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2012
   
28 Jun 2012 1901 Arts Club
Waterloo, London
MUCH ADO ABOUT MUSIC  
a recital of music written for the theatre, originally designed to be played both on and off stage.  Featuring music by Purcell, Eccles and Handel and including settings of the words of Shakespeare.

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams piano
 
10 Jun 2012
12.30pm
Hinde Street Methodist Church
Marylebone, London
 
Free lunchtime recital
Programme to include
Britten:  Canticle II - Abraham and Isaac
James Mark tenor, Alexander Chaplin piano
 
12 May 2012
7.00pm
Smallhythe Place Barn Theatre
Smallhythe
Tenterden
Kent TN30 7NG
 
MUCH ADO ABOUT MUSIC  
a recital of music written for the theatre, originally designed to be played both on and off stage.  Featuring music by Purcell, Eccles and Handel and including settings of the words of Shakespeare.

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
19 Apr 2012 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
 
MUCH ADO ABOUT MUSIC  
a recital of music written for the theatre, originally designed to be played both on and off stage.  Featuring music by Purcell, Eccles and Handel and including settings of the words of Shakespeare.

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
14 Apr 2012
7.30pm
East Malling Church
Kent
G F Handel: MESSIAH (Parts 2 & 3)

East Malling Singers
Benjamin Rous conductor
 

31 Mar 2012
7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge
J S Bach: ST JOHN PASSION (in English)

Collegium Laureatum
Ian Cobb conductor
 

27 Mar 2012 Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival
Dulwich, London
MUCH ADO ABOUT MUSIC  
a recital of music written for the theatre, originally designed to be played both on and off stage.  Featuring music by Purcell, Eccles and Handel and including settings of the words of Shakespeare.

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant & David Beaney recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
11 Mar 2012
12.30pm
Hinde Street Methodist Church
Marylebone, London
 
Free lunchtime recital
Buxtehude:  Membra Jesu Nostri
with Illustra vocal ensemble
 
25 Feb 2012 Harris Manchester College Chapel,
Oxford
 
Buxtehude:  Membra Jesu Nostri
with Illustra vocal ensemble
 
17 Feb 2012 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
08 Feb 2012 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
03 Feb 2012
7.00pm
Palladium Baroque Festival
Palladium
Malmö, Sweden
SUN, MOON AND STARS

Baroque Encounter
Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
26 Jan 2012 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 

2011
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16 Dec 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Carmen Lasok soprano, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
03 Dec 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
30 Nov 2011 Real Venice Exhibition
Embankment Galleries
Somerset House, London
Steffani:  Pria ch'io faccia altrui palese
Cavalli:  Lucidissima face
Caccini:  Amarilli mia bella
Lotti:  Querela amorosa
Monteverdi:  Pulchra Es;  Pur ti miro

Lucy Thomas soprano, Dawn Johnston theorbo 
 

23 Nov 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
13 Nov 2011
12.30pm
Hinde Street Methodist Church
Marylebone, London
Free lunchtime recital

J S Bach:  Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170 cantata
Vivaldi:  Nisi Dominus RV 608 motet

with Alexander Chaplin organ
 

24 Sep 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
23 Aug 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
Carmen Lasok soprano, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
23 Jul 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
16 Jun 2011 1901 Arts Club
Waterloo, London
SUN, MOON AND STARS
Arne:  The Morning
Hasse:  Pallido il sole
Gunn:  Sun, Moon and Stars, Praise the Lord
Cavalli:  Lucidissima face
Vivaldi:  Clarae Stellae Scintillate
Morley:  When loe by breake of morning
Dowland:  Mourn! Day is with darkness fled
Handel:  Total eclipse
Handel:  Fra tempeste
Rameau:  Brillez, astres nouveaux!
Purcell:  One charming night

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams piano
 
22 May 2011 St Alfege Church
Greenwich, London
SUN, MOON AND STARS
Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
15 Apr 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
Carmen Lasok soprano, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
5 Apr 2011 Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival
Dulwich, London
SUN, MOON AND STARS
Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
2 Apr 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 

24 Mar 2011 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
SUN, MOON AND STARS
Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

2010
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24 Nov 2010 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 

28 May 2010 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 

19 May 2010 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Handel:  Dolc’e pur d’amor d'affanno;  Cara Sposa;  Ombra mai fu
Purcell:  Sweeter than roses
Instrumental

Handel:  Allemande
Purcell:  A new ground

Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 

09 May 2010 Dulwich Festival
Old Library, Dulwich College, London
Handel's London - A Musical Snapshot
A recital of works by representatives of Handel's influences, contemporaries and rivals including Corelli, Pepusch, Lonati and Porpora.

