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2018


Bury Court Opera
The Barn at Bury Court
Bentley, Farnham
Surrey, GU10 5LZ
G.F. Handel: GIULIO CESARE
Giulio Cesare (cover)
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BURY COURT OPERA
Director Greg Eldridge 
Conductor Dane Lam
with Camerata Alma Viva 
Designer Elliott Squire 

2017


St George's German Lutheran Church
​
55 Alie Street, London E1 8EB
Pergolesi:  STABAT MATER
Schein:  Magnificat anima mea​
Bach:  Bereite dich, Zion
Schutz:  O Lieber Herre Gott, Wecke uns auf
Handel:  Rejoice Greatly O daughter of Zion 
Handel:  He shall feed his flock/Come unto him​
Christmas Concert in aid of SPAB London Group

Lucy Thomas soprano
Glenn Kesby counter tenor
Katie De La Matter organ


Jubliee Community Centre
East Grinstead
J S Bach: ​ST MATTHEW PASSION
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East Grinstead Choral Society
​with London Orpheus Choir
The Meridian Ensemble (leader George Clifford)
​Richard Jenkinson conductor
​
Mark Padmore Evangelist
Kirsty McLean soprano, ​Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Samuel Oram baritone, Timothy Edlin bass-baritone



Tudeley Festival of Chamber Music and Voice, Kent
Opening Gala Concert
Glenn Kesby counter tenor
Rika Zayasu piano

Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
A BAROQUE BIRDCAGE
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Baroque Encounter
​Lauren Brant recorders
David Beaney recorders/baroque flute
Claire Williams harpsichord
​Glenn Kesby counter tenor

2016


College House, Stanton St John, Oxfordshire
LIZZIE STRATA - MAKE LOVE, OR WAR?  
Composer: 
Roger Simmonds
Librettist: David Willcock
Premiere performances
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Stanton St John Opera
​Messenger/Herald
​with Dawn Burns, Angharad Watkeys, Katie Roberts, Helen May, Lucia de Pavia-Kinch, Samuel Pantcheff and James Savage-Hanford​

Festival of Chichester
St Pancras Church, Chichester
A BAROQUE BIRDCAGE
Baroque Encounter

2015


Hurstpierpoint Festival
Soiree - FEAST FOR THE SENSES
Handel, Purcell and Telemann
Glenn Kesby ​counter tenor
Claire Williams ​harpsichord

St Mary's Church, Thaxted, Essex
H. Purcell:  COME YE SONS OF ART, AWAY
J.S. Bach:  MAGNIFICAT
M.-A. Charpentier:  TE DEUM
Harlow Chorus
Charivari Agréable
Alexander Chaplin conductor
Christine Buras soprano, Alys Roberts soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, William Blake tenor, Julian Chou-Lambert bass

Lassco Brunswick House
Vauxhall, London
SOLO RECITAL
Purcell, Handel, Caccini, Grieg, Holst, Finzi, Vaughan Williams
Notes & Notes: South London Concert Series 
Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Claire Williams piano

Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
ARCADIA
Arcadia poster
Baroque Encounter

2014


1901 Arts Club, London
Handel House Museum, London
Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
HANDEL AND THE BURLINGTON CIRCLE
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Baroque Encounter

Festival of Chichester
St John's Concert Series
St John's Chapel, Chichester
A FEAST FOR THE SENSES
Baroque Encounter

St Matthew's Church
Raynes Park, London
J Haydn: SALVE REGINA
J Haydn: NELSON MASS
with G F Handel's Zadok the Priest and The King shall rejoice
Wimbledon Chamber Choir and orchestra
Peter Smith conductor

Alice Bishop soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Michael Solomon Williams tenor, Henry Wickham bass

St Mary's Church,
East Grinstead
G F Handel: BROCKES' PASSION
East Grinstead Choral Society
Meridian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Jenkinson conductor

Neil Jenkins Evangelist, Michael Bundy Jesus, Bibi Heal soprano, Rachel Shouksmith soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Jon English tenor, Douglas Rice-Bowen bass

St James' Church 
Piccadilly, London
G F Handel: BROCKES' PASSION 
(first performance of the new English edition by Neil Jenkins)
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London Orpheus Choir
London Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Richard Jenkinson conductor

Neil Jenkins Evangelist, Michael Bundy Jesus, Bibi Heal soprano, Rachel Shouksmith soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Jon English tenor, Douglas Rice-Bowen bass

2013


St Botolph's Church
Aldgate, London
G F Handel: MESSIAH
East London Chorus 
Alexander Chaplin conductor
Paul Ayers organ 

Stephanie Corley soprano Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Paul Curievici tenor, Callum Thorpe bass

