Friday 26 January 2024, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall
Tickets £50 £42 £32 £26 £18

Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202401261930

Programme:

Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Mozart arr. Jones Der Liebe himmlisches Gefühl K 382h
Mozart A questo seno, deh vieni K 374
Mozart arr. Jones In te spero, oh sposo amato K 400
Mozart Per pietà, bell’idol mio K78/73b
Mozart Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle K 538
Haydn Symphony No 44 in E minor Hob 1:44 Trauersinfonie

Featuring:

Lucy Crowe Soprano
David Bates Artistic Director

Hard on the heels of an acclaimed season at the Royal Opera House singing Musetta in La Bohème, and performances at this summer’s BBC Proms, Lucy Crowe will once again join forces with David Bates’ popular period instrument ensemble La Nuova Musica for a programme of delightful concert arias for soprano and orchestra including a selection of musicologist Timothy Jones’ thoughtful completions of unfinished Mozart fragments. These will be followed by Haydn’s Symphony No 44 in E minor 1:44 Trauersinfonie. Translated as Mourning Symphony, the composer requested the slow movement for his own funeral, and the finale is one of Haydn’s most remarkable achievements, the very embodiment of sturm und drang.

Wednesday 15 November 2023, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London

Joseph Bologne Symphony in D, Op. 11 No. 2
Mozart Mitridate, re di Ponto K87: Vadasi ... Già dagli occhi
Mozart Ombra felice ... Io ti lascio K255
Rameau Les Boréades: Entrée de Polymnie
Mozart arr. Iain Farrington Dans un bois solitaire K308
Mozart arr. Iain Farrington Abendempfindung K523
Rameau Platée Suite
Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Che puro ciel and Che farò senza Euridice?
Gluck Suite from Don Juan
Mozart Ascanio in Alba K111: Al mio ben mi veggio avanti
Mozart Mitridate, re di Ponto K87: Venga pur minacci

David Bates Director
Anthony Costanzo Countertenor

The leading countertenor sings Gluck and Mozart, including some of the latter’s songs in new guise, as well as rare operatic arias and a concert aria, while Mozart’s recently rediscovered contemporary Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-99), is celebrated with one of his symphonies.

Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202311151930

Saturday 11 November 2023, 7:30pm
Bath MozartFest
Tickets from £20

Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Mozart arr. Jones Der Liebe himmlisches Gefühl K 382h
Mozart A questo seno, deh vieni K 374
Mozart arr. Jones In te spero, oh sposo amato K 400
Mozart Per pietà, bell’idol mio K78/73b
Mozart Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle K 538
Haydn Symphony No 44 in E minor Hob 1:44 Trauersinfonie

David Bates Artistic Director/Harpsichord
Lucy Crowe Soprano

Hard on the heels of an acclaimed season at the Royal Opera House singing Musetta in La Bohème, and performances at this summer’s BBC Proms, Lucy Crowe will once again join forces in Bath with David Bates’ popular period instrument ensemble La Nuova Musica for a programme of delightful concert arias for soprano and orchestra including a selection of musicologist Timothy Jones’ thoughtful completions of unfinished Mozart fragments. These will be followed by Haydn’s Symphony No 44 in E minor 1:44 Trauersinfonie. Translated as Mourning Symphony, the composer requested the slow movement for his own funeral, and the finale is one of Haydn’s most remarkable achievements, the very embodiment of sturm und drang.

Book now: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/mf3-la-nuova-musica/

Friday 28 July 2023, 7:30pm
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
(By kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College)

As we heard at the coronation of King Charles III, Handel’s Zadok the Priest is one of the most spinetingling moments in all music. His other three coronation anthems are an infectious mix of grandeur, celebratory joy and tenderness. Dixit Dominus is another flamboyant choral classic, written to impress Italian audiences when the young composer was flexing his compositional muscles his in Rome. Experience some of Handel’s greatest music in the superlative hands of La Nuova Musica, directed by the vivacious David Bates, one of the most stylish and engaging baroque ensembles (‘open delight and impassioned beauty’, The Times).