Plus: interactive workshop

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

15 Apr 2010 1901 Arts Club
Waterloo, London

FRAGRANT FLORA - tracing the depiction of flora in music
Repeat of recital on 25 March 2010

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams piano
 

8 Apr 2010 Handel House Museum,
Mayfair, London
FRAGRANT FLORA - tracing the depiction of flora in music
Repeat of recital on 30 March 2010

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 
30 Mar 2010 Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival
Dulwich Village, London
FRAGRANT FLORA - tracing the depiction of flora in music
Johnson:  Have you seen but a white lily grow
Pepusch:  The Spring ('Fragrant Flora haste appear') cantata
Purcell:  Sweeter than roses
Handel:  Augelletti che cantate (from Rinaldo)
Handel:  Verdi prati (from Alcina)
Handel:  Sweet rose and lily (from Theodora)
Couperin:  Les Rozeaux (The Reeds)
Van Eyck:  Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght
Vivaldi:  Agitata de' venti dall'onte (from Armida al campo d'Egitto)
Hasse:  Scrivo in te (Il Nome) cantata

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

25 Mar 2010 Lauderdale House,
Highgate, London

FRAGRANT FLORA - tracing the depiction of flora in music
Pepusch:  The Spring ('Fragrant Flora haste appear') cantata
Purcell:  Sweeter than roses
Handel:  Augelletti che cantate (from Rinaldo)
Handel:  Ombra mai fu (from Serse)
Handel:  Sweet rose and lily (from Theodora)
MacDowell:  To a wild rose
Van Eyck:  Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght
Schubert:  Heidenröslein
Roe:  My Garden
Trad.:  Greensleeves on a ground
Johnson:  Have you seen but a white lily grow
Handel:  Verdi prati (from Alcina)
Grieg:  Våren (Springtide)
Hasse:  Scrivo in te (Il Nome) cantata

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams piano
 


2009
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13 Dec 2009 Christ the King Polish Catholic Church
Balham, London
Fauré:  REQUIEM (one-to-a-part)

Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby alto, Richard Sidaway tenor, Dan Roddick baritone
 

09 Sep 2009 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
14 Aug 2009 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Private recital
with Claire Williams harpsichord
 
12 Apr 2009 Hinde Street Methodist Church
London
Vivaldi:  STABAT MATER
Ilia Kudryavtsev organ
Eleanor Beamond-Pepler violin
 
02 Apr 2009 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

- part of a recital series performing all of Handel's continuo cantatas and solo harpsichord works

A co-production of:
the Handel House Museum,
the London Handel Festival
and the British Harpsichord Society
to commemorate the 250th
Anniversary of Handel's death

Keyboards and Cantatas
Cantatas
Dolc’è pur d’amor l’affanno – HWV 109a
Nel dolce tempo – HWV 135b
Vedendo amor – HWV 175
Venne voglia ad Amore (or Amore uccellatore) – HWV 176
Keyboard music
Suite in D minor – HWV 447
Capriccio in F major – HWV 481
Sonatina in B flat major – HWV 585

Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

27 Feb 2009 Islington Town Hall
London

Fundraising concert for a harpsichord
for the Royal Palace of Warsaw

Purcell:  Shepherd, Shepherd leave decoying;  Here the Deities approve
Handel:  Eternal source of light divine; Caro, Bella
Mendelssohn:  Grüss;  Herbstlied
Sommervell/Handel:  Silent Worship
Offenbach:  Barcarolle
Novello:  Fly Home, little heart;  Waltz of my heart

Amici Musicali
Carmen Lasok soprano, Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet, Anita Strevens cello, Robert Aldwinckle piano
 


2008
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25 Sep 2008 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Lamentations

J C Bach:  Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte - cantata
J S Bach:  Mir ekelt mehr zu leben - from BWV 170
Monteverdi:  Lasciatemi morire!
Finzi:  Come away, death
Handel:  Cor ingrato - from Rinaldo

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorders, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

17 May 2008

16 May 2008

 

Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama, Wales

 

