Bach, Handel and Purcell masterpieces, conducted by Jonathan Sells
Purcell Hear my prayer
Purcell Funeral sentences
J.S. Bach Der Geist hilft
J.C. Bach Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte (Lamento)
J.S. Bach Singet dem herrn
interval
Purcell Jehova
Handel Dixit Dominus
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Jonathan Sells Conductor
Soloists:
Zoë Brookshaw Soprano
Chloë Morgan Soprano
Reginald Mobley Countertenor
Hugo Hymas Tenor
Florian Störtz Bass
Following their thrilling performances of Bach Motets with Jonathan Sells at the Leipzig Bach Festival in 2024, the Monteverdi Choir performs two of J.S. Bach’s miniature masterpieces in 2025, alongside Handel’s barnstorming setting of Psalm 110, Dixit Dominus. This concert will allow the Choir and English Baroque Soloists to unleash the full range of their expressive potential, from the plangent intimacy of Purcell’s Funeral sentences to Handel’s virtuosic vocal and instrumental writing.
Mon 4 August 2025, 7.30pm
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
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Thu 4 September 2025, 7.30pm
Chapel of St Peter & St Paul, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich London
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