Saturday 7 October 2023 at 7.30pm Grove Theatre, Eastbourne Library, Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TL Tony Biggin: Requiem (World Premiere) Vivaldi: Gloria Baroque Collective Singers Alexandra Kidgell, soprano John Hancorn, director
Saturday 22 July 2023 at 7pm St Michael’s Church, Lewes Baroque Collective Singers His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts A programme of glorious Venetian renaissance music for choir and brass. Programme includes Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Rigatti and Schütz. Full details on the Lewes Baroquefest website.
Saturday 22 April 2023 at 7pm St Michael’s Church, High St, Lewes BUY TICKETS HERE Bach: Jesu, meine Freude BWV227 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn – Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline HWV264 The Baroque Collective Baroque Collective Singers John Hancorn, conductor
Wednesday 21 December 2022 at 7.30pm St Michael’s Church, Lewes A feast of seasonal music, Christmas songs and motets and audience carols, plus mulled wine and mince pies, including: Bach: Singet dem Herrn Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kinderlein Praetorius: In dulce jubilo Britten: extracts from Ceremony of Carols; Hymn to the Virgin Baroque Collective Singers John…
Saturday 23 July at 7pm St Michael’s Church, Lewes Programme to include: Handel: Four Coronation Anthems: 1. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened 2. My Heart Is Inditing 3. The King Shall Rejoice 4. Zadok The Priest Handel: from Messiah: Worthy Is The Lamb Amen chorus plus instrumental music by Handel and Corelli Baroque Collective Singers…
Wednesday 20 July at 9pm St Michael’s Church, Lewes Programme to include: Purcell: Funeral Sentences Purcell: Hear My Prayer White: Lamentations and soprano solos by Purcell featuring Alexandra Kidgell Baroque Collective Singers Alexandra Kidgell, soprano John Hancorn, musical director Nicholas Houghton, chamber organ Full details and tickets available soon on the Lewes Baroquefest website
Out Of My Head by Orlando Gough WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES Saturday 17 September 2022 2pm Fitzroy House, Cliffe Precinct 2.45pm Lewes Castle 4pm Priory Ruins 4.45pm Fitzroy House, Cliffe Precinct A series of free 20′ performances, flash-mob style Baroque Collective Singers John Hancorn, musical director
Sunday 10 April 2022 at 5pm St Michael’s Church, 158 High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU Byrd: Ave Verum Byrd: Miserere Mei Farrant/Hilton: Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David Scarlatti: Stabat Mater The Baroque Collective Singers Claire Williams, chamber organ John Hancorn, musical director
Sunday 3 April 2022 at 5pm St Peter’s Church, The Street, Firle BN8 6LP Byrd: Ave Verum Byrd: Miserere Mei Farrant/Hilton: Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David Scarlatti: Stabat Mater The Baroque Collective Singers Claire Williams, chamber organ John Hancorn, musical director Tickets £12 available here
In this two-hour online video workshop, with a fifteen minute social break, conductor and singer John Hancorn and writer and broadcaster Richard Wigmore explore Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Dixit Dominus. We shall look at the music in some detail, with recorded illustrations, while participants will join in with some of the choruses. Saturday 22 January…
Friday 15 October 2021 at 8.30pm Lewes Town Hall Ruth Kerr, soprano Rebecca Leggett, mezzo soprano Paul Austin Kelly, tenor John Hancorn, baritone Lewes Concert Orchestra Baroque Collective Singers and Friends Ian McCrae, conductor
Saturday 2 October 2021 at 6pm and 8.30pm St Michael’s Church, Lewes Tickets now on sale: 6pm performance here, 8.30pm performance here Rossini’s delightful Petite Messe Solennelle is full of memorable tunes, colour and drama, ranging from hushed intensity to boisterous high spirits. Alexander Kidgell, soprano Thalie Knights, mezzo soprano Simon Madge, baritone The Baroque…
Saturday 24 July 2021 at 6pm and 8.30pm St Michael’s Church, Lewes A thrilling programme of Baroque music featuring Piers Adams performing Telemann’s virtuosic Recorder Concerto in C major and Handel’s energetic and brilliant Dixit Dominus with the Baroque Collective, Baroque Collective Singers and a quartet of professional soloists. Baroque Collective Singers John Hancorn –…
Saturday 25 September 2021, 4-6.15pm Online via Zoom Tickets £10. Book here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/YYN In this two-hour online video workshop, with a fifteen minute social break, conductor and singer John Hancorn and writer and broadcaster Richard Wigmore explore Brahms’s Requiem. We shall look at the music in some detail, with recorded illustrations, while participants will join…
Saturday 5 June 2021, 4-6.15pm Online via Zoom Tickets £10. Book here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/YYM In this two-hour online video workshop, with a fifteen minute social break, conductor and singer John Hancorn and writer and broadcaster Richard Wigmore explore Beethoven’s Mass in C and Missa Solemnis. We shall look at the music in some detail, with recorded…