Handel: IMENEO

Baroque Encounter
Robert Aldwinckle conductor/continuo
Christopher Tudor director
Glenn Kesby Tirinto
Carmen Lasok Rosmene
John Lofthouse Imeneo
Lucy Thomas Clomiri
Tristan Stocks Argenio
 

09 Mar 2008

10 Feb 2008

Arts Theatre Club
Leicester Square, London
Shoo Shoo Baby's Vaudeville Valentine
(Cabaret as Maestro Millenota)
Handel:  Endless Pleasure (Semele), Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)
Freddie Mercury/Queen:  Don't Stop Me Now

Michael Roulston piano and Shoo Shoo Baby
 

24 Jan 2008 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Moralische Kantaten (Moral Cantatas) - Telemann
Die Zeit (Time)
Hoffnung (Hope)
Das Glück (Fortune)
Der Geiz (Avarice)
Die Falschheit (Falsity)
Großmut (Generosity)

Baroque Encounter
Claire Williams harpsichord, Jennifer Bullock cello
 

11 Jan 2008 National Portrait Gallery
London

Friday Evening Music Series

A Snapshot of Handel's London
Pepusch:  Corydon (cantata)
Porpora:  Fille se fiera sorte (cantata)
Handel:  Mi palpita il cor (cantata), Augelletti (from Rinaldo)

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorder, Claire WIlliams harpsichord
 


2007
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16 Dec 2007 Arts Theatre Club
Leicester Square, London
Shoo Shoo Baby's Christmas Showdown
(Cabaret as Maestro Millenota)
Caccini:  Amarilli mia bella
Handel:  Se in fiorito (Giulio Cesare)
Parton/Houston:  I will always love you

Neil MacDonald piano and Shoo Shoo Baby
 

09 Jun 2007 St John's Smith Square
London
Handel:  IMENEO

Baroque Encounter
Robert Aldwinckle conductor/continuo
Christopher Tudor director
Glenn Kesby Tirinto
Carmen Lasok Rosmene
John Lofthouse Imeneo
Lucy Thomas Clomiri
Tristan Stocks Argenio
 

01 Apr 2007 Victoria Theatre
Halifax, West Yorkshire
J S Bach:  ST MATTHEW PASSION (in English)

Halifax Choral Society
The Hanover Band
John Pryce-Jones conductor
Joanne Dexter, Glenn Kesby, Joshua Ellicott Evangelist, Matthew Minter, Oliver Dunn Christ, Mark Rowlinson
 

03 Mar 2007 Douai Abbey
Nr. Reading, Berks

First performance of a Bach Passion
at Douai Abbey
J S Bach:  ST JOHN PASSION

Choros
Canzona
Janet Lincé conductor
James Gilchrist Evangelist, Jan Coxwell, Glenn Kesby, Hugo Tucker, Larry Charlesworth
 

19 Jan 2007 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Obbligato
featuring music for voices and obbligato violin and cello by J S Bach, Telemann and Handel

Baroque Encounter
Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Wiebke Thormahlen violin, Anita Strevens cello, Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord
 


2006
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28 Nov 2006 Foundling Hospital Museum
London
MESSIAH at the Foundling Hospital - selected arias and duets

Locrian Ensemble
Justin Pearson musical director
Catriona Holt soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor
 

17 Nov 2006 Solihull Arts Complex
Solihull
Handel by Candlelight
Lascia ch'io pianga;  Where e'er you walk;  Care Selve;  Ombra mai fu;  Stille Amare;  Dove sei, amato bene

Locrian Ensemble
Justin Pearson musical director
 

18 Oct 2006 St John's Smith Square
London

Charity recital for Crusaid

Telling the Truth about Love
Berlioz:  Les nuits d’été (Le spectre de la rose;  Absence;  Au cimetiere)
Finzi: 
Let us garlands bring (Come away, death;  O mistress mine;  It was a lover and his lass)

David Barnard piano
with Sarah Fox soprano, Ian Wilson-Pope baritone
 

15 Sep 2006 Riverfront Theatre
Newport, Wales
Handel by Candlelight
Lascia ch'io pianga;  Where e'er you walk;  Care Selve;  Ombra mai fu;  Stille Amare;  Dove sei, amato bene

Locrian Ensemble
Justin Pearson musical director
 

31 May 2006 Pennine Spring Music Festival
Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
The Inconstant Lover
Fusion of song, dance and poetry, including Handel's duo cantata Il Duello Amoroso

Baroque Encounter
Carmen Lasok soprano, Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord
 

