October 2009
Wigmore Hall, London, SW1
Too Hot to Handel (student’s perfomance) & Handel Cantatas Part 3

31 October 2009
Handel – Solomon

7 November 2009
Great Bealings, Suffolk
Violin sonatas by Handel, Bach and Vivaldi

5 December 2009
All-Bach programme

20 December 2009
The Chapel, Norwich
Violin Sonatas by Handel, Bach and Vivaldi
7 February 2010
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome, Somerset
From Leipzig to London

23 February 2010
Draper’s Hall, City of London
Dining with George – a play by Louis de Bernieres

27 February 2010
Monteverdi Vespers
Keswick Hall Choir, John Aplin

7 March 2010
King’s Place, (Hall 1), London
Works including: Handel – O qualis de coelo sonus HWV239 motet for soprano, violins, cello and harpsichord Handel – Cantata: Armida abbandonata HWV105 Handel – Trio Sonata in G, Op. 5 No 4 Bach – Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV526 Leclair – Premiere Recreation de Musique, Op. 6
Pre-concert talk by Tatty Theo

9 March 2010

27 March 2010
St. Andrew’s Church, Cheam, SM2 7HF
Bach b minor mass

25 June 2010
St Mary’s Church, Sawston
From Leipzig to London – via Rome

31 July – 7 August 2010
Concerts and chamber music masterclasses

15 August 2010
Lake District Summer Music, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Handel – Acis and Galatea

24 September 2010
Sarratt Village Hall, Sarratt, Hertfordshire
From Leipzig to London, via Lübeck

14 October 2010
The Courtyard, Herefordshire Centre for the Arts
Sonatas by Handel, Boyce and Gibbs

October 2010
CD of Bach Organ Trio Sonatas released

4 December 2010
St Georges Church, RAF Halton, Halton, nr Wendover
Handel’s Messiah

12 December 2010
Wigmore Hall, London, W1
From Leipzig to London, via Lübeck

16 December 2010
20 January 2011
Temple Church, London
Champagne reception and concert

21 January 2011
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
with Laura Cannell, recorder

11th March 2011
National Portrait Gallery, London
Private event for sponsors

9 April 2011
Epson College, Surrey, KT17 4JQ
Handel – Samson
with St. Cecilia Chorus conducted by Jonathan Rennert

14th May 2011
Blackmoor Festival of Music, Hampshire
Tatty Theo, cello and Carolyn Gibley, harpsichord

26 May 2011
Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds
with Laura Cannell, recorder

10 July 2011
Wigmore Hall, London, W1
Leclair, Rameau, Couperin, Handel

30 July – 6 August 2011
Dartington International Summer School
Concerts and chamber music masterclasses

4 September 2011
Handel, Telemann, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Jacchini

23 October 2011
Annesley, Boot Street, Great Bealings, Suffolk, IP13 6PQ

2 November 2011
Kauniainen Music Festival, Helsinki, Finland

24 November 2011
St James’s, Piccadilly, London
Alexander’s Feast by Handel with the Orlando Chamber Choir
Conducted by James Weeks

3 December 2011
Wendover Choral Society
Bach: Brandenburg IV, Bach: Cantata IV, Bach: Mass in A major, Handel: Eternal Source of Light Divine

13 December 2011
James Allen’s Girls School, Dulwich
Bach: St John Passion

16 December 2011
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
programme including works by Bach, Handel, Leclair and Biber
19 January 2012

4 April 2012
with Nicki Kennedy

21 April 2012
Epsom College, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4JQ
G.F. Handel: Jephtha
with St. Cecilia Chorus conducted by Jonathan Rennert

18 May 2012
Fleming Collection, Mayfair, London
Private event

6 July 2012
Cossington Concerts, Somerset
J.S. Bach: Musical Offering

25 – 26 September 2012
Repton School Concerts Society

15 November 2012
Petworth Literary Weekend, St Mary’s Church, Petworth, Sussex
with Louis de Berniéres

24 November 2012
Handel Dixit Dominus and Alessandro Scarlatti Dixit Dominus with the choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford

7 December 2012
with Louis de Berniéres

16 December 2012
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
Handel, Telemann and Bach
6 – 9 January 2013
Recording with Queen’s College Chapel Choir, Oxford
Handel Dixit Dominus and Alessandro Scarlatti Dixit Dominus

28 February – 3 March 2013
Recording of Handel Op. 2
For release on the Avie label

27 April 2013
St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
Purcell Dido and Aeneas and Handel Chandos Anthems
with Wymondham Choral Society

3 July 2013
St Mary’s Church, Beaminster
Louis de Berniéres’ Mr Handel at the 18th Beaminster Festival of Music and the Arts

