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Handel

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    Classical Music 

    Howard Goodall interview: Brexit dims the music

    Howard Goodall interview: how Brexit turns the music down

    Composer of film, TV soundtracks and concert works talks to Claudia Pritchard about music in schools, a brand new work, and the cost to creativity of leaving the EU

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    Classical Music 

    The ten best concerts to go to this Easter

    Easter Music to uplift and inspire: the 10 best performances

    Sacred music by JS Bach and Handel preside over Easter music programmes throughout London. Here are the best works performed by the best musicians

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    Opera 

    Handel's Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    Handel's Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    15 Jun 18 – 28 Jul 18

    A Bollywood version of Handel's opera is an all-singing, all-dancing treat. Giulio Cesare makes Glyndebourne Festival Opera the home of hot rhythm

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Handel's Rodelinda, English National Opera

    Handel's Rodelinda review ★★★★★, English National Opera

    26 Oct 17 – 11 Nov 17

    Deliciously sung but oddly dished-up, Handel's noble Rodelinda gets a slapstick treatment

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  • Last Chance

    Classical Music 

    Semele falls dangerously in love with Jupiter in Handel's sparkling opera

    Handel's Semele, Royal Festival Hall

    On 18 Oct 17

    Catch the soprano most talked about this year in an evening of dazzling music by Handel

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  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    Soprano Louise Alder interview: 'It starts with nursery rhymes'

    Louise Alder interview: the audience favourite who wows the critics too

    It starts with nursery rhymes, says the soprano in demand all over the world after picking up award after award. Happily, there are London area performances in store...

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    Handel's Messiah performed by singers and players in 18th-century dress

    Handel's Messiah by Candlelight, Royal Festival Hall

    On 15 Dec 17

    Players and singers in 18th-century attire bring to life the London-based world of composer Handel

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio are among seven festive events

    Christmas Music, Kings Place

    14 Dec 17 – 22 Dec 17

    There's something for everyone in a week of Christmas music

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  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    Hear the great oratorio Messiah as Handel intended

    Handel's Messiah, St John's Smith Square

    On 08 Dec 17

    Handel made London his home, and not so far from where he lived his music is still played in the manner he would have known

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  • Book Now

    Classical Music 

    Handel's Messiah performed by early music specialists

    Messiah, Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican

    On 20 Dec 17

    Messiah is often sung and played by enormous forces, but smaller ensembles like this bring an electrifying directness and pace to the great oratorio

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  • Essential

     

    Passion, heroism and pure knockabout comedy are the stars of a year of Coliseum highlights, launching 28 September, and all the operas are sung in English

    The top six must-sees at English National Opera 2017/18

    Passion, heroism and pure knockabout comedy are the stars of a year of Coliseum highlights, launching 28 September, and all the operas are sung in English

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  • We love

    Opera 

    English Touring Opera's brilliant two-parter has the composer's most scintillating music

    Handel's Giulio Cesare, Hackney Empire

    04 Oct 17 – 07 Oct 17

    The might of the Roman Empire is rocked by the weakness of the heart in a monumental 18th-century opera

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  • In The Know

    Things to do 

    Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in the Glyndebourne new season

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018

    Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season

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  • In The Know

     

    Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Handel and Britten, plus a new work by Nico Muhly, and a Gilbert and Sullivan political satire

    English National Opera, 2017/18: the operas, singers and must-sees

    Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Handel and Britten, plus a new work by Nico Muhly, and a Gilbert and Sullivan political satire

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    Nine days, 13 events, and some of the finest early music ever written

    London Festival of Baroque Music, St John's Smith Square

    12 May 17 – 20 May 17

    Monteverdi's atmospheric Vespers, Handel opera and heavenly music by JS Bach dominate this year's programme

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  • In The Know

     

    Mozart, Handel and Rossini top the bill at Wormsley Estate's opera under the stars

