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William Christie and Les Arts Florissants
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William Christie director, harpsichord; Rebecca Leggett mezzo-soprano; Hugh Cutting countertenor; Les Arts Florissants

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Date
Thu 18 Dec 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
£50 £43 £33 £27 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

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The programme for the above concert has been confirmed and will be as below.

Artists

  • William Christiedirector, harpsichord
  • Rebecca Leggettmezzo-soprano
  • Hugh Cuttingcountertenor
  • Les Arts Florissants
    • Emmanuel Resche-Casertaviolin
    • Sophie de Bardonnècheviolin
    • Elena Andreyevcello
    • Simone Vallerotondalute

Programme

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Timon of Athens Z632
        :
      • Hark! how the songsters of the grove
  • John Blow
    1649-1708
      • Amphion Anglicus
        :
      • Ah heav'n! what is't I hear
  • Matthew Locke
    c.1621-1677
      • Suite from The Tempest
        :
      • Curtain Tune
    • Galliard
    • Lilk
  • Thomas Campion
    1567-1620
      • Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore
  • John Blow
      • An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
        :
      • Ye brethren of the lyre, and tuneful voice
      • Paratum cor meum
  • John Dowland
    1563-1626
      • Can she excuse my wrongs
      • Come again, sweet love doth now invite
  • Henry Purcell
      • Hail, bright Cecilia Z328
        :
      • In vain the am'rous flute
      • Come, ye sons of art, away Z323
        :
      • Sound the trumpet

Interval

  • George Frideric Handel
    1685-1759
      • Rinaldo HWV7
        :
      • Overture
      • Theodora HWV68
        :
      • Lord, to thee
      • Jephtha HWV70
        :
      • Up the dreadful steep ascending
      • Semele HWV58
        :
      • You've undone me
      • Concerto Grosso in B flat Op. 6 No. 7 HWV325
        :
      • I. Largo
      • II. Allegro
      • III. Largo e piano
      • V. Hornpipe
      • Semele HWV58
        :
      • Awake, Saturnia
      • Saul HWV53
        :
      • O Lord, whose mercies numberless
      • Theodora HWV68
        :
      • Streams of pleasure…Thither let our hearts aspire
      • Concerto grosso in G Op. 6 No. 1 HWV319
        :
      • III. Adagio
      • IV. Allegro
      • Susanna HWV66
        :
      • To my chaste Susanna's praise

Overview

Les Arts Florissants continues its Wigmore Hall Residency in company with its founder, William Christie. The French ensemble, recreator of the spirit of Baroque performance since 1979, pays homage to music by composers employed by or associated with the English Chapel Royal.

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