20 Apr 2006 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London

Part of the recital series accompanying
the
Handel & the Castrati exhibition

The Raptur'd Soul - Guadagni: Handel's oratorio castrato
Arias from Theodora, Messiah, Samson, Belshazzar, Foundling Hospital Anthem, L'Allegro and The Choice of Hercules by Handel and Gluck's Orfeo

with Claire Williams harpsichord
 

08 Apr 2006 West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge
J S Bach:  MASS IN B MINOR

Collegium Laureatum
Ian Cobb conductor
Laura Holmes, Glenn Kesby, Ian Priestley, Andrew Davies
 

25 Feb 2006 St John's Smith Square
London
THE DUELLING LOVERS - Handel cantatas written for Ruspoli (semi-staged)

Il Duello Amoroso (Amarilli vezzosa) HWV 82
  
Glenn Kesby counter tenor Daliso, Carmen Lasok soprano Amarilli
Tu fedel? Tu constante? HWV 171
  
Lucy Thomas soprano
Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria (O come chiare e belle) HWV 143
  
Carmen Lasok Olinto shepherd, Glenn Kesby River Tiber, Lucy Thomas Glory

Baroque Encounter
Robert Aldwinckle conductor/continuo
Christopher Tudor director
 

11 Feb 2006 St Bartholomew's Church
Brighton
Arias for Counter Tenor and Oboe
repeat of concert of 10 February 2006
 
10 Feb 2006 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Arias for Counter Tenor and Oboe
Handel:  Cangio d'aspetto;  Tune your harps;  Sometimes let gorgeous tragedy;  Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
J S Bach:  Domine Fili Unigenite;  Qui sedes;  Vergnügte Ruh

Trans-Opera Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Ellery conductor
Julian West oboe and oboe d'amore
 


2005
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04 Dec 2005 Hampton Court Palace
Tudor Kitchens
Lute songs by Rosseter, Dowland, Jones and Campion

with Debra Pring recorder, David Parsons lute
 

25 Nov 2005 La Salle de Spectacle
Florensac, France
Recital of songs, arias and duets by Caccini, Handel, Mendelssohn, Fauré and Offenbach

Heather Curry soprano, Dorothy Hull piano, Roger Munns piano
 

06 Oct 2005 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Fragrant Flora
Depiction of flowers in music by Handel, Arne, Pepusch, Campion, Hasse and Vivaldi

Baroque Encounter
Lauren Brant recorder, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

01 Sep 2005 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Music through Windows
Staged scenes from Tolomeo, Rinaldo and Theodora by Handel and Gluck's Orfeo

Baroque Encounter
Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Jenny Bullock cello, Claire Williams harpsichord and The Courtenay Ensemble recorders
 

14 Jul 2005 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Love in Venice
Solo cantatas by Albinoni and Vivaldi and chamber duets by Handel, Lotti and Steffani

Baroque Encounter
Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Anita Strevens cello, Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord
 

22 Jun 2005 Chelsea Festival
London Sketch Club
A Grand Tour
Handel, Purcell and Blow (England), Charpentier (France) and Lotti, Monteverdi and Vivaldi (Italy)

Artemis
 

03 Jun 2005 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Handel, Bach and Gluck arias

Trans-Opera Orchestra
Stephen Ellery conductor
 

05 May 2005
(& 2004)
Church of the Ascension
Lavender Hill, London
Mozart:  CORONATION MASS one-to-a-part

Philip Parkinson organ
 

22 Mar 2005 St Mary-le-Strand
London
Pergolesi:  STABAT MATER

Sarah Gabriel soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Will Vann organ
 

05 Mar 2005 "La Fontenille"
Ventenac-en-Minervois, France
Music for Pleasure
Arias and duets by Dowland, Purcell, Caccini, Gluck, Mendelssohn, Quilter and Novello

Heather Curry soprano, Dorothy Hull piano
 

05 Feb 2005 St John's Smith Square
London
Handel:  PARNASSO IN FESTA

Baroque Encounter
Handel Chamber Orchestra
Charles Farncombe CBE conductor
Christopher Tudor director
Robert Aldwinckle continuo

Glenn Kesby Apollo
Carmen Lasok Clio
Lucy Thomas Orfeo
James McOran-Campbell Mars
Shirley Keane Chloride
Samuel Boden Silvio
 

23 Jan 2005 Chelsea Arts Club
London
The Pleasures of Restraint
Arias and duets by Scarlatti, Blow, Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi and Cesti