29 – 31 July 2013
Haggerston School, London, E2
Baroque Summer School
in association with Hackney Music Development Trust

23 October 2013
Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3

26 October 2013
Halesworth Arts Festival
Louis de Berniéres’ Mr Handel

3 November 2013
The Italian Connection
with Nicki Kennedy

Sunday 22 December 2013, 6.30pm
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
Handel – Trio Sonata Op.2 No.1
Bach – Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Harpsichord BWV1027
Rameau – Quatrième concert from Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Couperin – dance suite from I’Impérial (from Les Nations)
25 January 2014
Spring Term baroque course

1 February 2014
Spring Term baroque course

8 February 2014
Spring Term baroque course

19 June 2014
Israel in Egypt
with The Holst Singers, Conductor Stephen Layton, and Elin Manahan Thomas

29 June 2014
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
Handel Suites for Harpsichord nos. 1, 8, 4, 7
Carolyn Gibley Harpsichord

13 July 2014
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
Handel Suites for Harpsichord nos. 3, 2, 6, 5
Carolyn Gibley Harpsichord

17 July 2014
Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3

20 July 2014
Wigmore Hall, London
Triumph Over Tragedy

27 September 2014
William Loveless Hall, Wivenhoe
From Leipzig to London

28 September 2014
Chamber Music Series Part 1 – From Leipzig to London

29 November 2014
Louis de Berniéres’ Mr Handel
With Louis de Berniéres

14 December 2014
Handel House Museum, Brook Street, London

21 December 2014
The Chapel, Norwich
27 February 2015
Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 

28 February 2015
Bealings Village Hall
Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus 

1 March 2015
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus
Bach – Trio Sonata (C Major) BWV1037
Telemann – Cello Sonata (D Major) TWV 41:D6
Bach – Trio sonata (e minor) BWV528
Telemann – Trio sonata (G Major) TWV 42:G11
Bach – Violin Sonata (G Major) BWV 1021
Telemann – Quadro (e minor) TWV43:e2 

25 April 2015
Blackmoor Festival of Music, Hampshire,
St Matthew Blackmoor & Whitehill C of E Church
A Musical Grand Tour
Trio sonatas for violin, flute and continuo
by Telemann, Rameau, Leclair and Handel 

5 June 2015
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
Programme including Bach, Handel, Purcell, Corelli 

20 June 2015
Joshua by Handel
with The Holst Singers, Conductor Stephen Layton 

21 June 2015
Signor Corelli’s Violin
Corelli – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 1
Handel – Trio Sonata HWV 403 ‘Saul’
Corelli – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 12
Vivaldi – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 12 RV 63 ‘La Folia’
Corelli – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 7
Handel – Oxford Water Music Suites
Leclair – Première Récréation de Musique Op. 6 

6 July 2015
Wigmore Hall, London
Heaven and Earth
Bach’s sacred cantata “Ich Habe Genug” is central to this programme encompassing love and destiny, both earthbound and celestial. Bach and Handel’s sublime music explores this theme, through both composers’ understanding of the pains and delights of the human condition, expressed through the power and beauty of their music.
 
With:
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Alexandra Bellamy, baroque oboe
Harpsichord and chamber organ
 
Handel – Oboe Concerto (g minor) HWV287
Bach – Trio Sonata G Major BWV1039
Handel – Cantata: Dalla guerra amorosa HWV102a
Bach – Trio Sonata G Major BWV1038
Handel – Trio Sonata g minor HWV393
Bach – Cantata: Ich Habe Genug BWV82 

10 July 2015
The Britten Studio, Snape Maltings 
Education Event
The Brook Street Band
Composer: Matthew King
Librettist: Alasdair Middleton

Children from Rhodes Avenue Primary School and Bealings Primary School
Community choirs
Nicki Kennedy – soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson – tenor
Farran Scott – baroque violin
John Moore – saxophone and electronics
Tatty Theo – baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord
Lynda Sayce – theorbo

PRS FoundationThe Brook Street Band
gratefully acknowledges
support from PRS for
Music Foundation
towards this commission.  

2 August 2015
Binham Priory, Norfolk
Trio Sonatas for Violin, Flute and Continuo
by Telemann, Rameau, Leclair and Handel 

6 September 2015
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
with Anthony Pleeth 

12 September 2015
Great Comp Music Festival, Great Comp, Sevenoaks, Kent 

5th October 2015
Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London N22 
Education Event
The Brook Street Band
Composer: Matthew King
Librettist: Alasdair Middleton

Children from Rhodes Avenue Primary School
Rhodes Avenue Community choir
Nicki Kennedy – soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson – tenor
Farran Scott – baroque violin
Lisete da Silva – flutes and recorders
John Moore – saxophone and electronics
Tatty Theo – baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord
Jamie Akers – theorbo

PRS FoundationThe Brook Street Band
gratefully acknowledges
support from PRS for
Music Foundation
towards this commission.  

