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Mozart C Minor Mass
Monday 10 November 2025, 7:30pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Book now: https://www.musicatoxford.com/whats-on/la-nuova-musica/
Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae
Mozart Il padre Perdei (from Idomeneo)
Handel, arr. Mozart Thine be the Glory (from Judas Maccabaeus)
Mozart Mass in C Minor
Featuring:
David Bates Artistic Director
Elinor Rolfe-Johnson Soprano
Chiara Skerath Soprano
Schola Cantorum Oxford
Dark, powerful and ethereal, Mozart’s breathtaking Mass is the climax of this concert. A piece which shows the influence of earlier composers such as Bach and Handel, it is nonetheless unmistakably Mozart, drawing on his dramatic flair seen more often on the operatic stage and his skilful marriage of words and music.
Also on the programme is Haydn’s Insane and stupid worries flood our mind, a dramatic and incisive start to the evening, plus Thine be the Glory, perhaps better known now as a hymn.
The dynamic and brilliant La Nuova Musica bring this all to life in the surrounds of the Sheldonian Theatre.
Mozart C Minor Mass
Thursday 13 November 2025, 7:30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Book now: https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/la-nuova-musica-mozart-c-minor-mass/
Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae
Mozart Il padre Perdei (from Idomeneo)
Handel, arr. Mozart Thine be the Glory (from Judas Maccabaeus)
Mozart Mass in C Minor
Featuring:
David Bates Artistic Director
Elinor Rolfe-Johnson Soprano
Chiara Skerath Soprano
Schola Cantorum Oxford
Mozart’s mighty C minor Mass – the climax of an evening of 18th century vocal music at its most powerful from La Nuova Musica and Schola Cantorum Oxford.
No-one truly knows why Mozart wrote his towering Mass in C minor, or why he left it unfinished. Some say that it was composed in fulfilment of a vow; others maintain that it’s even greater than his Requiem. But everyone who hears it agrees that it’s one of the mightiest and most affecting of choral masterpieces, and for David Bates and La Nuova Musica, it deserves to be treated like the jewel it is. Two outstanding solo singers join the choral forces of Schola Cantorum Oxford to give it a truly magnificent setting, including rarely-heard rediscoveries by Mozart’s friend Haydn, and his inspiration, Handel.
History’s Lovers at Wigmore Hall
Wednesday 28 May 2025, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202505281930
Telemann: Suite Don Quixote
Arias from Handel Alcina:
Di’ cor mio
Ah, mio cor, schernito sei
Ah Ruggiero crudel... Ombre pallide
Interval
Arias from Handel Rodelinda:
Rodelinda Overture
Ritorna o caro
Se’l mio duol non é si forte
Handel Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No.9 in F major HWV 327
Telemann Su, mio core, a la vendetta
Featuring:
David Bates, Director
Jacquelyn Stucker, Soprano
Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel, two giants of Baroque music, were teenagers in Germany when they met. Life separated them thereafter, Handel eventually moving to England and becoming the key figure in London’s musical life in the first half of the 18th century. Telemann stayed put and, after famously turning down the post at St Thomas Church in Leipzig leaving it to be filled by Johann Sebastian Bach, remained in Hamburg. Handel and Telemann remained friends and kept in touch throughout their life. This programme contrasts some of their greatest music. Suites from Telemann’s Don Quixote and Orpheus frame some of Handel’s most beautiful and powerful arias from his operas Alicina and Rodelinda sung by the wonderful young American soprano, Jacquelyn Stucker.
