Rachel Cocks is a trombone student in her final year of undergraduate study at the Conservatoire, under the tutelage of Rich Watkin, Tony Howe and Edward Jones. During her degree studies, orchestral and chamber music have become her main passions. She has been selected for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's training scheme and gained first prize in the Bernard Brown Chamber Ensemble Prize.

Lunchtime Music

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Filmed concert by the ensemble Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie, with immersive 7.1 sound. Considered one of Handel's greatest masterpieces.

Ariodante

Cinéma Le Douron

Brilliant and expansive, this season opener celebrates discovery and bold energy. Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music shines with grandeur, followed by Brandon Goff’s Concerto for Two Guitars featuring Brandon Goff and John Ware. The program concludes with Dvořák’s sweeping and soulful New World Symphony.

The New World

FMU's Performing Arts Center

Richard Jones’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel's opera returns with many of the original cast, including Emily D’Angelo as the lovestruck Ruggiero and Lisette Oropesa as the glittering enchantress Alcina.

Alcina

Royal Opera House

Opera seria in three acts, after Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on January 8, 1735.

Cour de l'Hôtel-Dieu

On a magical island, the sorceress Alcina lures men with beauty and desire, using them for pleasure before discarding them—transforming former lovers into the stones, animals, trees, and other objects that populate her enchanted world. Her allure, like her palace, is sustained by powerful spells that conceal the truth: both Alcina and her island are in ruins. When her latest conquest is given a magical ring that reveals this reality, the illusion begins to collapse. As Alcina’s powers fade, she loses her hold—and ultimately her conquest—to the force of true love.

EPSG:4326

University of California, Berkeley

Lesher Center for the Arts

Jerusalem during the Crusades: The Christian knights prepare for battle, but their plans are thwarted by the Saracen king Argante and the powerful sorceress Armida. Rinaldo is particularly devastated when his beloved Almirena is abducted. Armida, disguised as Almirena, attempts to seduce him and win him over to her side. Caught between love, duty, and temptation, Rinaldo becomes a pawn in a game of opposing forces. Will he be able to resist the allure of power and magic?

Rinaldo

Halle Opera House

Opera Café

Please join the Early Music Ensemble for an evening exploring the idea of chamber works, featuring Telemann's Trio Sonata in A minor and arias from Handel's Alcina, alongside Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame. We highlight the performance of pieces by small ensembles, underscoring the connections made between performers, and performers and audience, in small, intimate settings.

In Camera

Zelman Cowen Building (51)

The Water Planet

ArcBest Performing Arts Center

Sparkling, elegant, and full of musical fireworks! We bookend this program with two of Handel’s most celebrated works—Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks—with Stacy Garrop’s Spectacle of Light as a shimmering tribute. In between, violinist Eric Gratz shines in Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s passionate Primavera Porteño.

Baroque Spectacle

Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre

Julius Caesar and Cleopatra are one of the most famous love couples in human history. It's no wonder, then, that artists from all disciplines—from art to theater to film—have been inspired by the passionate relationship between the Roman general and the Egyptian pharaoh. The most impressive musical interpretation was achieved 300 years ago by George Frideric Handel in his opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," which, with its rich instrumentation and numerous musical ideas, remains one of the milestones of Baroque heroic opera. Now, the work will be performed for the first time in concert at the Elbphilharmonie with a prominent cast.

Handel: Julius Caesar / Francesco Corti

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Handel's masterpiece performed Tempesta-style on baroque instruments, with the choir of Christ Church Christiana Hundred and a quartet of early-music soloists.

Handel: Messiah

Christ Church Christiana Hundred

Church of the Holy Trinity

Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Christophe Rousset / Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists

Teatro alla Scala

Giulio Cesare has defeated his enemy Pompeo and chased him all the way to Egypt. Against Caesare's will, however, Pompeo was then executed by the Egyptian king Tolomeo. The wife and son of the slain man swear to avenge him. Cleopatra, meanwhile, wants the Egyptian throne all to herself. In order to get it, she must get rid of her brother Tolomeo and win Cesare's support. She seduces him, he falls for her - and makes Cleopatra Queen of Egypt.