5 November 2015
Hull Chamber Music, University of Hull
Triumph over Tragedy
With Nicki Kennedy, soprano and Simon Desbrulais, natural trumpet 

6 November 2015
Hull Chamber Music, Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chanel Church, Hull
Sonatas by Handel, Bach, Telemann, Corelli and Torelli
With Simon Desbrulais, natural trumpet 

20 December 2015
The Chapel, Norwich
26 February 2016
BBC Radio 3
In Tune
The Brook Street Band are studio guests on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’

27 February 2016
The Chapel, Norwich
Margherita Durastanti: Handel’s Italian Muse
With Nicki Kennedy

28 February 2016
Margherita Durastanti: Handel’s Italian Muse
With Nicki Kennedy

16 April 2016
Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk
Handel – Theodora

24 April 2016
Handel House Museum, London
Signor Corelli’s Violin

25 April
Abbotsholme Arts Society, Rocester, Staffordshire
Signor Corelli’s Violin

11 June 2016
Aylsham Town Hall, Norfolk
Vocal and instrumental music by Handel and Purcell

17 July 2016
Wigmore Hall, London
The Brook Street Band’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
With Nicki Kennedy, soprano and Matthew Brook, bass-baritone

31 July – 6 August 2016

4 August 2016
Signor Corelli’s Violin

5 August 2016
Monteverdi Vespers 1610

3 September 2016
Saxon Shore Early Music, Kenardington, Kent
Signor Corelli’s Violin

18 September 2016
Halle, Hanover and Hamburg
Trio Sonatas that influenced and inspired the young Handel

5 November 2016
Ashdown Music Festival

26 November 2016
Trio Sonatas for flute and violin by Bach, Handel, Leclair and Telemann

11 December 2016
Conway Hall, London
Trio Sonatas for flute and violin by Bach, Handel Leclair and Telemann

18 December 2016
The Chapel, Norwich
A programme of music for Christmas by Corelli, Purcell, Bach, Balbastre and Handel
With Nicki Kennedy, soprano
Sunday 29 January 2017

Sunday 29th January 2017

St John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian legacy
with Nicki Kennedy

Tuesday 14 March 2017

Tuesday 14th March 2017

Leamington Music, St Mary's Church, Warwick

Triumph over Tragedy
with Nicki Kennedy and Simon Debruslais
Tuesday 21 March 2017

Tuesday 21st March 2017

Cambridge Early Music, Howard Theatre, Downing College, Cambridge

Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus
Instrumental music by Bach & Telemann
Thursday 6 April 2017

Thursday 6th April 2017

London Handel Festival, St. George’s Hanover Square, London

The Italian Connection

Saturday 22-Sunday 23 April 2017

Saturday 22nd April - Sunday 23rd April 2017

love: Handel Festival, The Chapel, Norwich

A brand new Handel festival – a mixture of talks, workshops and concerts, curated and delivered by The Brook Street Band

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 1:00pm

Wednesday 26th April 2017

Baroquestock Feastival of Musick & Foode, Heath St Baptist Church, 84 Heath St, Hampstead, London, NW3 1DN

From Hamburg to London…via Bückeburg

Sunday 4 June 2017, 3:00pm (pre-concert talk 2.15pm)

Sunday 4th June 2017

St John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

Handel – friends, foes and flattery
Handel – Trio Sonata in Bb Op.2 No.3
Arne – Trio Sonata in Eb Op.
Boyce – Trio Sonata in g minor No.4
Veracini – Violin Sonata in g minor Op.2 No.5
Cervetto – Trio Sonata in Bb Op.1
Bononcini – Trio Sonata in g minor No.2
Geminiani – Trio Sonata in F No.3

Monday 5 June 2017, 7.30pm

Monday 5th June 2017

The Music Room, Hatchlands, East Clandon, Surrey, GU4 7 RT

Trio Sonatas by Bach, Telemann and Handel

Friday 9 June 2017, 5:00-6:00 pm

Friday 9th June 2017

Foundling Museum, London, WC1N 1AZ

Friday Rush Hour

Music for cello and harpsichord from the rich cultural melting pot of mid-eighteenth century London

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Sunday 9 July 2017, 7.30pm

Sunday 9th July 2017

St. Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1L

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Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd November 2017

Wednesday 1st November - Thursday 2nd November 2017

University of Hull, Cottingham Rd, Hull, HU6 7RX

1 Nov       Student workshop 2:00pm – 4:00pm
2 Nov      Middleton Hall, concert 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Rachel Harris – baroque violin
Lisete da Silva – baroque flute
Tatty Theo – baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord

Sunday 17th December 2017

Sunday 17th December 2017

The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF

The Brook Street Band returns to one of its favourite concert series, for its annual Christmas concert. 

