Handel

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

Date
Wed 24 Jun 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 65 minutes in duration, without an interval

Availability

Live stream starts at Wed 24 Jun 2026 8.00pm BST

Important Information

This concert will be live streamed on this page in HD. The video will be available on demand for 30 days after the date of the broadcast.

Change of Concert Duration
Please note that this concert will be approximately 65 minutes in duration, without an interval. The programme remains the same.

Artists

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

    Gallery

    Thomas Dunford and Lea Desandre

    Programme

        • Theodora HWV68
          :
        • With Darkness
        • Occasional Oratorio HWV62
          :
        • Fly from the Threat'ning Vengeance, Fly!
        • Dances from Terpsicore
          :
        • Prelude
        • Chaconne
        • Sarabande
        • Gigue
        • 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. Sarabande
        • 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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