Julius Caesar in Egypt

Theater Duisburg

A Baroque Concert by the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
Why is the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt Germany's most successful crossover orchestra? Because of its musicians, who enjoy everything, who are always open-minded, and who shy away from nothing – not even Baroque music! If you look closely,
you'll discover the word "rock" in the word "baroque" – thus dusting off the image of this era with the diversity of Baroque art music: Italy's Dario Castello, France's Jean-Marie Leclair, and the two Germans Georg Friedrich Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann demonstrate with
their works what 17th and 18th century Europe had to offer in terms of variety and diverse musical styles. The evening is given an additional fresh splash of color by two dreamy arias that give the program its title.

17th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert

Congress Park Hanau

The music from the musical underground, where English composers created their own unique sound in the shadow of the great masters.

Opera houses and concert halls flourished, new stars were born and a burgeoning middle class was absorbed by the music. But beneath the surface lay an almost forgotten musical underground – English composers who created their own special soundscape in the shadow of the great masters. Welcome to  the London Underground !

London Underground

St. Paul's Church Aarhus

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen

Helsinborg Concert Hall

Orchestra Concert 3

Ansbach Residence

Handel Festival Orchestra on Tour

Culture Forum Luneburg e.V.

St. George's Church Weener

They meet on an island where they become aware of the power of magic and the magic of power.

Handel gave the world a magic opera, and one of his best, in 1735 - about love, manipulation and real, or pretend, feelings on Alcina’s island. What makes his characters in this moving story so special? Their (erroneous) paths, obsessions, vows of love, highly emotional confusion or their vulnerability?

Oper Frankfurt

The talent festival MOZART’S CHILDREN has been organised by the Brno Philharmonic in cooperation with the South Moravian Region’s Music School for 16 years. It attracts children and young people of all ages to the fantastic world of music and gives the best of them the opportunity to perform in the beautiful hall of the Besední dům with the great orchestra of the Filharmonie Brno.

Concert Of Children’s Soloists

Anna Geniushene / Piano Recital

The Marriage of Alessandro

Dom zu Halle

3rd Metropol Concert

Mannheimer Rosengarten

Italy has always been a place of longing. For centuries, the country and its ancient cultural treasures have served as a source of inspiration for poets and thinkers. Artists and composers - mostly young men from good families - traditionally set off for the south in their youth and brought home groundbreaking ideas that constantly renewed local art. Georg Friedrich Handel's cantata "Il Delirio amoroso" was written at the beginning of his study trip in Rome in 1707, but the 22-year-old could not get enough of Italy - his trip lasted an incredible four years! Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy stopped off in the same cities more than a century later: Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples, among others, inspired him to write his "Italian" symphony. It exudes a light, southern charm and conjures up images of his journey.

7th Symphony Concert

Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle

Guest performance in Arnstadt Spring Concert

Theater im Schlossgarten

Maurice Steger will be performing in a dual role as conductor and soloist. The symphony concert with the German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate will be "very British". The "Meeting Point London Haymarket" program combines music by local composers such as Henry Purcell with works that were either written in England or have a...

Guest Concert

Fruchthalle

Gastkonzert

BASF-Feierabendhaus

Händel Galliard Locatelli

Opernhaus Zürich

Im Mittelpunkt des Konzerts steht das auf dem Marktplatz zu Halle stehende Händel-Denkmal. Finanziert durch großzügige Spenden und Benefiz-Konzerte wurde es zum 100. Todestag des Komponisten im Jahr 1859 eingeweiht. Selbst die international gefeierte Sopranistin Jenny Lind ließ es sich nicht nehmen und reiste nach Halle, um in einer Messiah-Aufführung zu Gunsten des Denkmals mitzuwirken.

Händels Schätze

Brevard Symphony Orchestra

The Community Church of Vero Beach

Because of its sonic charm, the recorder was often called Flauto dolce in the Baroque period. Maurice Steger is an eminent virtuoso of this instrument and a captivating musician who can be experienced in a colorful, varied program with late-romantic, luscious works for strings and solo concertos for recorder. We are sure that after this concert you will look at the recorder with different eyes.