Wednesday February 7, 2018

Wednesday 7th February 2018

Handel House Museum private event
Friday 23rd February – Sunday 25th February 2018

Friday 23rd February - Sunday 25th February 2018

Muffat Festival, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

Venues & Dates

Friday 23rd February 2018

Friday 23rd February 2018

St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

The German Violin School

The emergence of a new style of violin writing in Germany in the 17th century (under composers including Biber, Muffat and Schmelzer) was to have a profound impact on the rise of the violin as a solo instrument in this region. Sensual music for 1 and 2 violins, 2 violas and continuo written by tonight’s composers, from the South of the country, is typified by its florid and ornate style.

Muffat String Sonata No. 2 in G minor (Armonico Tributo)
Schmelzer Trio Sonata in E minor
Biber Sonata violino solo representativa in A
Schmelzer String Sonata No. 8 in G (Sacroprofanus Concentus Musicus)
Krieger Trio Sonata No. 10 in D
Biber Sonata No. 1 in B minor (Fidicinium Sacro Profanum)
Schmelzer String Sonata No. 7 in D (Sacroprofanus Concentus Musicus)
Krieger Trio Sonata No. 9 in G minor
Muffat Florilegium Primum No. 7 in G ‘Constantia’

Saturday 24th February 2018

Saturday 24th February 2018

St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

An Introduction to Baroque Dance

Have you always wanted to know a little more about the relationship between baroque music and the dance steps that so often accompanied it, and were such an important part of courtly life in the 17th and 18th centuries?
Renowned Baroque dance teacher Philippa Waite leads a workshop suitable for all ages from 8 years upwards. No previous experience or partner required. The session will focus on basic steps found in typical dance types such as bourée, minuet, sarabande, gigue etc. as well as touching on the etiquette of the period.
Live music will be provided by members of The Brook Street Band.

 

Saturday 24th February 2018

Saturday 24th February 2018

St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

Festival Talk: Muffat – his life, his music and his legacy

Tatty Theo presents an illustrated talk, exploring this rich period of political and musical change in 17th-century Europe that shaped and defined Muffat’s music.
Free admission with ticket for 7.30pm concert

 

Saturday 24th February 2018

Saturday 24th February 2018

St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

All About the Dance

Following on from the morning’s exhilarating dance workshop, experience some of the wonderfully rich and joyous orchestral music for strings, flutes and recorders that was such an important part of life at French Courts and further afield.

Muffat Florilegium Secundum No. 2 in D ‘Splendidae Nuptiae’
Lully La Chasse from Ballet des Arts in G minor
Handel Suite in Bb HWV34 from Alcina
Fischer Le Journal du Printemps Op. 1 No. 3 in Bb
Bach Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067

 

Sunday 25th February 2018

Sunday 25th February 2018

St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

The Italian Influence

An intimate chamber programme (for 1 and 2 violins and continuo) which explores the Italian influence on chamber music by Muffat and Handel, paired with works by Corelli, the pre-eminent Italian virtuoso violinist of the period.
Today we credit Corelli with providing the template for so many Italianate musical innovations in the baroque era. However, Muffat’s Italian-styled violin sonata of 1677 predates all of Corelli’s chamber music, and shows that Italian influence prevailed in Germany before Muffat even encountered Corelli.

Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 1 in F
Muffat Violin Sonata in D
Handel Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in Bb
Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor
Handel Cello Sonata in D minor
Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 12 in D

 

Sunday 25th February 2018

Sunday 25th February 2018

St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

The Concerto

What better way to end a festival than with a glorious programme of solo and orchestral concertos!
Muffat’s influence stemmed far and wide, incorporating both French and Italian style, and his hugely important legacy is beautifully illustrated in these wonderful works by composers far better-known than Muffat today, but who each owe him a huge debt of gratitude.

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV1048 in G
Handel Violin Concerto (Sonata a cinque) in Bb HWV288
Geminiani Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor (‘La Follia’; after Corelli Op. 5 No. 12)
Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor
Muffat String Sonata No. 5 in G (Armonico Tributo)

 

Friday March 2, 2018

Friday 2nd March 2018

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2018

Thursday March 8, 2018

Thursday 8th March 2018

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2018

Friday March 9, 2018

Friday 9th March 2018

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2018

Friday March 16, 2018

Friday 16th March 2018

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2018

Saturday March 17th, 2018

Saturday 17th March 2018

All Saints' Church, Weston Green, Esher, Surrey KT10 8JL

Motets by JS Bach, Heinrich Schütz , and Orlando Lassus

Thursday March 22, 2018

Thursday 22nd March 2018

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2018

Friday 6th April 2017

Friday 6th April 2018

London Handel Festival

Wednesday April 18, 2018

Wednesday 18th April 2018

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2018

Saturday April 21, 2018

Saturday 21st April 2018

St. Paul's Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9ED

Motets by JS Bach, Heinrich Schütz , and Orlando Lassus

Monday June 4, 2018

Monday 4th June 2018

The Great Barn, Oxnead Hall, Norfolk

Tuesday June 5, 2018

Tuesday 5th June 2018

Handel & Hendrix in London, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB

