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Handel's Brockes Passion resurrected by Harry Bicket and The English Concert

Harry Bicket
© Thomas Bowles Photography
Soloists and The English Concert
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“it is much more than a curiosity of his catalogue”
Reviewed at St George's, Hanover Square, London on 27 March 2024
Handel, Brockes Passion, HWV 48
Harry Bicket, Conductor
The English Concert
Hilary Cronin, Soprano
Nardus Williams, Soprano
Jess Dandy, Contralto
Robert Murray, Tenor
Morgan Pearse, Baritone
A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington
****1
Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera
****1
Rameau meets The Kardashians: Platée at Garsington
***11
Heavenly Bach from Iestyn Davies at the BBC Proms
****1
Top Mozart from Kristian Bezuidenhout and The English Concert
*****
Fine cast shines in Garsington's new Mitridate
***11
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