3rd Concert Viennese Classic: Flauto dolce

Konzerthaus Dortmund

Saturday Concert No. 4

Volkshaus Jena

Oratorio in three parts for soloists, chorus, and orchestra

Messiah

Kölner Philharmonie

"The most perfect in terms of the whole is the opera orchestra of the Polish king in Dresden" - When the arts were in full bloom at the court of Augustus the Strong and the celebration of the century was approaching with the wedding of his only legitimate son, Frederick Augustus, the best virtuosos were hired from all over Europe. For this event and the "orchestra di Dresda", the great composers of the time outdid each other with new works that still fascinate today.

ThroughOneAnother

Volkspark Friedrichshain

 Introduction 45 min before the performance.


Rebel Bach Händel

Comfortable armchairs and sofas, an atmospherically lit hall and a free drink of your choice that you can enjoy at the get-together with the artists of the evening: these are the ingredients of our popular lounge concerts. This time, Berlin music journalist Bernhard Schrammek investigates a thwarted friendship between two world stars:

2. ThroughOneAnother.

New Theater Halle

Theater Eisleben

Julia Bullock brings the vocal fireworks to a night with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment celebrating the greatest hits of the 18th century.

Baroquebusters

Southbank Centre

The culinary Sunday matinees combine chamber music and culinary delights at the highest level and delight music lovers and gourmets alike. On the 3rd Advent, enjoy an hour of pre-Christmas vocal and instrumental music in the pleasant atmosphere of the Hall of Mirrors in the Hotel Schwarzer Bär, including by the great baroque composers Georg Philipp Telemann, Georg Friedrich Händel and Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by musicians from the Jena Philharmonic and guest artists. Following the musical experience, an exquisite 3-course menu, specially created for this occasion, awaits you in the banquet hall. Make your Sunday something very special. Let yourself be pampered by the culinary creations and enjoy the harmonious combination of music and gastronomy.

Culinary Sunday Matinee № 3 • SOLD OUT

Hotel Schwarzer Bär

What could be better for the Advent and Christmas season than the festive music of the late Baroque? With our Advent concerts, we invite you to the historic town hall, located directly on the main market, in the heart of Nuremberg's picturesque old town. In addition to famous orchestral works, two of the most popular trumpet concerts are also on the program in 2024 - radiant brass splendor with the American James Vaughen, deputy principal trumpeter of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and winner of the 2023 Aeolus Wind Competition. The former conductor from Munich's Gärtnerplatz, Andreas Puhani, who has long been associated with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, will conduct from the harpsichord.

Festive Advent Concerts In The Historical Town Hall

Nuremberg

Baroque and Beyond for the Holidays (by candlelight!)

Newport Performing Arts Center

A shrewd politician, a jilted bride disguised as a man, and three upper crust, eager to marry gentlemen make for all kinds of confusion in Handel’s tragicomedy. The libretto drew on texts by the Roman poet Silvio Stampiglia, who prefered writing silly stories and biting comedy to moralising plots and pathos. His work’s got nothing to do with Partenope, the last Siren Odysseus encountered on his Odyssey. In Handel’s opera she’s foundress and Queen of Naples, who’s being courted by three men. The first, shy Armindo, waits a long time before declaring his love for the Queen. The second, Emilio, arrives with his army, ordering the Queen to choose between marriage or war. Partenope beats him in battle, has him arrested, offering him friendship instead.

Partenope

Bockenheimer Depot

Italien, das Sehnsuchtsland der Deutschen seit Jahrhunderten: Händel sammelte dort Lorbeeren, Mendelssohn fand Inspirationen. Seine 4. Sinfonie schäumt über vor dem Temperament des Südens. Für den Alte-Musik-Dirigenten Andrea Marcon bedeuten Abstecher in die Romantik dabei rare musikalische Momente. Ganz in seinem Kernrepertoire bewegt sich Valer Sabadus: Die Alt-Arien aus Händel-Opern wie »Rinaldo« oder »Alcina« sind wie gemacht für die so überirdisch reine, hohe Stimme des rumänisch-deutschen Countertenors. Händels Hochton-Feuerwerke liefert er in mitreißender Rasanz und atemberaubender Sicherheit, zugleich versteht er nicht minder die Trumpfkarte des berührend-zarten, des sinnlichen Tons auszuspielen. Valer Sabadus ist ein Sänger, der sein Publikum in Bann schlägt, der es mitnimmt in ein Sehnsuchtsland und in eine Welt der Barockoper, die in Tönen so verschwenderisch umgehen konnte wie keine mehr danach.