History’s Lovers at Salisbury Medieval Hall
Tuesday 27 May 2025, 7:30pm
Salisbury Medieval Hall
Book now: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/lanuovamusica/t-lngjkmx
Telemann: Suite Don Quixote
Arias from Handel Alcina:
Di’ cor mio
Ah, mio cor, schernito sei
Ah Ruggiero crudel... Ombre pallide
Interval
Arias from Handel Rodelinda:
Rodelinda Overture
Ritorna o caro
Se’l mio duol non é si forte
Handel Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No.9 in F major HWV 327
Telemann Su, mio core, a la vendetta
Featuring:
David Bates, Director
Jacquelyn Stucker, Soprano
Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel, two giants of Baroque music, were teenagers in Germany when they met. Life separated them thereafter, Handel eventually moving to England and becoming the key figure in London’s musical life in the first half of the 18th century. Telemann stayed put and, after famously turning down the post at St Thomas Church in Leipzig leaving it to be filled by Johann Sebastian Bach, remained in Hamburg. Handel and Telemann remained friends and kept in touch throughout their life. This programme contrasts some of their greatest music. Suites from Telemann’s Don Quixote and Orpheus frame some of Handel’s most beautiful and powerful arias from his operas Alicina and Rodelinda sung by the wonderful young American soprano, Jacquelyn Stucker.
History’s Lovers at Trinity College Oxford
Sunday 11 May 2025, 2:30pm
Trinity College, Oxford
Book now: History’s Lovers at Trinity College Oxford
Telemann: Suite Don Quixote
Arias from Handel Alcina: Di’ cor mio, Ah, mio cor, schernito sei, Ah! Ruggiero crudel!..Ombre pallide
Interval
Arias from Handel Rodelinda: Overture, Ritorna o caro, Se’l mio duol non é si forte
Telemann Orpheus Suite, Su mio core al la vendetta
Featuring:
David Bates, Director
Samantha Clarke, Soprano
Georg Philipp Telemann and Georg Frederick Handel, two giants of Baroque music, were German teenagers when they met. Life separated them thereafter, Handel eventually moving to England and becoming the key figure in London’s musical life in the first half of the 18th century. Telemann stayed put and, after famously turning down the post at St Thomas Church in Leipzig leaving it to be filled by Johann Sebastian Bach, remained in Hamburg. Handel and Telemann remained friends and kept in touch throughout their life. Part of the Trinity Recitals in May 2025, this programme contrasts some of their greatest music. Suites from Telemann’s Don Quixote and Orpheus frame some of Handel’s most beautiful and powerful arias from his operas Alicina and Rodelinda sung by the wonderful soprano, Samantha Clarke.
London Handel Festival 2025: Tales of Apollo and Hercules (evening)
Saturday 29 March 2025, 7pm
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Book now: A Mythical Double Bill: Tales of Apollo & Hercules – London Handel Festival
Handel - Apollo e Dafne HWV 122
Handel - The Choice of Hercules HWV 69
Featuring:
Apollo Dan D’Souza
Dafne Lauren Lodge-Campbell
Hercules James Hall
Pleasure Samantha Clarke
Virtue Bethany Horak-Hallett
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New English Ballet Theatre
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Musical Director David Bates
Director Thomas Guthrie
Choreographer Valentino Zucchetti
Lighting Designer Emma Chapman
A brand new production in collaboration with Handel Opera Studio and New English Ballet Theatre for London Handel Festival in March 2025. Tales of Apollo and Hercules tells the dramatic stories of two half-brothers, exploring their quests for love, their struggles, and their acceptance of fate. Directed by the acclaimed Thomas Guthrie and choreographed by rising star Valentino Zucchetti, this production promises an enchanting evening of drama and dance. With music by La Nuova Musica, conducted by David Bates, and a talented cast of soloists, this is set to be one of the standout Handel events of 2025. Be sure to book your tickets early, as it's expected to sell out!
