Irish Baroque Orchestra
Handel: 'Alexander's Feast'
Hilary Cronin (soprano) | Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor) | Stuart Jackson (tenor) | Peter Whelan (conductor)
There will be one interval
Hilary Cronin - soprano
Hugh Cutting - counter-tenor
Stuart Jackson - tenor
Irish Baroque Chorus
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Whelan - Conductor
Hilary Cronin © Helena Cooke
Early & Baroque Music at the BBC Proms
Sat, 30 August 2025
Royal Albert Hall, London
7:30pm
£11 - £56
Full Event Details
Award-winning Baroque dynamos Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, praised for their ‘stylish verve’ and ‘rich insight and charisma’, make their Proms debut with a Handel rarity that celebrates the power of music itself. Alexander’s Feast is an oratorio of operatic intensity, setting John Dryden’s poem about the musician Timotheus, who stirs Alexander the Great to destructive revenge. The piece is heard for the first time at the Proms in the three-part version the composer made for performances in Dublin in 1742.
There will be one interval
Hilary Cronin - soprano
Hugh Cutting - counter-tenor
Stuart Jackson - tenor
Irish Baroque Chorus
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Whelan - Conductor
Hilary Cronin © Helena Cooke
Venue Details & Map
Location
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Albert Hall, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AT
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