Handel – Zadok the Priest
Handel – Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
Handel – The King Shall Rejoice
Handel – My Heart is Inditing
Handel – Dixit Dominus

David Bates Director

Book now: https://cambridgesummermusic.com/csmf-2023-la-nuova-musica/

Friday 7 July 2023, 7:30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

As we heard at the coronation of King Charles III, Handel’s Zadok the Priest is one of the most spinetingling moments in all music. His other three coronation anthems are an infectious mix of grandeur, celebratory joy and tenderness. Dixit Dominus is another flamboyant choral classic, written to impress Italian audiences when the young composer was flexing his compositional muscles his in Rome. Experience some of Handel’s greatest music in the superlative hands of La Nuova Musica, directed by the vivacious David Bates, one of the most stylish and engaging baroque ensembles (‘open delight and impassioned beauty’, The Times).

Handel – Zadok the Priest
Handel – Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
Handel – The King Shall Rejoice
Handel – My Heart is Inditing
Handel – Dixit Dominus

David Bates Director

Book now: https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/handel-coronation-anthems/

Tuesday October 18 at 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall

Following our performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers (Oct 2021) and Madrigals (June 2022), we return to Wigmore for Monteverdi’s final and majestic publication; Selva Morale e Spirituale, set alongside quasi-religious works from L’Orfeo, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, and his eighth book of Madrigals.  Even in Monteverdi’s religious music the human is never far – perfectly articulated in Il Combattimento, and the Prologue from L’Orfeo. Psalm settings for the Vespers bookend our recital, with florid displays of intense religious fervour in motets such as Ego Flos Campi, Audi Coelum, Salve Regina and the impossibly operatic telling of the Pianto della Madonna, showing Monteverdi’s genius in the most human and profound manner possible.

Due to illness, Louise Kemény (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor) and Chris Webb (bass) are unable to perform in the above concert. We are grateful to Ana Beard Fernández (soprano), Simon Wall (tenor) and Edward Grint (bass) who have agreed to step in as a replacement.

Ana Beard Fernández Soprano
Miriam Allan Soprano
Hugh Cutting Countertenor
Rory Carver Tenor
Simon Wall Tenor
Michael Lafferty Bass
Edward Grint Bass

Programme
Beatus vir (primo), from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

Spuntava il dì, from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

Salve Regina 'Audi Coelum', from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

Salve Regina (secondo), from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

Pianto della Madonna, from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

Confitebor tibi Domine (terzo) 'alla francese', from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

INTERVAL 

Prologue from L’Orfeo

Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius, from Selva morale e spirituale (1640-41)

Ego flos campi, from Seconda raccolta de' sacri canti a una, due, tre, et quattro voci, Venice, ed. Lorenzo Calvi (1624)

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda from Madrigali...Libro ottavo (1638)

Dixit Dominus (terzo), from Messa a quattro voci e salmi (1650)

Tickets are available from the Wigmore Hall website.

Tuesday 19 July 2022 at 10:15 PM
Royal Albert Hall

‘Genius’ may be an overworked term but it surely applies to Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. David Bates and La Nuova Musica offer a late-night prom performance with the opera’s full passions and high emotions, its earthy humour and profound tragedy.

David Bates Director
Alice Coote Dido
James Newby Aeneas
Gemma Summerfield Belinda
Madeleine Shaw Sorceress
Nardus Williams Second Lady
Nicky Spence Sailor
Tim Mead Spirit
Helen Charlston First Witch
Martha McLorinan Second Witch

The La Nuova Musica performance will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 19 July 2022 at 10.15pm.

The performance will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and replayed on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 2pm.

Tickets are available from the BBC Proms website.

Saturday July 9 2022, 7:00 PM
St Michael's Church, Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire

Programme includes Handel’s The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Vivaldi’s Summer from ‘The Four Seasons’ and Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik among other favourites.

All ticket sales go towards the upkeep of St Michael’s Church.
To book tickets, please email: richard.willan@me.com

Wednesday June 8 at 7:30 pm
Wigmore Hall

Julia Doyle soprano
Eleanor Minney mezzo soprano
Joseph Wicks high-tenor
Guy Cutting tenor
Ben Durrant tenor
Will Gaunt bass

Monteverdi wrote his madrigals throughout a long and illustrious life - ranging from the brevity and harmonic delicacy of the first book for five solo voices and no continuo, all the way through to the magnificence of Book 8 - complete with obbligato violins and a plethora of continuo instruments. The uniting themes of love, loss and desire are vividly brought to life through Monteverdi's pen and often exquisite texts. Despite them being written over 400 years ago, they speak with immediacy and eternal truth to 21st-century ears.