London Handel Festival 2025: Tales of Apollo and Hercules (matinee)
Saturday 29 March 2025, 2pm
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Book now: A Mythical Double Bill: Tales of Apollo & Hercules – London Handel Festival
Handel - Apollo e Dafne HWV 122
Handel - The Choice of Hercules HWV 69
Featuring:
Apollo Dan D’Souza
Dafne Lauren Lodge-Campbell
Hercules James Hall
Pleasure Samantha Clarke
Virtue Bethany Horak-Hallett
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New English Ballet Theatre
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Musical Director David Bates
Director Thomas Guthrie
Choreographer Valentino Zucchetti
Lighting Designer Emma Chapman
A brand new production in collaboration with Handel Opera Studio and New English Ballet Theatre for London Handel Festival in March 2025. Tales of Apollo and Hercules tells the dramatic stories of two half-brothers, exploring their quests for love, their struggles, and their acceptance of fate. Directed by the acclaimed Thomas Guthrie and choreographed by rising star Valentino Zucchetti, this production promises an enchanting evening of drama and dance. With music by La Nuova Musica, conducted by David Bates, and a talented cast of soloists, this is set to be one of the standout Handel events of 2025. Be sure to book your tickets early, as it's expected to sell out!
London Handel Festival 2025: Tales of Apollo and Hercules
Friday 28 March 2025, 7pm
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Book now: A Mythical Double Bill: Tales of Apollo & Hercules – London Handel Festival
Handel - Apollo e Dafne HWV 122
Handel - The Choice of Hercules HWV 69
Featuring:
Apollo Dan D’Souza
Dafne Lauren Lodge-Campbell
Hercules James Hall
Pleasure Samantha Clarke
Virtue Bethany Horak-Hallett
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New English Ballet Theatre
-
Musical Director David Bates
Director Thomas Guthrie
Choreographer Valentino Zucchetti
Lighting Designer Emma Chapman
A brand new production in collaboration with Handel Opera Studio and New English Ballet Theatre for London Handel Festival in March 2025. Tales of Apollo and Hercules tells the dramatic stories of two half-brothers, exploring their quests for love, their struggles, and their acceptance of fate. Directed by the acclaimed Thomas Guthrie and choreographed by rising star Valentino Zucchetti, this production promises an enchanting evening of drama and dance. With music by La Nuova Musica, conducted by David Bates, and a talented cast of soloists, this is set to be one of the standout Handel events of 2025. Be sure to book your tickets early, as it's expected to sell out!
London Handel Festival 2025: Tales of Apollo and Hercules
Thursday 27 March 2025, 7pm
Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Book now: A Mythical Double Bill: Tales of Apollo & Hercules – London Handel Festival
Handel - Apollo e Dafne HWV 122
Handel - The Choice of Hercules HWV 69
Featuring:
Apollo Dan D’Souza
Dafne Lauren Lodge-Campbell
Hercules James Hall
Pleasure Samantha Clarke
Virtue Bethany Horak-Hallett
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New English Ballet Theatre
-
Musical Director David Bates
Director Thomas Guthrie
Choreographer Valentino Zucchetti
Lighting Designer Emma Chapman
A brand new production in collaboration with Handel Opera Studio and New English Ballet Theatre for London Handel Festival in March 2025. Tales of Apollo and Hercules tells the dramatic stories of two half-brothers, exploring their quests for love, their struggles, and their acceptance of fate. Directed by the acclaimed Thomas Guthrie and choreographed by rising star Valentino Zucchetti, this production promises an enchanting evening of drama and dance. With music by La Nuova Musica, conducted by David Bates, and a talented cast of soloists, this is set to be one of the standout Handel events of 2025. Be sure to book your tickets early, as it's expected to sell out!
Forum Agostino Steffani: Drama und Oratorium
Saturday 22 February 2025, 7:30pm
Galerie Herrenhausen, Hannover
Book now: https://www.hannover.de/Herrenhausen/Veranstaltungen/Termine/Herrenhausen-Barock/Forum-Agostino-Steffani-Drama-und-Oratorium
Agostino Steffani Triduanas a Domino
Giacomo Carissimi Jephte
Agostino Steffani Qui Diligit Mariam
Marc-Antoine Charpentier La Descente d'Orfeo
Featuring:
Voktett Hannover
Anna Dennis, soprano
Nick Pritchard, tenor
David Bates, conductor
Herrenhausen Barock and Forum Agostino Steffani present the opening concert of the 8th Steffani Festival Week where we will be making our debut. Expect powerful music by Steffani, Carissimi and Charpentier, featuring top English soloists Anna Dennis and Nick Pritchard who will be joined by Voktett Hannover.