Handel Violin Sonatas

This concert is the London launch of The Brook Street Band’s new recording for AVIE Records

Saturday July 7, 2018

Saturday 7th July 2018

Wymondham Abbey, Church Street, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0PH

Purcell’s King Arthur

Sunday July 8, 2018

Sunday 8th July 2018

St. Andrew's Church, Gunton
Saturday July 14, 2018

Saturday 14th July 2018

Baconsthorpe, Norfolk Private event
Dartington International Summer School

Saturday 28th July - Saturday 4th August 2018

Dartington International Summer School, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL

Saturday September 22, 2018

Saturday 22nd September 2018

Great Comp Music Festival

Wednesday 26th September 2018

Wednesday 26th September 2018

The Queen’s College Chapel, High St, Oxford, OX1 4AW

Saturday September 29, 2018

Saturday 29th September 2018

Shatwell Farm, Shatwell Lane. Yarlington, Somerset BA9 8DL

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Conductor: Matthew Owens

Sunday October 14, 2018

Sunday 14th October 2018

St. George's Guildhall, King Street, King’s Lynn Norfolk PE30 1HA

Saturday 24th November, 2018

Saturday 24th November 2018

United Reformed Church, Farnham, GU9 7QU

Sunday 16th December 2018

Sunday 16th December 2018

The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF

The Brook Street Band returns to one of its favourite concert series, for its annual Christmas concert. This will be a special celebration of the Band’s 20th consecutive year giving this concert.

Friday 25th January 2019

Friday 25th January 2019

The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF

Friday 22nd February 2019

Friday 22nd February 2019

Fishmongers' Recital Hall, The Britten Building, Gresham's School, Cromer Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6EA

Saturday 23rd February 2019

Saturday 23rd February 2019

Sevenoaks Music Club, The Ship Theatre, Hollybush Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3UL

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Thursday 7th March 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Friday 8th March 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Wednesday 13th March 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Wednesday 27th March 2019

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2019

Friday 31st May 2019

Friday 31st May 2019

The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

Saturday 8th June 2019

Saturday 8th June 2019

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PT

Saturday 13th July 2019

Saturday 13th July 2019

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PT

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Petworth Festival, 151 Whites Green Lodge, Lurgashall, Petworth, GU28 9BD

Sunday 28th July 2019

Sunday 28th July 2019

CPRE Norfolk Summer Fair 2019, Raveningham, Norwich, NR14 6NS

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Handel & Hendrix in London, 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HB

Friday 4th October 2019

Friday 4th October 2019

love: Handel Festival, The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF

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Saturday 5th October 2019

Saturday 5th October 2019

love: Handel Festival, The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF

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Sunday 6th October 2019

Sunday 6th October 2019

love: Handel Festival, The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF

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Monday 21st October 2019

Monday 21st October 2019

Handel in Haringey, Tetherdown or Creighton Avenue, Muswell Hill, London N10 1NE

Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Handel in Haringey, Tetherdown or Creighton Avenue, Muswell Hill, London N10 1NE

Wednesday 23rd October 2019

Wednesday 23rd October 2019

Handel in Haringey, Tetherdown or Creighton Avenue, Muswell Hill, London N10 1NE

Wednesday 13th November 2019

Wednesday 13th November 2019

The Sense of Hearing, Recital Hall, Anglia Ruskin University

Tuesday 19th November 2019

Tuesday 19th November 2019

Handel & Hendrix in London, 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HB

Sunday 24th November 2019

Sunday 24th November 2019

Music in the Vale, 18 Ock Meadow, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8LN

Sunday 22nd December 2019

Sunday 22nd December 2019

Norwich Chapel Concerts, The Chapel, 64 Park Lane. Norwich, NR2 3EF

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Wednesday 4th March 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Wednesday 11th March 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Wednesday 18th March 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

