Smith Square HallSmith Square, London, London, Greater London, SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom
Festival: London Handel Festival
Dates/times in London time zone
| Wednesday 18 February 2026 | 19:00 |
Programme
| Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) | Saul |
Performers
| Jonathan Cohen | Conductor, Harpsichord | |
| Arcangelo | ||
| Arcangelo Chorus | ||
| Neal Davies | Bass | Samuel |
| Archie Inns | Tenor | Amalekite |
| Emőke Baráth | Soprano | Merab |
| Jessica Cale | Soprano | Michal |
| Hugo Herman-Wilson | Baritone | Abner |
| Liam Bonthrone | Tenor | High Priest |
| Linard Vrielink | Tenor | Jonathan |
| Matthew Long | Tenor | Witch of Endor |
| Malachy Frame | Baritone | Doeg |
| Christopher Purves | Baritone | Saul |
| Hugh Cutting | Countertenor | David |
The London Handel Festival’s Principal Ensemble in Residence, Arcangelo, open the 2026 Festival From Heavenly Harmony in style with an unmissable concert performance of one of Handel’s greatest oratorios.
Last performed at LHF over 30 years ago, Saul is without question one of Handel’s most dramatic and moving works. With themes of jealousy, love, loss, and betrayal, this oratorio represents Handel at his most emotionally engaging and musically thrilling.
Conductor and LHF Artistic Adviser Jonathan Cohen is joined on stage by over 70 performers, including a line-up of world-class soloists, in one of London’s great Baroque spaces for an opening night to remember.
