Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano, Magdalena Loth-Hill, Gabriella Jones violins, Elitsa Bogdanova viola, Jonathan Byers cello, Jonatan Bougt theorbo, Satoko Doi-Luck harpsichord

George Friderich Handel: Arias from Giulio Cesare and other operas

Henry Purcell: The cares of lovers, I love and I must

Claudio Monteverdi: Si dolce tormento

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Quel prix de mon amour (Médée)

Three hundred years ago this year Handel's Giulio Cesare had its premiere at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket. This programme showcases arias from that work and from other Handel operas and oratorios spanning the whole of his career, from the 1711 Rinaldo to Jephtha, written in 1750, just a few years before his death.

The arias Helen will be singing, including works by three earlier composers, focus on love in its many forms. Full of emotion, they run the whole gamut - from love’s initial hope and sweetness, through the joy of overcoming a rival, the price of submitting to love, and finally its blissful restoration.

Fri 4 Oct 2024 8.00pm

Little Missenden Church

Tickets from Little Missenden Festival