Charpentier Te Deum
Tuesday 18 February 2025, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202502181930
Charpentier Te Deum H 146
Charpentier La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers H 488
Featuring:
Voktett Hannover
Anna Dennis, soprano
Nick Pritchard, tenor
David Bates, conductor
David Bates leads La Nuova Musica in two consummate works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, glorious echoes of French musical life under Louis XIV. The Te Deum, with its famous Prélude, prefaces Charpentier’s heart-rending chamber opera, first performed for the Dauphin of France.
Christmas Concert at Wigmore Hall
Thursday 12 December 2024, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202412121930
David Bates, Artistic Director/Harpsichord
Lucy Crowe, Soprano
Gregorian Chant - O come o Come, Emmanuelle
Anon - Angelus ad virginem & Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging
Antonia Bertali - Chiaccona
Anon - Nina nanna
Giovanni Kapsberger - Figlio dormi
Michel Delalande - Noẽls en Trio, Premier Livre
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Noẽls sur les instruments H534
Trad/French - Noẽl nouvalet
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Hildegard of Bingen - O viridissima virga
Franz Tunder - Ein Kleines Kindelein
Anon - Gaudete!
Gustav Holst - In the bleak mid winter
Trad/French - Quelle est cette odeur agreable
Marc Heyral - Le Noël de la rue (Edith Piaf)
Adolphe Adam - Minuit, Chrétien, c'est l'heure solennelle
In the lead-up to Christmas the widely-ranging British soprano presents a seasonal programme in collaboration with a rising star amongst period ensembles.
Christmas Concert at Salisbury Medieval Hall
Wednesday 11 December 2024, 7pm
Salisbury Medieval Hall
Book now: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/lanuovamusica/t-gamdezk
David Bates, Artistic Director/Harpsichord
Lucy Crowe, Soprano
This special concert for Christmas will feature La Nuova Musica favourite, Lucy Crowe in a festive tapestry of sublime Christmas songs and music.
The programme take us from medieval Christmas songs through Baroque and traditional carols to 21st century popular songs. An evening of stunning beauty - uplifting and resonating with the spirit of Christmas. From Hildegard of Bingen via Adolph Adam and Gustav Holst to Edith Piaf and beyond...
Gregorian Chant - O come o Come, Emmanuelle
Anon - Angelus ad virginem & Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging
Antonia Bertali - Chiaccona
Anon - Nina nanna
Giovanni Kapsberger - Figlio dormi
Michel Delalande - Noẽls en Trio, Premier Livre
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Noẽls sur les instruments H534
Trad/French - Noẽl nouvalet
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Hildegard of Bingen - O viridissima virga
Franz Tunder - Ein Kleines Kindelein
Anon - Gaudete!
Gustav Holst - In the bleak mid winter
Trad/French - Quelle est cette odeur agreable
Marc Heyral - Le Noël de la rue (Edith Piaf)
Adolphe Adam - Minuit, Chrétien, c'est l'heure solennelle
Haydn’s The Creation
Thursday 14 November 2024, 7.30pm
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book now: https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/la-nuova-musica-haydns-the-creation/
Haydn - The Creation
Sung in English
Featuring:
Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Soprano
Andrew Staples, Tenor
James Platt, Bass
In the beginning, there was the Word – but for Joseph Haydn, there was music too: some of the freshest ever written. ‘When I think of God, I can write only cheerful music’, he said, and his oratorio The Creation is powered by a sense of joy that embraces both earthworms and angels. But Haydn’s vision of a universe emerging from chaos also inspired music of cosmic grandeur, and with a group as spirited as La Nuova Musica, a conductor as expert as David Bates, and a truly stellar line up of soloists, this is a concert to light up a November night.
Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Tuesday 29 October 2024, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202410291930
Handel - Rinaldo HWV7 Overture
Handel - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV72
Featuring:
Lucy Crowe, Soprano (as Aci)
Fleur Barron, Mezzo-soprano (as Galatea)
Luigi De Donato, Bass (as Poifemo)
David Bates and La Nuova Musica and an all star cast tackle Handel’s Italian cantata, first performed in Naples in 1708. Aci, Galatea and Polifemo has a similar plot to his better-known English serenata Acis and Galatea of 1718, but an almost entirely different score full of wonderful music. Aci lacks an overture, so that to Handel’s first London opera Rinaldo (1711) is co-opted for this occasion.
Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea at The Grange Festival
Saturday 22 June 2024, 5pm
The Grange Festival
Book now: https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/productions/poppea/
Love conquers all in ancient Rome. The baddies win, the goodies are banished or killed. Social advancement and power politics govern Monteverdi’s soap opera: the first great work of baroque musical theatre. A stellar international cast includes the return to The Grange Festival of Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus (Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Agrippina) as the rejected empress Ottavia, and Raffaele Pe (Agrippina and Tamerlano) as Nero. Another Grange Festival favourite, Kitty Whately is Poppea. And we welcome acclaimed American counter-tenor Christopher Lowery as Ottone, New Zealand Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Seneca and the popular German soprano Vanessa Waldhart as Drusilla. The groundbreaking instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica is led by David Bates. Our new production, in partnership with Oper Halle, will be created by director Walter Sutcliffe and designer Jon Bausor, the team whose brilliant Agrippina at The Grange Festival in 2018 caused such a stir.
The performance will be sung in Italian.
Librettist — Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Orchestra — La Nuova Musica
David Bates - Conductor
Walter Sutcliffe - Director
Jon Bausor - Designer
Wolfgang Goebbel - Lighting Designer
Kitty Whately - Poppea/Fortuna
Vanessa Waldhart - Drusilla/Amore
Anna Bonitatibus - Ottavia/Virtu
Christopher Lowrey - Ottone
Sam Furness - Nero
Jonathan Lemalu - Seneca
Frances Gregory - Arnalta/Famigliare 1
Fiona Kimm - Nutrice
Gwilym Bowen - Soldato 1/Lucano/Famigliare 2
Jorge Navarro Colorado - Soldato 2/Libreto
Armand Rabot - Mercurio/Famigliare 3
Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea at The Grange Festival
Thursday 20 June 2024, 5pm
The Grange Festival
Book now: https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/productions/poppea/
Love conquers all in ancient Rome. The baddies win, the goodies are banished or killed. Social advancement and power politics govern Monteverdi’s soap opera: the first great work of baroque musical theatre. A stellar international cast includes the return to The Grange Festival of Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus (Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Agrippina) as the rejected empress Ottavia, and Raffaele Pe (Agrippina and Tamerlano) as Nero. Another Grange Festival favourite, Kitty Whately is Poppea. And we welcome acclaimed American counter-tenor Christopher Lowery as Ottone, New Zealand Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Seneca and the popular German soprano Vanessa Waldhart as Drusilla. The groundbreaking instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica is led by David Bates. Our new production, in partnership with Oper Halle, will be created by director Walter Sutcliffe and designer Jon Bausor, the team whose brilliant Agrippina at The Grange Festival in 2018 caused such a stir.
The performance will be sung in Italian.
