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Bach, Charpentier, Purcell and Stradella

Harry Bicket; Chiara Skerath soprano; Katie Bray soprano; Jess Dandy alto; James Way tenor; Morgan Pearse bass
Bach, Charpentier, Purcell and Stradella
Under the artistic direction of Harry Bicket, The English Concert has earned a reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty. The ensemble's festive programme culminates in Bach's first major liturgical composition on a Latin text, with Christmas interpolations.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier In nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi canticum H414
Alessandro Stradella Si apra al riso ogni labro
Henry Purcell Behold, I bring you glad tidings Z2
Interval
Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D BWV243


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Under the artistic direction of Harry Bicket, The English Concert has earned a reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty. The ensemble's festive programme culminates in Bach's first major liturgical composition on a Latin text, with Christmas interpolations.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier In nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi canticum H414
Alessandro Stradella Si apra al riso ogni labro
Henry Purcell Behold, I bring you glad tidings Z2
Interval
Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D BWV243

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Wigmore Hall, London
Wigmore Hall, London


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