Wednesday 25th March 2020

Cambridgeshire Music Live 2020

POSTPONED: London Handel Festival

Thursday 2nd April 2020

POSTPONED: St George's, Hanover Square

POSTPONED: London Handel Festival

Saturday 4th April 2020

POSTPONED: St.George's, Hanover Square

POSTPONED: London Festival of Baroque Music

Monday 11th May 2020

POSTPONED: Grosvenor Chapel

POSTPONED: Kelso

Saturday 18th July 2020

POSTPONED: Kelso
POSTPONED: Kelso

Sunday 19th July 2020

POSTPONED: Paxton House

POSTPONED: Binham Priory

Friday 7th August 2020

POSTPONED: Binham Priory, Norfolk
Monday 30th November

Monday 30th November - Saturday 19th December 2020

Sunday 20th December 2020

Sunday 20th December 2020

Norwich Chapel Concerts, The Chapel, 64 Park Lane. Norwich, NR2 3EF

Online event: 6th February

Saturday 6th February 2021

Online event: Zoom masterclass

Online event: 6th March

Saturday 6th March 2021

Online event: Zoom masterclass

Online event: 13th March

Saturday 13th March 2021

Online event: Zoom masterclass

Music at Paxton

Saturday 17th July 2021

Paxton House, Paxton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1SZ

Family Concert – Mr Handel’s Pleasure Gardens

Music at Paxton

Sunday 18th July 2021

Paxton House, Paxton House, Paxton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1SZ

Binham Priory

Saturday 7th August 2021

Binham Priory, Norfolk
Friday 24th September 2021

Friday 24th September 2021

Handeliade, Cotswolds
Saturday 25th September 2021

Saturday 25th September 2021

Handeliade, Cotswolds
Sunday 26th September 2021

Sunday 26th September 2021

Handeliade, Cotswolds
love:Handel 2021

Saturday 9th October 2021

love:Handel festival, Norwich
love:Handel 2021 – Concert 1:Travels around Germany

Saturday 9th October 2021

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

Concert 1: Travels Around Germany The Brook Street Band celebrates a return to live music-making with the first concert in the love: Handel 2021 festival featuring gorgeous music by Handel, Bach and Telemann, with sumptuous trio sonatas composed in three of our favourite cities, Halle, Leipzig and Hamburg. Lisete da Silva Bull (recorder/baroque flute), Rachel Harris (baroque violin), Tatty Theo (baroque cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
love:Handel 2021 – Concert 2: A Day Trip to London

Saturday 9th October 2021

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

Concert 2: A Day Trip to London What could be more fitting for love: Handel 2021 than an entire concert dedicated to the great man’s chamber music. We are thrilled to be joined by special guest, oboist Joel Raymond, showcasing one of Handel’s favourite instruments, including one of his earliest works, written when still a teenager in Halle. We’ll travel to the vibrant music scene in Handel’s London, via Dresden, a city famed for its stunning violinists and opera stars. Joel Raymond (baroque oboe), Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry (baroque violins), Tatty Theo (baroque cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
love:Handel 2021

Sunday 10th October 2021

love:Handel festival, Norwich
love:Handel 2021 – Concert 3:Handel’s Musical Pleasure Gardens

Sunday 10th October 2021

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

Concert 3: Handel’s Musical Pleasure Gardens Join the musicians of The Brook Street Band for a relaxed family-friendly concert for parents and carers, babies/toddlers/children of all ages with gorgeous baroque music by Handel and his musical colleagues, conjuring up the idyllic pastoral setting of Norwich’s hugely popular musical Pleasure Gardens. Lisete da Silva Bull (recorders/baroque flute), Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry (baroque violins), Tatty Theo (baroque cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
love:Handel 2021 – Concert 4:An East Anglian Staycation

Sunday 10th October 2021

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

Concert 4: An East Anglian Staycation Handel became naturalised as a British citizen in 1727, consolidating his immoveable position in British musical life, and making London and Brook Street his permanent home. We celebrate some of Handel’s music written for his beloved English audiences, alongside pieces by fellow English composers including Boyce and East Anglian star violinist Joseph Gibbs. Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry (baroque violins), Tatty Theo (baroque cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
love:Handel 2021 – Concert 5:European City Breaks

Sunday 10th October 2021

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

Concert 5: European City Breaks Join The Brook Street Band for the love: Handel 2021 festival finale, with a trip to Paris and Venice, the splendid world of French courtly chamber music and a glimpse into the magic of Venice, city of Vivaldi and where Handel worked as a young man. Lisete da Silva Bull (recorders/baroque flute), Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry (baroque violins), Tatty Theo (baroque cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
Thursday 18th November 2021

Thursday 18th November 2021

Cambridge Early Music, Downing Place URC, Cambridge CB2 3EL

The Brook Street Band presents sumptuous chamber music by Bach, Handel and Telemann, born within just four years of each other. We’ll showcase the best of German and English baroque music, illustrating how the direct and indirect influence of these three great masters on each other’s music, not to mention their mutual admiration for each other, left a firm imprint on their music. As an added highlight, the Brook Street Band is joined by the Roots Baroque Ensemble who will perform extracts from Telemann’s delightfully programmatic Wassermusik Suite and Handel’s great Passacaille.
Clitheroe Concerts Society