Lucy Thomas soprano, Luke Green harpsichord
 


2004
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2004 Victoria Theatre
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Handel:  MESSIAH

Halifax Choral Society
North of England Chamber Orchestra
John Pryce-Jones conductor

Janis Kelly soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Iain Paton tenor, Andrew Foster-Williams baritone
 

2004 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Handel:  IL PASTOR FIDO (1712) concert performance

Harmonie Universelle
Luke Green conductor/continuo

Glenn Kesby Silvio
Eva Kållberg Mirtillo
Samantha Hay Amarilli
Håkan Ekenäs Tirenio
Zulma Ramirez Eurilla
Vivien Easom Dorinda
 

2004 St Mary's Church
Banbury Oxfordshire
Handel:  MESSIAH

Choros
Oxford Sinfonia
Janet Lincé conductor
 

2004 Burghley House
Lincolnshire
Purcell:  DIDO AND AENEAS

Burghley Opera
Giles Turner conductor
Cerys Jones Dido
Darren Abrahams Aeneas
Glenn Kesby Spirit
Ed Lyon Sailor
Michaela Davies 2nd Woman
Stephen Hogg Sorceress
 

2004 English National Opera
Baylis Programme
Britten:  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

English National Opera in London Schools
Hazel Gould director
Krystian Belliere piano
Glenn Kesby Oberon
Giselle Minns Titania
 

2004 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Handel's Magic Operas Re-told - RINALDO
Handel's Magic Operas Re-told - ORLANDO
Arias to accompany storytelling

Luke Green harpsichord, Ben Haggarty storyteller
 

2004 Fairfield Halls
Croydon, London
Croydon Schools' Music Association
Guest artists in Music Makers Orchestral Concert

Pepusch, Arne and Dowland

Baroque Encounter
with Lauren Brant recorder, Claire Williams harpsichord
 

2004 Chelsea Festival
London Sketch Club
and
Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
A Basket of Sparrows
Music from post-Restoration London

Artemis
Debra Pring director
 

2004 Chapel of Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland
Baroque Visitors:  music from 18th Century composers who travelled extensively

Hanbarne Baroque Ensemble
Lucy Thomas soprano, Lauren Brant recorder, Ian Sexton harpsichord
 

2004 Handel House Museum
Mayfair, London
Pepusch:  VENUS AND ADONIS (concert performance)

Roger Beeson continuo
Glenn Kesby Venus (!)
Lucy Thomas Adonis (!)
Nicholas Merryweather
 


2003
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2003 Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama, Wales Handel:  ALCINA (in English)

Handel Opera Society
Charles Farncombe CBE conductor
Christopher Tudor director
Robert Aldwinckle continuo

Claire Platt Alcina
Glenn Kesby Ruggiero
Carmen Lasok Morgana
Agustin-Prunell-Friend Oronte
Katie Bingham-Best Bradamante
 

2003 New Shipton Festival
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Handel:  DIXIT DOMINUS
J S Bach:  MISSA BREVIS IN G MINOR
Purcell:  WELCOME TO ALL THE PLEASURES

Shipton Festival Choir and Orchestra
Sam Laughton conductor
 

2003 En Plo Hall, Paphos, Cyprus
and
Columbia Beach Resort, Pissouri, Cyprus
 
A Feast for the Senses
Cantatas by Handel, Pepusch and Bononcini, Purcell and lute songs, and arie antiche

Hanbarne Baroque Ensemble
 

2003 St Matthew's Church
West Wimbledon, London
Handel:  Chandos Anthem 9: O PRAISE THE LORD
Purcell:  Rejoice in the Lord Alway;  O Sing unto the Lord;  My Beloved Spake
Albinoni:  Magnificat

Wimbledon Chamber Choir
Peter Smith conductor
Susan Clark soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, John McCuin tenor, Ian Crawford bass
 

2003 St John's Church
Carrington, Nottingham
Pergolesi:  STABAT MATER
David Butterworth organ
 

2002
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2002 Badisches Staatstheater
Karlsruhe, Germany

25th Handel Festival

Handel:  OTTONE, RE DI GERMANIA

Deutsche Händel-Solisten
Charles Farncombe CBE conductor
Ralf Nürnberger director

David Cordier Ottone
Glenn Kesby Adelberto
Clara O'Brien Gismonda
Tammy Tyburczy Teofane
Linnéa Sallay Matilda
Christian Rieger Emireno
 

