Forthcoming Concerts
Saturday 9 November 2024 - Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon - 8 pm
Handel: Jephtha
Matthew Best conductor
Benjamin Hulett, Jephtha
Helen Charlston, Storge
Rowan Pierce, Iphis
James Hall, Hamor
Academy Baroque Players
A pre-concert talk will be given at 7 pm in the Lower Hall at Sacred Heart Church about this dramatic masterpiece by the renowned Handel scholar Dr Ruth Smith.
Jeptha is now relatively rarely performed (at least when compared with a number of Handel's other oratorios) but is the last that Handel was to write. Handel's vision was failing him when he was writing it (he was blind not too long after completing this work) but Jephtha shows Handel at his dramatic, emotionally charged and creative best.
We will be joined for the concert by our very own Academy Baroque Players and an amazing group of soloists. Please do join us if you possibly can.
Our concerts
We are determined to ensure that our concerts are not just highly enjoyable musical occasions but also an integral part of community life. They offer an opportunity to catch up with friends as well as make new ones; to hear familiar music and - hopefully - also some less familiar music that you will swiftly come to love. They are also events for all ages; we believe very strongly that high quality musical organisations - particularly those with a strong community focus - have a responsibility to share their music with everyone, not just those for whom attending a classical music concert is a routine experience. For that reason we always offer very affordable child tickets throughout our venues as well as affordable full price tickets. We also take our work into schools and invite local schoolchildren and parents to witness our final rehearsals free of charge. If you would like to support or take advantage of these opportunities please do get in touch.
Future concert plans
As yet unscheduled concert plans include the completion of our cycle of the major Handel oratorios, motets by Bruckner and others, Bach's St Matthew Passion, Magnificats by JS Bach, CPE Bach and Arvo Pårt, further great English choral anthems and a series of new commissions.