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Solomon's Knot
Image credit: © Gerard Collett

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Handel
Solomon's Knot
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Date
Mon 27 May 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

Artists

  • Solomon's Knot
    Baroque Ensemble in Residence
    • Clare Lloyd-Griffithssoprano (as Israelite boy)
    • Zoë Brookshawsoprano (as Esther)
    • James Hallcountertenor (as Priest of the Israelites)
    • David de Wintertenor (as Habdonah, Officer, 2nd Israelite)
    • Joseph Doodytenor (as Mordecai)
    • Thomas Herfordtenor (as 1st Israelite)
    • Xavier Hetheringtontenor (as Ahasuerus)
    • Alex Ashworthbass-baritone (as Haman)
    • Jonathan Sellsartistic director, bass

    Programme

    Overview

    First performed in 1718 at Cannons, the Edgware home of the composer’s patron, the Duke of Chandos, Esther is generally agreed to be the first English oratorio. It was a work Handel returned to more than once, including in 1732, when it became the first in a long series of oratorios he offered to the public in his later years.

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