Artiste: Jörg Bittner

Handel's 1707 allegorical Italian oratorio is brought to stunning life by a brilliant quartet of singers and the impeccable FestspielOrchester Göttigen under festival director George Petrou. 

Although a British composer by birth, Rebecca Saunders is most respected in Germany, where she has spent much of her working life. Her latest project was an immersive choreographed programme with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie based around her violin concerto still.