Il gusto italiano

Bertramstraße 8

Händel. Haydn

Lobkowicz Palace

Experience the first chamber concert of the season in an extraordinary setting: the impressive Hangar 4 of the former Tempelhof Airport. Following on from this year's production of MESSIAH , the musicians of the orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, together with chamber singer Karolina Gumos (mezzo-soprano), present masterful works by Handel, such as the impressive cantata Donna, che in ciel and the aria Haec est Regina virginium . The program is rounded off by works by other baroque greats such as Antonio Vivaldi and Henry Purcell. In the monumental industrial hall, baroque sounds merge with the rough aesthetics of the historic location and transform the concert into an unforgettable experience. Experience baroque in a new way!

Handel in the Hangar!

Komische Oper Berlin @Schillertheater

Arvo Pärt's music is in many ways a rebellion against post-war classical music, which, roughly speaking, meant louder, faster, bigger and more of everything. Pärt's music is anything but – it is gentle, slow and insists on repetition and silence. The early music movement, of which Concerto Copenhagen is a leading part, was also created as a rebellion against the classical music scene in post-war Europe and - in many ways like Pärt - seeks originality in the simple and transparent, a humility towards the musical raw material and the shortest possible path from the musician's expression to the audience's impression.

Nargen Festival: Pärt & Händel

St. John's Church, Tallinn

Get outside and join the Salt Lake Symphony for a concert in the park! Although the fireworks won’t start for another few days, we’ll present the Music for the Royal Fireworks by George Frederich Handel. Also on the program is Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.

We’ll play at the Canyon Rim Park Amphitheater near the West Pavilion. Free concert, no tickets required. Bring your family and enjoy a beautiful evening of music in the park!

Salt Lake Symphony in The Park

Canyon Rim Park

Join us for an enchanting evening of Baroque music with the acclaimed conductor Emmanuelle Haïm and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. This special concert will take place on Friday, March 22, 2024, at 8:00 pm in the majestic Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence. An introduction to the evening's program will be offered at 6:45 pm, providing deeper insights into the works to be performed.

The evening's program will feature a selection of Baroque masterpieces, including extracts from Henry Purcell's "The Fairy-Queen," a semi-opera based on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The concert will also showcase Georg Friedrich Händel's "Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351," followed by an interval, and conclude with Händel's "Il delirio amoroso, Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra, HWV 99." The talented Dutch soprano Lenneke Ruiten will join Emmanuelle Haïm, bringing her exquisite voice to the performance of Händel's intimate cantata.

Emmanuelle Haïm, a Paris-born conductor and harpsichordist, is celebrated for her passionate and captivating interpretations of Baroque music. Her return to the podium with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks marks her eagerly awaited second appearance since 2017, promising an evening of musical brilliance and emotional depth.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of Baroque music under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm, a true icon in the world of early music. The concert will be available for audio on demand online until April 21, 2024.

For tickets and more information, please visit our website or contact our ticket hotline. Join us for a memorable night of exquisite music in the heart of Munich.

Emmanuelle Haïm

Munich Residence

Study concert with voice students under Helene Gjerris

Study concert with voice students

New Hall

The Sound of Nature: The British composer George Fenton has created an equally impressive soundtrack for the BBC's visually stunning nature documentary series. His "Planet Earth" music is performed live in concert, surrounded by the other elements of fire, air and water. The German baroque grandmaster Georg Friedrich Händel will perform his "Fireworks Music", which was commissioned by the British King George II and first impressed audiences as open-air music in London's Green Park in 1749. The great US film composer Max Steiner breathes a completely different atmosphere in his title music for the legendary film classic "Gone with the Wind" and the stirring Czech romantic Antonín Dvořák also contributes a spookily beautiful fairytale water music with his symphonic poem "The Water Sprite".

Planet Earth

Alte Oper

Christmas song and music concert with soprano Louise McClelland and pianist Laurits Dragsted

Louise McClelland and Laurits Dragsted - Christmas Concert

Fuglsang Herregård

Join us for an enchanting evening of brass music as the BRSO Academy and the Hermann-Levi-Akademie des Staatsorchesters present "Polished Brass - orchestra academies invite." This special concert will take place on Tuesday, 25th April 2023, at 7:00 pm in the vibrant setting of Munich's Werksviertel-Mitte, Technikum.

