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LondonThe OAE Plays Mozart and Haydn

BBC Proms
Zelenka, Mozart, Haydn
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Peter Whelan; Erin Morley; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; William Thomas

LondonAncient Greek Meze

Barbican
Woolrich, Charpentier, Haydn, Strawinsky, Britten
Britten Sinfonia; Helen Charlston

LondonHelen Charlston / Sholto Kynoch

Wigmore Hall
Mompou, Hahn, Monteverdi, Viardot-García, Boulanger, Schumann, Bach, Schubert, Semple, Ravel, Charpentier
Helen Charlston; Sholto Kynoch

LondonChristmas Oratorio: Parts 1 – 3

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Zelenka, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; Florian Störtz

LondonChristmas Oratorio: Parts 4 – 6

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Zelenka, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; Florian Störtz

MiddlesbroughHandel's Messiah

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Händel: Messias
Royal Northern Sinfonia; Sofi Jeannin; Hilary Cronin; Helen Charlston; Benjamin Hulett; Luthando Qave
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Lucio Papirio bei den digitalen Händel-Festspielen Halle

Zur Aufführung gelangte ein neuzeitlich premiertes Opern-Pasticcio, dem das junge Ensemble mit innewohnender Entdeckerlust und stimmlichen Fähigkeiten zu einem – damals noch versagten – Erfolg verhalf.
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Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium am richtigen Platz bei Live from London

Paul McCreesh fand mit seinem Ensemble eine herzerwärmende Mischung universell wohltuender Festlichkeit.
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Apollonian radiance and women scorned: the Britten Sinfonia at Snape

Helen Charlston and the Britten Sinfonia © Marcus Roth
Hell holds no fury like a woman scorned, and it was certainly so in Greek mythology, celebrated in this outstanding Aldeburgh Festival performance by the Britten Sinfonia and Helen Charlston.
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Cummings and the AAM win ‘Leipzig's Got Talent’

Helen Charlston, Rowan Pierce, Nick Pritchard and Ben Kazez with the AAM © Mark Allan
The Academy of Ancient Music poses the question what might have been in Leipzig with stunning performances of Bach and his competitors to be the new Thomaskantor. 
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Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

Mary Bevan (Neola) and Julia Bullock (Scientist) © Marco Borggreve

British singers Mary Bevan and Roderick Williams lead the cast in Dutch National Opera’s latest ground-breaking opera, merging live music with pre-recorded film and electronics.

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John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

Helen Charlston and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Mark Allan
The Queen of Sheba is clearly in a hurry in this account of Handel's oratorio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. 
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