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Thomas Dunford and Lea Desandre

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Lea Desandre mezzo-soprano; Jupiter Ensemble; Thomas Dunford director, lute

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Date
Wed 24 Jun 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £37 £33 £27 £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

Important Information

Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

Artists

  • Lea Desandremezzo-soprano
  • Jupiter Ensemble
    • Thomas Dunforddirector, lute

    Programme

    • George Frideric Handel
      1685-1759
        • Theodora HWV68
          :
        • With Darkness
        • Occasional Oratorio HWV62
          :
        • Fly from the threat'ning vengeance, fly
        • Dances from Terpsicore
        • Theodora HWV68
          :
        • As with rosy steps the Morn
        • Joseph and his Brethren HWV59
          :
        • Prophetic raptures swell my breast
        • Suite from Theodora
        • Solomon HWV67
          :
        • Will the sun forget to streak
        • Suite in D minor HWV437
          :
        • III. Saraband
        • The Triumph of Time and Truth HWV71
          :
        • Guardian angels, oh, protect me
        • Semele HWV58
          :
        • No, no! I'll take no less

    Overview

    Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble and French-Italian soprano Lea Desandre step into the thick of Handel’s oratorios and other works for London to embrace some of the composer’s most expressive arias, none more affecting than 'With darkness deep, as is my woe' from Theodora and the sublime 'Guardian angels, oh, protect me', a ravishing number from the 1757 version of The Triumph of Time and Truth. They conclude with the vocal pyrotechnics of 'No, no! I'll take no less', the mortal Semele’s command to the god Jupiter!

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