    Garsington Opera 2017 booking opens

    Summer is only a few beats away: enjoy open air music of the highest quality as Garsington Opera booking opens

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    Five weeks of orchestral and choral music by London's Georgian composer

    London Handel Festival 2017

    18 Mar 17 – 24 Apr 17

    Five weeks of music inspired by the composer of some of the best-loved works in the orchestral and choral repertoire

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    A tongue-in-cheek romp unfolds in 14th-century surroundings

    Bach's Coffee Cantata, Charterhouse

    On 11 Apr 17

    A grumpy old father, a young woman in love – it's the old, old story: but this time the beloved is... coffee

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    Spiritual, exultant and uplifting music for Easter

    Holy Week Festival, St John's Smith Square

    09 Apr 17 – 15 Apr 17

    Easter music begins with a week of spiritual and contemplative works

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    Semele, Garsington Opera

    Semele, Garsington Opera

    01 Jun 17 – 04 Jul 17

    One of the most ravishing operas by Handel is given a new production with an all-star cast

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  • Tried and Tested

    Classical Music 

    All The Angels review

    All The Angels ★★★★★ review, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

    06 Dec 16 – 12 Feb 17

    All the Angels, the hilarious and revealing story of the earliest performances of Handel's Messiah, returns to the Globe after a sell-out run last winter

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    The Royal Opera House moves to the East End for Handel's revenge opera

    Oreste ★★★★★ review, Wilton's Music Hall

    08 Nov 16 – 19 Nov 16

    A Royal Opera directorial debut finds parallels between the classical world and a modern dictatorship

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  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    Handel's Messiah, Royal Albert Hall

    Handel's Messiah, Royal Albert Hall

    On 15 Dec 16

    Four superb soloists join together with Goldsmiths Choral Union, the English Concert Chorus and the Highgate Choral Society for this performance of the yuletide perennial

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  • Interview

     

    Gerard Jones: Covent Garden's bright new director talks to Claudia Pritchard

    As a child he begged his parents to play an opera video. Now Gerard Jones is directing a production for the Royal Opera House

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    Superstar Joyce DiDonato sings her signature role

    Ariodante, Barbican

    On 16 May 17

    An opera written for London comes to London, with a massive singing star on board

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  • Preview

    Classical Music 

    Sixteen concerts over two weeks featuring the best Christmas and sacred music over the ages

    31st Christmas Festival, St John's Smith Square

    09 Dec 16 – 23 Dec 16

    Christmas music in London means two weeks of ethereal and earthier song at one of the capital's most atmospheric venues

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  • We love

    Classical Music 

    Sixteen events mark 40 years of music-making in the East End

    Spitalfields Winter Festival, Spitalfields

    04 Dec 16 – 11 Dec 16

    Classics, new music, and a feat of memory make this great East End tradition an attractive proposition

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    A Surrealist interpretation of a Handel comic opera turns the world upside down

    Partenope, English National Opera

    15 Mar 17 – 24 Mar 17

    When three princes woo the same powerful woman, it looks like a straightforward competition, but the arrival of a fourth changes everything

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    The autumn opera season at Hackney Empire promises three refreshing new productions

    English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire

    08 Oct 16 – 15 Oct 16

    Operas by Handel, Cavalli and Monteverdi are staged on an intimate scale and in exciting new interpretations

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  • In The Know

     

    English National Opera 2016/17

    English National Opera 2016/17

    English National Opera reveals new productions and commissions alongside plans to perform in smaller venues

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  • Things To Do

     

    The finest Easter concerts London 2016

    Easter concerts London 2016

    Before the Easter eggs, the music: London Easter concerts feature both traditional, classical works and new pieces

    Read more
  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    King's College Choir Christmas Concert, Royal Albert Hall

    King's College Choir Christmas Concert, Royal Albert Hall

    On 16 Dec 15

    Backed by the Philharmonia, the world-renowned choir present an evening of carols and baroque masterpieces

    Read more
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