Worcestershire Early Music Festival: Agrippina's Betrayal
Formed in 2020 by Jacob Garside as a response to the devastating effects of the global pandemic on musicians’ livelihoods, the Hampstead Collective was able to offer support to musicians at a time of immense financial insecurity. They continue to play monthly in Hampstead Church and further afield.
Rebecca Hardwick (soprano) Jacob Garside (cello, viola da gamba) and the Players of the Hampstead Collective will perform Agrippina’s Betrayal; a programme centred round Handel’s Cantata of 1707 “Agrippina a condotta a morire”
Inspired by the tragic story of Agrippina’s fate, (which Handel later expanded in 1709 into a full scale opera), this cantata is distinctive in its devoted exploration of Agrippina’s perspective and the ensuing personal strife. In addition works by Handel’s German predecessors; Kuhnau, Schutz and Buxtehude offer insight to earlier Lutheran perspectives on these themes.
Tickets (£22) can be bought either at the door or via: Worcestershire Early Music
The Hampstead Collective: Agrippina's Betrayal
Rebecca Hardwick (soprano) Jacob Garside (cello, viola da gamba) and the Players of the Hampstead Collective will perform Agrippina’s Betrayal; a programme centred round Handel’s Cantata of 1707 “Agrippina a condotta a morire”
Inspired by the tragic story of Agrippina’s fate, (which Handel later expanded in 1709 into a full scale opera), this cantata is distinctive in its devoted exploration of Agrippina’s perspective and the ensuing personal strife. In addition works by Handel’s German predecessors; Kuhnau, Schutz and Buxtehude offer insight to earlier Lutheran perspectives on these themes.
Kurtág 100: Kafka Fragments
A concert performance of Hungarian legend György Kurtág’s visceral work ‘Kafka Fragments’ (soprano and violin) to celebrate the composer’s centenary year, with Rebecca Hardwick and Tamsin Waley-Cohen.
‘Kafka Fragments’ sets extracts of Kafka’s letters and diaries to music, in Kurtág’s economical abstract expressionist style. Written for soprano and violin, the music offers a combination echoing Kurtág’s roots in Hungarian folk music magnified through a contemporary classical lens, while addressing Kafka’s themes of existential angst, the human condition, and surrealist humour. Both the violin part and the soprano part are extreme showcases, and the concert is not to be missed.
More information and tickets at www.thehampsteadcollective.com
Beethoven ‘Symphony no.9’ - Zurich Tonhalle
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Leitung
Rebecca Hardwick Sopran
Iris Korfker Alt
Peter Davoren Tenor
Alex Ashworth Bass
The Constellation Choir
Johann Sebastian Bach Motette «Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied» BWV 225
Ludwig van Beethoven Sinfonie Nr. 9 d-Moll op. 125
Beethoven ‘Symphony no.9’ - Zurich Tonhalle
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Leitung
Rebecca Hardwick Sopran
Iris Korfker Alt
Peter Davoren Tenor
Alex Ashworth Bass
The Constellation Choir
Johann Sebastian Bach Motette «Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied» BWV 225
Ludwig van Beethoven Sinfonie Nr. 9 d-Moll op. 125
Handel 'Messiah', Salisbury Cathedral
Rebecca will be appearing as the soprano soloist for a performance with Salisbury Cathedral Choir.
Handel 'Messiah', Exeter Cathedral
Handel’s Messiah with Exeter Cathedral Choir
Sunday 7 December 2025 | 2:30pm
Rebecca will be the soprano soloist for this performance of the Messiah with the Exeter Cathedral Choir, who are teaming up with early-music specialists Devon Baroque and other renowned soloists.
Poulenc and Mozart - Greighallen, Bergen
Edvard Grieg Kor
Bergen Philharmonic Chorus
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Francis Poulenc
Four Christmas Motets
Ørjan Matre
«…yet from these flames no light…», version with chorus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Great Mass in C minor
English and Welsh song - Wigmore Hall
Iestyn Evans P I A N O
Philippa Boyle S O P R A N O
Rebecca Hardwick S O P R A N O
Diana Moore M E Z Z O - S O P R A N O
Michael Bell T E N O R
Michael Hickman B A R I TO N E
Programme to include works by Quilter, Parry, Warlock, Dring and Tate
Acclaimed music director Iestyn Evans is joined by a group of five singers for a wide-ranging programme of 20th-century English and Welsh song. Focusing primarily on works by Quilter, this concert places the prolific song composer in the context of his contemporaries and successors. All of these performers have a close association with the music provision at St James's, Spanish Place.