Holy Trinity Church
Hastings
G F Handel: MESSIAH
Scratch Choir
Robert Aldwinckle conductor
Nigel Howard organ

Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Will Davies tenor, Tom McDavid bass

The Great Hall 
University of Reading
Reading
J S Bach: MASS IN B MINOR
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Wokingham Choral Society
Charivari Agréable
Alexander Chaplin conductor

Joanna Marie Skillett soprano, Anna Gillingham soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor,
Stuart Laing tenor, Edward Grint bass

Handel House Museum, London
1901 Arts Club, London
Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
VIRTUES AND VICES
Baroque Encounter

White Lodge, Richmond Park
Surrey
MUSIC FOR AN ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE
Part of the Richmond-upon-Thames Gardens Festival, and opening of The Museum of Dance
The Lovekyn Consort
Emily Atkinson soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, William Summers recorder/flute, Isabel Meuser violin, Gavin Kibble cello, Yat-Soon Yeo harpsichord
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Salomans Victorian Theatre
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
J S Bach: ST JOHN PASSION

Kent Chorus
Meridian Chamber Orchestra 
Richard Jenkinson conductor

Neil Jenkins Evangelist, Michael Bundy Christus, Lesley-Jane Rogers soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Andrew MacKenzie-Wicks tenor, Nicholas Morton bass

Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
St John's Chapel
St John's College. Cambridge
Buxtehude:  MISSA BREVIS
Illustra vocal ensemble
Alexander Chaplin organ

Chelsea Arts Club, London
CARNEVAL - Duet recital of Venetian music
Lucy Thomas soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Claire Williams harpsichord 

2012


Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
G F Handel: MESSIAH
East London Chorus & ensemble
Alexander Chaplin conductor

Alice Privett soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Thomas Elwin tenor, Bozidar Smeljanic bass  

Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
St John's Church, Stratford, London
Purcell: COME, YE SONS OF ART, AWAY
plus
Gibbons, Morley, Tomkins and Wilbye
Illustra vocal ensemble

Church of St James the Great
East Malling
Kent
G F Handel: MESSIAH
East Malling Singers
Benjamin Rous conductor

Lottie Greenhow soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Peter Di-Toro tenor, Piran Legg bass

1901 Arts Club, London
Smallhythe Place Barn Theatre
Tenterden, Kent
Handel House Museum, London
Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
MUCH ADO ABOUT MUSIC
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Baroque Encounter

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
J S Bach: ST JOHN PASSION
Collegium Laureatum
Ian Cobb conductor

Robyn Allegra Parton soprano, Glenn Kesby counter  tenor, Peter Davoren Evangelist, Nicholas Bewes tenor, Michael Bundy Christ, Edward Grint baritone, Nick Webb baritone

Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
Harris Manchester College Chapel, Oxford
Buxtehude:  MEMBRA JESU NOSTRI
Illustra vocal ensemble

Palladium Baroque Festival
Malmö, Sweden
SUN, MOON AND STARS
Baroque Encounter
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2011


Embankment Galleries, 
Somerset House, London 
Real Venice Exhibition
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  

Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
J S Bach:  VERGNÜGTE RUH, BELIEBTE SEELENLUST BWV 170 cantata
Vivaldi:  NISI DOMINUS RV 608 motet
with Alexander Chaplin organ

1901 Arts Club, London
St Alfege Church
Greenwich, London 
Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
Handel House Museum, London
SUN, MOON AND STARS
Picture
Baroque Encounter

2010


Dulwich Festival
Old Library, Dulwich College, London
A MUSICAL SNAPSHOT OF HANDEL'S LONDON
plus: interactive workshop
Baroque Encounter

1901 Arts Club, London
Handel House Museum, London
Dulwich Hamlet Recorder Festival, London
Lauderdale House,
Highgate, London
FRAGRANT FLORA
Baroque Encounter

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

Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
Vivaldi:  STABAT MATER
Ilia Kudryavtsev organ
Eleanor Beamond-Pepler violin

Islington Town Hall, London

Purcell, Handel, Mendelssohn, Sommervell/Handel, Offenbach, Novello
Amici Musicali
Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet, Anita Strevens cello, Robert Aldwinckle piano

2008


Handel House Museum, London
LAMENTATIONS
Baroque Encounter

Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama, Wales
G F Handel:  IMENEO (Tirinto)
Baroque Encounter
with Robert Aldwinckle conductor, Christopher Tudor director, Carmen Lasok, John Lofthouse, Lucy Thomas and Tristan Stocks

Handel House Museum, London
Telemann:  MORALISCHE KANTATEN
Baroque Encounter

National Portrait Gallery, London
Friday Evening Music Series
A MUSICAL SNAPSHOT OF HANDEL'S LONDON
Baroque Encounter