Wednesday 1st December 2021

Clitheroe Concerts Society
Sunday 19th December 2021

Sunday 19th December 2021

Norwich Chapel Concerts, The Chapel, 64 Park Lane. Norwich, NR2 3EF

Eaton Concert Series

Sunday 13th February 2022

Eaton Concert Series, St Andrew's Church, Church Ln, Eaton, Norwich NR4 6NW, UK

This concert is generously supported by a grant from The Continuo Foundation
Durham

Wednesday 9th March 2022

Musicon Concert Series, Durham Town Hall

Durham Town Hall

Masterclasses weekend

Saturday 12th March - Sunday 13th March 2022

Masterclass and chamber music weekend at The Pines Calyx, Kent
Chamber Music Concert

Saturday 12th March 2022

Chamber Music Concert, Pines Calyx, St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent

This concert is generously supported by a grant from The Continuo Foundation
Music in Felixstowe

Sunday 20th March 2022

St. Andrew's Church, St Andrew's Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7EB

St. Andrew’s Church, St Andrew’s Road, Felixstowe IP11 7EB.
Beccles Public Hall

Wednesday 23rd March 2022

Beccles Public Hall

This concert is generously supported by a grant from The Continuo Foundation
Oxford Chamber Music Society

Sunday 24th April 2022

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Ilkley Concert Club

Wednesday 11th May 2022

King's Hall, Ilkley

London Festival of Baroque Music

Tuesday 17th May 2022

St. John's Smith Square

Heinrich Schütz: A German in Venice

Saturday 9th July 2022

The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St. N16 9ES

Canterbury Festival

Thursday 21st July 2022

St John’s Baptist Church, Barham, Canterbury, The Rectory, The Street, Barham, Canterbury, CT4 6PH.

LIFEM launch

Wednesday 7th September 2022

Tallow Chandler's Hall
St Mary Devizes

Saturday 1st October 2022

St Mary Devizes, St Mary Devizes, New Park Street, Wiltshire, SN10 1UY

Little Missenden Festival

Friday 7th October 2022

Little Missenden Festival

Cambridge Early Music

Sunday 6th November 2022

Downing Place URC, Downing Place, Cambridge, CB2 3EL

LIFEM

Wednesday 9th November 2022

St, Michael and All Angels, Pond Road, Blackheath SE3 9JL

Saturday 3rd December 2022

St, Mary's Church, Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Messiah – Ware Choral Society

Saturday 10th December 2022

Christ Church, Ware, Hertfordshire
Norwich Chapel Concerts

Sunday 18th December 2022

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF
Norwich Chapel Concerts

Thursday 9th February 2023

The Chapel, Norwich

Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice

Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice

Friday 10th February 2023

Our Lady of St. John, Goring-on-Thames

London Handel Festival

Tuesday 28th February 2023

St. Vedast, The Church of St Vedast alias Foster 4 Foster Lane London EC2V 6HH

Israel in Egypt

Saturday 25th March 2023

Saffron Hall

Kingshill House Creative Centre

Saturday 15th April 2023

Kingshill House Creative Centre, Kingshill Lane, Dursley, Gloucestershire ​GL11 4BZ

Salthouse Church, Norfolk

Saturday 1st July 2023

St Nicholas Church, Salthouse, Cross Street, Salthouse, Norfolk, England, NR25 7XQ Rachel Harris (violin), Tatty Theo (cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord) perform music for a summer evening by favourite baroque composers Bach and Handel, with contributions from a few of Handel’s friendly ‘rivals’, working alongside him in England in the 18-th century. Salthouse Church is gloriously situated on a hill above the marshes with a view to the sea and along the coast. It’s a perfect place to enjoy some beautiful music. Tickets are £15 and available from the Holt Book Shop, the Salthouse Store and on the door. To reserve a seat in advance please email info@brookstreetband.co.uk stating the number of tickets required.
Dartington Music Summer School and Festival

Saturday 29th July - Saturday 5th August 2023

Dartington Music Summer School and Festival, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL

A chance to play chamber music together with other participants, developing your ensemble skills with expert tuition from members of the popular Brook Street Band, making a welcome to return to Dartington.
Dartington International Summer School

Monday 31st July 2023

The Great Hall, Dartington “Playing the Picture” Blending art and music, The Brook Street Band (Rachel Harris – violin, Tatty Theo – cello, Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord) brings to life the music and musicians depicted in 18th-century paintings by Hogarth and Gainsborough. Each painting offers up a mystery to solve: what is the manuscript lying on the table, or artfully placed on the shelf, and why is it there? Music by Handel, Corelli and Geminiani will accompany projections of these artworks, as The Brook Street Band unravels the stories behind the paintings, players and music. ​

Friday 22nd September 2023

Boughton House

Sunday 24th September 2023

Boughton House
love:Handel 2023 – Music for Mr Beard

Friday 13th October 2023

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 1 • Concert – Music for Mr Beard

We open love:Handel 2023 with a thrilling programme of arias composed by Handel for his favourite tenor, the fabulous John Beard, who dominated the London musical landscape during Handel’s time.

