Performances of George Frideric Handel at BBC Music
(See all works in BBC Music by George Frideric Handel)Tue 21 Jul 2026
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
The Jupiter Ensemble makes its Proms debut with British tenor Laurence Kilsby in a programme celebrating two jewels of the English Renaissance and Baroque – John Dowland and Henry Purcell – as well as ‘honorary’ Englishman George Frideric Handel
The Jupiter Ensemble makes its Proms debut with British tenor Laurence Kilsby in a programme celebrating two jewels of the English Renaissance and Baroque – John Dowland and Henry Purcell – as well as ‘honorary’ Englishman George Frideric Handel
Programme
- Can she excuse my wrongs?(3 mins)
- Now, O now, I needs must part(4 mins)
- The Fairy Queen – ‘If love’s a sweet passion’(5 mins)
- Strike the viol(4 mins)
- An Evening Hymn(5 mins)
- Theodora – ‘From virtue springs each gen’rous deed’(8 mins)
Performers
- Laurence Kilsbytenor
- Thomas Dunforddirector/lute
Seats from £12.20 to £30.56 (including booking fee)
Sun 16 Aug 2026
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes – via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach – in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes – via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach – in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
Programme
- Cradle Song(2 mins)
- Helix(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Dardanus – Gigue (Act 5)orch. Hans Ek
- Dixit Dominus – 'De torrente in via bibet'arr. Hans Ek
- Bulgarian gigue (after French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 – Gigue)
- Les Indes galantes – Les sauvagesarr. Shai Wosner, orch. Hans Ek
- Nomadic Dances(5 mins)Göran and Martin Fröst
- interval
- Symphony No. 7 in A major(38 mins)
Performers
- Martin Fröstconductor/clarinetcomposer
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
