Artists
- The English Concert
- Harry Bicketdirector
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Harry Bicket
Image credit: © Richard Haughton
Bach, Charpentier, Purcell and Stradella
The English Concert; Harry Bicket
- Date
- Sat 21 Dec 2024, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £50 £42 £32 £26 £18
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier1643-1704
- In nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi canticum H414
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Behold, I bring you glad tidings Z2
- Alessandro Stradella1639-1682
- Si apra al riso ogni labro
Interval
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Magnificat in E flat BWV243a
Overview
Under the artistic direction of Harry Bicket, The English Concert has earned a reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty. The ensemble's festive programme culminates in Bach's first major liturgical composition on a Latin text, with Christmas interpolations.