Librettist — Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Orchestra — La Nuova Musica
David Bates - Conductor
Walter Sutcliffe - Director
Jon Bausor - Designer
Wolfgang Goebbel - Lighting Designer
Kitty Whately - Poppea/Fortuna
Vanessa Waldhart - Drusilla/Amore
Anna Bonitatibus - Ottavia/Virtu
Christopher Lowrey - Ottone
Sam Furness - Nero
Jonathan Lemalu - Seneca
Frances Gregory - Arnalta/Famigliare 1
Fiona Kimm - Nutrice
Gwilym Bowen - Soldato 1/Lucano/Famigliare 2
Jorge Navarro Colorado - Soldato 2/Libreto
Armand Rabot - Mercurio/Famigliare 3
Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea at The Grange Festival
Sunday 16 June 2024, 5pm
The Grange Festival
Book now: https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/productions/poppea/
Love conquers all in ancient Rome. The baddies win, the goodies are banished or killed. Social advancement and power politics govern Monteverdi’s soap opera: the first great work of baroque musical theatre. A stellar international cast includes the return to The Grange Festival of Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus (Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Agrippina) as the rejected empress Ottavia, and Raffaele Pe (Agrippina and Tamerlano) as Nero. Another Grange Festival favourite, Kitty Whately is Poppea. And we welcome acclaimed American counter-tenor Christopher Lowery as Ottone, New Zealand Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Seneca and the popular German soprano Vanessa Waldhart as Drusilla. The groundbreaking instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica is led by David Bates. Our new production, in partnership with Oper Halle, will be created by director Walter Sutcliffe and designer Jon Bausor, the team whose brilliant Agrippina at The Grange Festival in 2018 caused such a stir.
The performance will be sung in Italian.
Librettist — Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Orchestra — La Nuova Musica
David Bates - Conductor
Walter Sutcliffe - Director
Jon Bausor - Designer
Wolfgang Goebbel - Lighting Designer
Kitty Whately - Poppea/Fortuna
Vanessa Waldhart - Drusilla/Amore
Anna Bonitatibus - Ottavia/Virtu
Christopher Lowrey - Ottone
Sam Furness - Nero
Jonathan Lemalu - Seneca
Frances Gregory - Arnalta/Famigliare 1
Fiona Kimm - Nutrice
Gwilym Bowen - Soldato 1/Lucano/Famigliare 2
Jorge Navarro Colorado - Soldato 2/Libreto
Armand Rabot - Mercurio/Famigliare 3
John Blow's Venus and Adonis
Saturday 15 June 2024, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Tickets £50 £42 £32 £26 £18
Book now: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202406151930
Programme:
Giacomo Carissimi Jephte
Luke Styles Jephthah’s Daughter (world première)
John Blow Venus and Adonis
Featuring:
Anna Dennis soprano
Jake Arditti countertenor
Joshua Ellicott tenor
Benjamin Appl baritone
David Bates Artistic Director/Harpsichord
Supported by the Continuo Foundation, Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.
To a programme including two Baroque masterpieces – Carissimi’s oratorio (c.1648) and Blow’s opera (c.1681-4) – La Nuova Musica adds some new music in the shape of an oratorio by the British/Australian composer, whose Voices of Power won an immediate success at the 2022 Three Choirs Festival.
Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea at The Grange Festival
Friday 14 June 2024, 5pm
The Grange Festival
Book now: https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/productions/poppea/
Love conquers all in ancient Rome. The baddies win, the goodies are banished or killed. Social advancement and power politics govern Monteverdi’s soap opera: the first great work of baroque musical theatre. A stellar international cast includes the return to The Grange Festival of Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus (Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Agrippina) as the rejected empress Ottavia, and Raffaele Pe (Agrippina and Tamerlano) as Nero. Another Grange Festival favourite, Kitty Whately is Poppea. And we welcome acclaimed American counter-tenor Christopher Lowery as Ottone, New Zealand Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Seneca and the popular German soprano Vanessa Waldhart as Drusilla. The groundbreaking instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica is led by David Bates. Our new production, in partnership with Oper Halle, will be created by director Walter Sutcliffe and designer Jon Bausor, the team whose brilliant Agrippina at The Grange Festival in 2018 caused such a stir.
The performance will be sung in Italian.