2007


St John's Smith Square
London
G F Handel:  IMENEO (Tirinto)
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Baroque Encounter
with Robert Aldwinckle conductor, Christopher Tudor director, Carmen Lasok, John Lofthouse, Lucy Thomas and Tristan Stocks

Victoria Theatre, Halifax,
West Yorkshire
J S Bach:  ST MATTHEW PASSION 
Halifax Choral Society
The Hanover Band
John Pryce-Jones conductor

Joanne Dexter soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Joshua Ellicott Evangelist, Matthew Minter tenor, Oliver Dunn Christ, Mark Rowlinson bass

Douai Abbey
Nr. Reading, Berks
J S Bach:  ST JOHN PASSION

First performance of a Bach Passion at Douai Abbey
Choros
Canzona
Janet Lincé conductor

James Gilchrist Evangelist, Jan Coxwell soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Hugo Tucker tenor, Larry Charlesworth bass

St James' Church 
Piccadilly, London
OBBLIGATO
Baroque Encounter
with Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord, Anita Strevens cello, Wiebke Thormahlen violin, Carmen Lasok soprano

2006


Foundling Museum, London
Solihull Arts Complex, Solihull
Riverfront Theatre, Newport, Wales
HANDEL BY CANDLELIGHT
Locrian Ensemble
Justin Pearson musical director

Pennine Spring Music Festival,
Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
THE INCONSTANT LOVER
Fusion of song, dance and poetry, including Handel's IL DUELLO AMOROSO
Baroque Encounter
with Carmen Lasok soprano and Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord

Handel House Museum, London
THE RAPTUR'D SOUL - GUADAGNI: Handel's oratorio castrato
Part of the Handel & the Castrati exhibition recital series
Baroque Encounter

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
J S Bach:  MASS IN B MINOR

Collegium Laureatum
Ian Cobb conductor

Laura Holmes soprano, Glenn Kesby countertenor, Ian Priestley tenor, Andrew Davies baritone

St John's Smith Square
London
THE DUELLING LOVERS
Baroque Encounter
with Robert Aldwinckle conductor, Christopher Tudor director, Carmen Lasok and Lucy Thomas sopranos

2005


Handel House Museum, London
FRAGRANT FLORA
Baroque Encounter

St James' Church 
Piccadilly, London
MUSIC THROUGH WINDOWS
Baroque Encounter
with Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Jennifer Bullock cello, and The Courtenay Ensemble recorders

St James' Church 
Piccadilly, London
LOVE IN VENICE
Picture
Baroque Encounter
with Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Anita Strevens cello, and Robert Aldwinckle harpsichord

St John's Smith Square
London
G F Handel:  PARNASSO IN FESTA  (Apollo)
Picture
Baroque Encounter
with Charles Farncombe CBE conductor, Christopher Tudor director, Robert Aldwinckle continuo, Carmen Lasok, Lucy Thomas sopranos, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Shirley Keane mezzo soprano, Samuel Boden tenor and James McOran-Campbell baritone 

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  

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

Fairfield Halls
Croydon, London
Croydon Schools' Music Association
Guest artists in Music Makers Orchestral Concert
Pepusch, Arne and Dowland
Baroque Encounter
Debut performance

English National Opera
Baylis Programme
Britten:  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Oberon)

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

2003


Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama
Wales
Handel:  ALCINA (Ruggiero)
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 

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

2002


Badisches Staatstheater
Karlsruhe, Germany

Handel:  OTTONE, RE DI GERMANIA (Adelberto)

25th Handel Festival
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
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Victoria Theatre, Halifax
West Yorkshire

Handel:  JUDAS MACCABAEUS (arranged Mozart)

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


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

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

St Albans Abbey
Hertfordshire

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

Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert
Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir
London Gala Orchestra
Charles Farncombe CBE conductor

Carmen Lasok soprano, Glenn Kesby counter tenor, Warren Albers tenor, Hubert Matthews baritone

Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Törökbálint, Hungary
Handel, Gluck and Mozart arias
with Gábor Bartinai 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 (Ron)
ENO Baylis Programme - The Knack
Rufus Norris director
Jonathan Gill conductor

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

Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama, Wales
Handel: JULIUS CAESAR (Caesar)
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

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

1999
Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Handel: RINALDO (1731) (Rinaldo)
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

1995
French's Forest, Sydney, Australia
Recital
with Marie van Hove AM piano

Great Hall, Sydney University,
Australia
THREE LADIES OF FERRARA AND A LONDON LAD 
The Renaissance Players
Prof. Winsome Evans director

"... his performance was at once technically excellent and sensitive to the character of the music, employing a great range of different timbres."
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