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.

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

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

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

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

Rebecca will be appearing as the soprano soloist for a performance with Salisbury Cathedral Choir.

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.

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

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.

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.

Rebecca Hardwick soprano
Rachel Roper mezzo-soprano
Ruairi Bowen tenor
David Ireland bass

Orchestra De Cymru
Geraint Bowen

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

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

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

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

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 “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

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

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” –  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

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/

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

Three Choirs Festival

Hereford Cathedral

More details TBC

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

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)