Librettist — Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Orchestra — La Nuova Musica
David Bates - Conductor
Walter Sutcliffe - Director
Jon Bausor - Designer
Wolfgang Goebbel - Lighting Designer
Kitty Whately - Poppea/Fortuna
Vanessa Waldhart - Drusilla/Amore
Anna Bonitatibus - Ottavia/Virtu
Christopher Lowrey - Ottone
Sam Furness - Nero
Jonathan Lemalu - Seneca
Frances Gregory - Arnalta/Famigliare 1
Fiona Kimm - Nutrice
Gwilym Bowen - Soldato 1/Lucano/Famigliare 2
Jorge Navarro Colorado - Soldato 2/Libreto
Armand Rabot - Mercurio/Famigliare 3
Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea at The Grange Festival
Friday 7 June 2024, 5pm
The Grange Festival
Book now: https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/productions/poppea/
Love conquers all in ancient Rome. The baddies win, the goodies are banished or killed. Social advancement and power politics govern Monteverdi’s soap opera: the first great work of baroque musical theatre. A stellar international cast includes the return to The Grange Festival of Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus (Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Agrippina) as the rejected empress Ottavia, and Raffaele Pe (Agrippina and Tamerlano) as Nero. Another Grange Festival favourite, Kitty Whately is Poppea. And we welcome acclaimed American counter-tenor Christopher Lowery as Ottone, New Zealand Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Seneca and the popular German soprano Vanessa Waldhart as Drusilla. The groundbreaking instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica is led by David Bates. Our new production, in partnership with Oper Halle, will be created by director Walter Sutcliffe and designer Jon Bausor, the team whose brilliant Agrippina at The Grange Festival in 2018 caused such a stir.
The performance will be sung in Italian.
Librettist — Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Orchestra — La Nuova Musica
David Bates - Conductor
Walter Sutcliffe - Director
Jon Bausor - Designer
Wolfgang Goebbel - Lighting Designer
Kitty Whately - Poppea/Fortuna
Vanessa Waldhart - Drusilla/Amore
Anna Bonitatibus - Ottavia/Virtu
Christopher Lowrey - Ottone
Sam Furness - Nero
Jonathan Lemalu - Seneca
Frances Gregory - Arnalta/Famigliare 1
Fiona Kimm - Nutrice
Gwilym Bowen - Soldato 1/Lucano/Famigliare 2
Jorge Navarro Colorado - Soldato 2/Libreto
Armand Rabot - Mercurio/Famigliare 3
Arianna in Creta HWV 32 at London Handel Festival
Saturday 20 April 2024, 3:30pm
St George's, Hanover Square
Tickets £15 – £65 (please note, £15 tickets have heavily restricted views)
Book now: https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/2024-arianna-in-creta-hwv-32/?event=43201
Featuring:
Arianna Hilary Cronin
Teseo Beth Taylor
Carilda Sonia Prina
Alceste Louise Kemeney
Tauride Patrick Terry
Minos/Il Sonno Darwin Prakash
David Bates Artistic Director
London Handel Festival favourites La Nuova Musica and their dynamic Musical Director David Bates return to close the Spring Awakenings Festival with a concert performance of the sublime three-act Italian opera Arianna in Creta. First performed in 1734 at the King’s Theatre, Arianna in Creta is a powerful work recounting the tempestuous Greek legend of Theseus and Arianna on the magical island of Crete.
Featuring a highly acclaimed cast including two International Handel Singing Competition alumni and international Handel superstar Sonia Prina, who makes her debut at the Festival singing the role of Carilda.
Come and experience this rare performance of an operatic treasure in the beautiful setting of Handel’s church.
Mozart Symphonies and arias with soprano Lucy Crowe
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.
Mozart Recital with Anthony Roth Costanzo
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
Bath MozartFest
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/
Zadok the Priest: Handel’s Coronation Anthems at Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2023
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/
Zadok the Priest: Handel’s Coronation Anthems at St-Martin-in-the-Fields
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/
Monteverdi Selva Morale e Spirituale
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.
Dido and Aeneas, BBC Late Night Prom
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.
Compton Chamberlayne recital with Lucy Crowe
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
Monteverdi Madrigals
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
Handel's Unsung Heroes at Halle Handel Festival
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