The evening's program promises a diverse range of compositions, starting with the majestic "Solomon: Entry of the Queen of Sheba HW 67 Act III Sinfonia" by Georg Friedrich Händel, followed by spirited "Dances from Terpsichore" arranged by NoPhilBrass from Michael Praetorius. The audience will be treated to Maurice Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso" and Johann Sebastian Bach's "Concert for Organ d-Minor BWV 596 after A. Vivaldi's L'Estro armonico op. 3 No. 11." Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo" and Daniel Schnyder's "3 American Dances" will add to the evening's eclectic mix. The program will also feature contemporary pieces including Michael Clothier's "Rumba Fortinbrass" and a selection of songs from classic films and musicals, culminating in Goff Richards' "Homage to the noble grape."

This concert is a unique opportunity to experience the talents of the members of the BRSO academy and the Hermann-Levi-Akademie des Staatsorchesters as they come together to deliver a memorable performance. Don't miss this celebration of brass music in one of Munich's most dynamic venues.

For tickets and further information, please visit our website or contact our ticket hotline. Join us for a night of exquisite music that promises to be a highlight of the cultural calendar.

Polished Brass - orchestra academies invite

Technikum

HSO – Christmas Concert – Handel's Messiah

Helsingborgs Konserthus

For the third year, Edmonton Opera invites you to help fill the room with Handel's Messiah. A part concert, part community gathering set in Station Park Food Hall, where food and drink are available during the performance.

Messiah at the Market

Station Park Food Hall

The holiday tradition above all holiday traditions: Handel's Messiah. Experience one of the greatest stories of the Western world set to the most unforgettable music in music history, from the Hallelujah Chorus to the soloists' beautiful arias and the choir's hymns.

Handel's Messiah

Musikhuset Aarhus

Celebrate the season in true Baroque splendour as Rachel Podger returns, this time leading an evening of festive music.

SCO 26/27: A Baroque Christmas

The Queen's Hall

There are worse places to find yourself trapped than Club Amnesia. Here, Alcina – performance artist extraordinaire – captivates the men who swarm around her, bending their minds, and reality, to her will. But when she meets Ruggiero, her heart finally softens. Then Ruggiero’s fiancée – disguised as a man to rescue her lost lover – arrives, and a clash of head and heart threatens to shatter the magic, hedonism, and fantasy of Alcina’s illusions.

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Olivia Fuchs, director of 2025’s five-star The Makropulos Affair, transports Handel’s romantic fantasy to the vibrant, flamboyant, all-intoxicating club scene, joyfully toying with opera’s power and gender dynamics.

Experience French and English Baroque music by Rameau, Purcell, and Händel, as if it were written to get the room boiling. A concert where salon meets barn, and where Baroque proves to be exactly what Eike claims: old music that makes us rock.

Ba-Rock with Bjarte Eike

Part romance, part pageant, pure Handel. On their limited US tour, The English Concert presents Alessandro. Brimming with vocal athletics and unparalleled musicianship, Handel’s Alexander the Great juggles a love triangle with global conquest and political conspiracy.

Alessandro

Omaha Performing Arts

We explore water in various forms, with music that evokes frozen ponds, bubbling creatures, and winding rivers.

NSYO: Water Music

Halifax United Church

A fascinating multimedia experience for the whole family. Live concert with the Philharmonie Leipzig, accompanied by aerial photographs from "Germany from Above".

Georg Friedrich Händel

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 3, 2026

HSO – Christmas Concert – Handel's Messiah · Helsingborg Arena och Scen

4 - 6 Dec, 2026

Messiah at the Market · Edmonton Opera

10 - 11 Dec, 2026

Handel's Messiah · Aarhus Symfoniorkester

Dec 17, 2026

SCO 26/27: A Baroque Christmas · The Queen's Hall

6 - 27 Feb, 2027

Alcina · Scottish Opera

Past events

Oct 19, 2026

Lunchtime Music · Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Oct 10, 2026

Ariodante · Festival de Lanvellec et du Trégor

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