Haydn ‘The Seasons’ - St Albans Cathedral
William Fox conductor
Rebecca Hardwick soprano
Ruari Bowen tenor
James Platt bass
St Albans Bach Choir
Sinfonia Verdi
Tickets
Priority booking opens on Monday 8th September 2025 at 10am
General booking opens on 20th September 2025.
Verdi 'Requiem' - Hereford Cathedral
Rebecca Hardwick soprano
Rachel Roper mezzo-soprano
Ruairi Bowen tenor
David Ireland bass
Orchestra De Cymru
Geraint Bowen
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Luxembourg
Rebecca is performing 2nd Fairy in Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
MYTH AND MAGIC: MENDELSSOHN’S WORLDS OF NIGHT AND DREAM
September 12 - Wroclaw, Narodwe Forum Muzyki
September 14 - Vienna, Konzerthaus
September 15 - Rimini, Teatro Amintore Galli
September 16 - Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
September 19 - Luxembourg, Philharmonie
The Constellation Choir & Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
programme
F. Mendelssohn Erste Walpurgisnacht
F. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Verona
Rebecca is performing 2nd Fairy in Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
MYTH AND MAGIC: MENDELSSOHN’S WORLDS OF NIGHT AND DREAM
September 12 - Wroclaw, Narodwe Forum Muzyki
September 14 - Vienna, Konzerthaus
September 15 - Rimini, Teatro Amintore Galli
September 16 - Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
September 19 - Luxembourg, Philharmonie
The Constellation Choir & Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
programme
F. Mendelssohn Erste Walpurgisnacht
F. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Rimini
Rebecca is performing 2nd Fairy in Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
MYTH AND MAGIC: MENDELSSOHN’S WORLDS OF NIGHT AND DREAM
September 12 - Wroclaw, Narodwe Forum Muzyki
September 14 - Vienna, Konzerthaus
September 15 - Rimini, Teatro Amintore Galli
September 16 - Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
September 19 - Luxembourg, Philharmonie
The Constellation Choir & Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
programme
F. Mendelssohn Erste Walpurgisnacht
F. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Vienna
Rebecca is performing 2nd Fairy in Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
MYTH AND MAGIC: MENDELSSOHN’S WORLDS OF NIGHT AND DREAM
September 12 - Wroclaw, Narodwe Forum Muzyki
September 14 - Vienna, Konzerthaus
September 15 - Rimini, Teatro Amintore Galli
September 16 - Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
September 19 - Luxembourg, Philharmonie
The Constellation Choir & Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
programme
F. Mendelssohn Erste Walpurgisnacht
F. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wroclaw
Rebecca is performing 2nd Fairy in Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
MYTH AND MAGIC: MENDELSSOHN’S WORLDS OF NIGHT AND DREAM
September 12 - Wroclaw, Narodwe Forum Muzyki
September 14 - Vienna, Konzerthaus
September 15 - Rimini, Teatro Amintore Galli
September 16 - Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
September 19 - Luxembourg, Philharmonie
The Constellation Choir & Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
programme
F. Mendelssohn Erste Walpurgisnacht
F. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Haydn - Creation, Church of St Léger, SEILLANS
Haydn “The Creation” with choir, orchestra & soloists: Church of St Leger, SEILLANS, 9 August 2025, 7PM Haydn’s resounding oratorio ends our Festival concert series this summer.
Soprano – Rebecca Hardwick
Mezzo-Soprano – Hannah Dienes-Williams
Tenor - Aidan Coburn
Baritone – Malachy Frame
Choir & Orchestra of Musique-Cordiale
Haydn - CREATION, l’Église de CLAVIERS
Initial performance of this resounding oratorio in the 2025 Festival conductor: Graham Ross The choir & orchestra last performed this work in German at the 2018 festival: Die Schöpfung. This time it will be sung in English. There will be one interval (including refreshments) between parts 1 and 2 – and a brief pause between the 2nd & 3rd parts.