2002 Victoria Theatre
Halifax, West Yorkshire

Modern-world premiere performance
'Halifax Orchestration' - the rediscovered Mozart arrangement

Televised on BBC TV (UK) and Trio Arts (USA)
 

Handel:  JUDAS MACCABAEUS (arranged Mozart)

Halifax Choral Society
North of England Chamber Orchestra
John Pryce-Jones conductor

Mary Nelson soprano, Victoria Simmonds mezzo soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Peter Hoare tenor, Andrew Foster-Williams baritone
 

2002 St Albans Abbey
Hertfordshire

Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert
 

Mozart:  CORONATION MASS
Purcell:  COME, YE SONS OF ART, AWAY

Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir
London Gala Orchestra
Charles Farncombe CBE conductor
Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Warren Albers tenor, Hubert Matthews baritone
 

2002 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
and
Törökbálint, Hungary
 
Handel, Gluck and Mozart arias
with Gábor Bartinai piano

2001
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2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Dowland and Purcell to Finzi and Vaughan Williams
Jeremy Limb piano
 
2001 All Saint's Church
Blackheath, London
Blow:  VENUS AND ADONIS

Huw Morgan conductor
Annie Gill Venus
Glenn Kesby Cupid
 

2001 St John's Smith Square
London
Weill and Wicked Evening - Polinesso Arias from Handel's Ariodante
also on programme Weill's Seven Deadly Sins

Blackhorse Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Jenkins conductor
with Sally Burgess mezzo soprano
 


2000
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2000 Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama, Wales Handel: JULIUS CAESAR (in English)

Handel Opera Society
Charles Farncombe CBE conductor
Richard Gregson director
Robert Aldwinckle continuo

Glenn Kesby Julius Caesar
Lianne Skriniar Cleopatra
Robert Ogden Tolomeo
Catherine Griffiths Cornelia
Warren Albers Sesto
James McOran-Campbell Achilla
Peter Willcock Curio
Vanessa Woodward Nireno
 

2000 Rye Festival Winter Series Handel and Gluck Arias
with David Willison piano
 
2000 English National Opera
Baylis Programme The Knack
Hoxton Hall, London
 
Philip Cashian, Ian McQueen and Alasdair Nicholson: SHAWNA AND RON'S HALF MOON

ENO Baylis Programme - The Knack
Rufus Norris director
Jonathan Gill conductor

Glenn Kesby Ron
Heather McQuillan-Parker Shawna
Susan Atherton Miss Julie
 

2000 St James' Church
Piccadilly, London
Pergolesi:  STABAT MATER
Arias and duets by Purcell, Vivaldi and J C Bach

Rachel Vermont soprano, Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord/chamber organ
 
2000 St John's Smith Square
London
Handel arias from Xerxes and Giulio Cesare

Blackhorse Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Jenkins conductor
With: Della Jones mezzo soprano, Marie McLaughlin soprano
 

2000 St Stephen's Church
Gloucester Road, London
Britten (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Handel (Giulio Cesare) and Gluck (Orfeo ed Euridice) arias and duets
Lorna Stephens soprano, David Wickham piano
 
2000 Edinburgh Festival Fringe 3 Ladies and a Counter Tenor
Scenes from Dido and Aeneas, Giulio Cesare, Marriage of Figaro, and Carmen

Annie Gill mezzo soprano, Lorna Stephens soprano, Beth Morton soprano, Stephen Bowman Jones piano
 


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1999 Bloomsbury Theatre
London
Handel: RINALDO (1731)

Abbey Opera & Academy Cadiera
Antony Shelley conductor
Richard Gregson director
Robert Aldwinckle continuo

Glenn Kesby Rinaldo
Rachel Vermont Almirena
Warren Albers Goffredo
Leonardo Garvie Argante
Lucy Stevens Armida
 

1998 St John's Church
Waterloo, London

recital to accompany the Hans Feibusch exhibition
 

Arie Antiche, German Lied and English Song

Nigel Foster piano
 

1995 French's Forest
Sydney, Australia
Arie Antiche, German Lied, opera/oratorio arias and early English song
Marie van Hove AM piano
 
1995 Great Hall, Sydney University
Australia
Three Ladies of Ferrara and a London Lad
Arias and duets by Purcell, Dowland, Arne and R Jones

The Renaissance Players
Prof. Winsome Evans director