Music for Mr Beard sets the scene for an action-packed festival weekend packed with stunning music, colourful instrumentation and guest appearances by some of our favourite musical friends.

love:Handel 2023 – As Steals the Morn upon the Night

Friday 13th October 2023

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 2 • Concert – As Steals the Morn upon the Night

Suspend reality for an hour, and travel with us through the night, a place of wonder and creativity where different worlds, centuries and the musical influences of Bach, Handel, Telemann and Montéclair collide.

Central to this night is Nitin Sawhney’s “Early Transitions” which in Nitin’s own words explores “connections between Eastern and Western classical ideas with particular reference to my love of Baroque music, Indian classical raga and mathematical interactions through the taal system, phrasing and diatonic expansion”.  A real chance to dream…

love:Handel 2023 – The Bassoon Abroad

Saturday 14th October 2023

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 3 • Concert – The Bassoon Abroad

A rare chance to revel in the sensual sonorities of the baroque bassoon, an instrument championed by Handel.

German-based Jennifer Harris is one of the world’s premiere soloists and is joined here by members of The Brook Street Band for chamber music by Handel, Telemann and a few of their fellow ‘abroad’ composers.

love:Handel 2023 – Double Trouble

Saturday 14th October 2023

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 4 • Concert – Double Trouble

What could be better than a single harpsichord? Two harpsichords! Enjoy this opportunity to wallow in the rich sound of music by JS Bach, Mozart, and Armand Louis Couperin for four hands played on two beautiful instruments by local maker Alan Gotto.

love:Handel 2023 – Painting Magic: Handel and the Art of Staging Sorcery

Saturday 14th October 2023

The Martineau Hall - The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 5 • Talk – Painting Magic: Handel and the Art of Staging Sorcery

Noted scholar Peter Kerber investigates how Handel’s characterisations of sorceresses and magicians relate to the visual portrayals created by the best Venetian and Roman artists of his day. Peter Kerber is Director of the Picture Gallery at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

love:Handel 2023 – Concerti per Multi Stromenti

Saturday 14th October 2023

The Octagon Chapel, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 6 • Concert – Concerti per Multi Stromenti

We expand our chamber group to a small orchestra for an evening of exhilarating music for multiple instruments, including music by Handel, Telemann, Bach’s popular Concerto for Two Violins, and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos.

love:Handel 2023 – The Elements

Sunday 15th October 2023

The Chapel Park Lane, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 7 • Concert – The Elements

A firm and much-loved free festival favourite with families and our younger audiences. A chance to find out more about our instruments and some of our favourite baroque music, conjuring up sounds of water, fire, wind and birdsong with a relaxed and chatty concert featuring music by Handel, Telemann, Matteis and Biber.

love:Handel 2023 – Handel in Italy, 1707-1710

Sunday 15th October 2023

The Assembly House, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 8 • Talk – Handel in Italy, 1707-1710

Indulge yourself with a little armchair travel to the Italian cities Handel worked in, setting the musical scene for this afternoon’s concert. Renowned Handel biographer Jonathan Keates offers a glimpse into the Roman world of patronage, Popes and Cardinals, and the operatic magic of Venice, “La Serenissima”, a city he has written extensively on, as former Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund.

love:Handel 2023 – Margherita Durastanti – Handel’s Italian Muse

Sunday 15th October 2023

The Assembly House, Norwich, NR3 1BN

Event 9 • Concert – Margherita Durastanti – Handel’s Italian Muse

Italian soprano Margherita Durastanti enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration with Handel, their musical lives together spanning several decades and countries. Our programme celebrates Handel’s secular and sacred vocal writing, renowned for its virtuosity and the agility it commands, with works including the powerful dramatic cantata La Lucrezia, alongside the recently-discovered Gloria from Handel’s youthful early years in Rome. These are paired with magnificent chamber music composed at the height of his fame in 1730s London and provide a perfect conclusion to love:Handel 2023.

Handel’s Messiah

Saturday 16th December 2023

Church of the Good Shepherd, Arnold, Nottingham, 3 Thackeray's Lane, Woodthorpe, Nottingham, NG5 4HT

Norwich Chapel Concerts

Sunday 17th December 2023

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

Heinrich Schütz – A German in Venice