Maestro – Graham Ross
Soprano – Rebecca Hardwick
Mezzo-Soprano – Hannah Dienes-Williams
Tenor - Aidan Coburn
Baritone – Malachy Frame
Choir & Orchestra of Musique-Cordiale
“A memorable night at the OPERA” - Place de l’Horloge, TOURRETTES
Rebecca Taylor, piano, organ & harpsichord
Rebecca Hardwick, soprano
Malachy Frame
Hannah Dienes-Williams
Colin Shay
Aidan Coburn
Soloists: Rebecca Hardwick, soprano, Hannah Dienes-Williams, mezzo, Colin Shay, counter-tenor, Aidan Coburn, tenor, Malachy Frame, Baritone, Rebecca Taylor,piano
An evening of opera favourites from across the repertoire, brought together in this inventive new semi-staged production, first seen at Musique-Cordiale
To include -
PUCCINI:
- O Soave Fanciulla - from La Boheme
- Nessun Dorma - from Turandot
- O Mimi tu piu non torni - from La Boheme
BIZET:
- Habanera - from Carmen
- Pearl Fishers’ Duet - from The Pearl Fishers
MOZART:
- Ah guarda sorella - from Cosi fan Tutte
- Soave sia il vento – from Cosi fan Tutte
- The Count’s Aria – from Marriage of Figaro
- Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – from The Magic Flute
VERDI:
- Brindisi – from La Traviata
- Cortigiani – from Rigoletto
- The Quartet – from Rigoletto
BRITTEN:
- Oberon’s Aria – from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Serenades of Love”: Orchestral Concert – with Arias – at sundown in Fayence: Théâtre Verdure
“Serenades of Love” – to a rising moon in the romantic Fayence amphitheatre: Brahms, Elgar, Mendelssohn… and more… 9pm FAYENCE Theatre de Verdure The Festival’s big orchestral concert in the stunning outdoor amphitheatre in Fayence
Handel, Vivaldi & Buxtehude – Bagnols-en-Forêt church
The Musique Cordiale Festival Orchestra
Rebecca Hardwick, soprano
Malachy Frame
Hannah Dienes-Williams
Colin Shay
Anna Tulchinskaya, violin
Aidan Coburn
https://www.musique-cordiale.com/programme-tickets/
“A night at the OPERA”, la scene de l’ancienne Gare de SEILLANS, open-air
La nouvelle scène de l'ancienne Gare de Seillans (en plein air), Seillans
£4.00 – £30.00
Rebecca Taylor, piano, organ & harpsichord
Rebecca Hardwick, soprano
Malachy Frame
Hannah Dienes-Williams
Colin Shay
Aidan Coburn
Coleridge-Taylor - The Atonement, Three Choirs Festival
Three Choirs Festival
Hereford Cathedral
More details TBC
Howells - Hymnus Paradisi, Three Choirs Festival
Howells Paradise Rondel 10’
Bliss Mary of Magdala 27'
Howells Hymnus Paradisi 47'
Rebecca Hardwick soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Michael Bell tenor
Malachy Frame baritone
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Partington conductor
Hereford Cathedral
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
Monday 7 July 2025
19:00 - 20:45
Hampstead Parish Church (map)
Rossini’s final masterpiece, this ‘Little Solemn Mass’ was written 30 years after his last opera and described by the composer as ‘the last of the sins of old age.’
Christine Buras (soprano)
Rebecca Hardwick (soprano)
Catherine Backhouse (mezzo-soprano)
Jess Dandy (contralto)
Aidan Coburn (tenor)
James Robinson (tenor)
Malachy Frame (baritone)
Hugo Herman-Wilson (baritone)
Satoshi Kubo (piano)
Edward Dean (harmonium)
Geoffrey Webber (conductor)
Kurtág - Kafka Fragments, Milton Court
Doctorate in Contemporary Vocal Performance Viva exam
Kurtág’s ‘Kafka Fragments’
Milton Court, Silk Street
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Rebecca Hardwick - Soprano
Darragh Morgan - Violin
Handel - Saul
Handel - SAUL
Monday 5 May 2025, 7pm
Malachy Frame (Saul)
Rebekah Jones (David)
Rebecca Hardwick (Merab)
Christine Buras (Michal)
Ruairi Bowen (Jonathan)
The Players of the Hampstead Collective
Colla Voce Singers
Aidan Coburn (conductor)
Berlioz - Romeo and Juliet
Sir Mark Elder
conductor
Jess Dandy
contralto
Pierre Derhet
tenor
Bryn Terfel
bass
Edvard Grieg Kor
The Royal Northern College of Music Opera Chorus
Bergen Philharmonic Chorus
Håkon Matti Skrede
chorus master
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Hector Berlioz
Romeo and Juliet, dramatic symphony
Berlioz - Romeo and Juliet
Sir Mark Elder
conductor
Jess Dandy
contralto
Pierre Derhet
tenor
Bryn Terfel
bass
Edvard Grieg Kor
The Royal Northern College of Music Opera Chorus
Bergen Philharmonic Chorus
Håkon Matti Skrede
chorus master
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Hector Berlioz
Romeo and Juliet, dramatic symphony
Bach - St John Passion, St James’s Sussex Gardens
TREDICI - 20th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Saturday 12 April 2025, 7.30pm
St James's Church
Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD
20th Anniversary Concert
Conductor: Richard Thomas
Evangelist: Greg Tassell
Jesus: Stuart Orme
Pilate: Andrew Randall
Soprano: Rebecca Hardwick
Counter-tenor: Francis Gush
Tenor: Dominic Lee
with Orpheus Baroque
BACH St John Passion