Tickets available via the Wigmore Hall Website

Sunday May 29 2022 at 11 am
Halle Handel Festival

La Nuova Musica
David Bates conductor
Carlo Vistoli countertenor

La Nuova Musica is joined by star countertenor Carlo Vistoli to explore exceptional arias from Handel’s operas as part of Händel Festspiele 2022, Francke Foundations including pieces from Teseo, Rinaldo, Amadigi, Rodrigo, Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Ariodante.

We are sorry to announce that Iestyn Davies is no longer able to perform in this concert as initially advertised, due to covid. Please join us in wishing Iestyn a speedy recovery and thanking Carlo Vistoli for stepping in at such short notice.
Carlo Vistoli is one of the finest countertenors of our generation. We’re so glad to welcome him to the stage for ‘Handel's Unsung Heroes’

For more information and tickets, please visit the Festival website

Saturday May 21 2022 at 7:30pm
St Martin in the Fields

La Nuova Musica
David Bates conductor
Tim Mead countertenor

La Nuova Musica is joined by star countertenor Tim Mead to explore exceptional arias from Handel’s operas in the Spring Season at St Martin in the Fields including pieces from Teseo, Rinaldo, Amadigi, Rodrigo, Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Ariodante.

We are sorry to announce that Iestyn Davies is no longer able to perform in this concert as initially advertised, due to covid. Please join us in wishing Iestyn a speedy recovery and thanking eminent Handelian Tim Mead for stepping in at such short notice.

Tim Mead is praised for his “alluring” and “consistently excellent” interpretations (New York Times). With his “rich, mellifluous sound” (Guardian), he is recognised as one of the finest across the generations of counter-tenors and one of our long-standing favourite collaborators. We’re so glad to welcome him to the stage for ‘Handel's Unsung Heroes’

For more information and tickets, please visit St Martin in the Fields website

Friday May 20 2022 at 8pm
Brighton Dome

La Nuova Musica
David Bates conductor
Tim Mead countertenor

Arias and instrumental music from Teseo, Rinaldo, Amadigi, Rodrigo, Orlando, 
Giulio Cesare, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Ariodante

We are sorry to announce that Iestyn Davies is no longer able to perform in this concert as initially advertised, due to covid. Please join us in wishing Iestyn a speedy recovery and thanking eminent Handelian Tim Mead for stepping in at such short notice.

Tim Mead is praised for his “alluring” and “consistently excellent” interpretations (New York Times). With his “rich, mellifluous sound” (Guardian), he is recognised as one of the finest across the generations of counter-tenors and one of our long-standing favourite collaborators. We’re so glad to welcome him to the stage for ‘Handel's Unsung Heroes’

Tickets available via the Brighton Festival Website

Performances
Thursday 31 March at 7pm - SOLD OUT
Friday 1 April at 7pm
Saturday 2 April at 7pm

Beauty and innocence are corrupted by lust in Handel’s provocative drama about the dangers of love. The story is simple. Girl loves boy, a rival appears who wants the girl, she refuses and in a fit of passionate rage, he kills the boy.

Surrounded by the gothic beauty of the Stone Nest building, La Nuova Musica skillfully reimagines the iconic fairytale to reveal a dark truth that is familiar to us all. Through the drama of the music, we are compelled to see the best and worst of ourselves in the characters and we are confronted with the cruelty of evolution. Will the desires of the strong will forever dominate the ideals of the weak?

Tickets are available via the London Handel Festival Website

Performers

Musical Director – David Bates

Director – Andrew Staples

Acis – Anthony Gregory

Galatea – Madison Nonoa

Polyphemus – Will Thomas

Damon – James Way

Coridon – David Webb

Venue
Stone Nest

Stone Nest is an arts organisation and performance venue in the heart of London’s West End, bringing experimental art to a wide audience. A hidden gem nestled amidst the bright lights of theatre land, offering a platform for bold, visionary artists and a space where audiences can encounter an eclectic programme of contemporary performance.

Hidden under the chapel you will find Below Stone Nest, a beautiful, atmospheric bar welcoming audiences from 6pm until late.

www.stonenest.org

Performance length 2hr (inc. interval)

We are looking forward to returning to the Wigmore Hall stage for our rendition of the glorious Monteverdi Vespers.

Joanne Lunn Soprano
Julia Doyle Soprano
Ben Johnson Tenor (pictured)
Alessandro Fisher Tenor

Joseph Wicks High Tenor
Nick Todd High Tenor
Ben Vonberg-Clark Tenor
James Arthur Baritone
Christopher Webb Bass Baritone
William Gaunt Bass

Tickets available here