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