
Handel’s Messiah
Join the English Chamber Orchestra and VOCES8 Foundation Choir directed by Nicholas Kraemer for Handel's Messiah. A festive tradition filled with wonderful arias and choruses, including the rousing Hallelujah Chorus.

Join the English Chamber Orchestra and VOCES8 Foundation Choir directed by Nicholas Kraemer for Handel's Messiah. A festive tradition filled with wonderful arias and choruses, including the rousing Hallelujah Chorus.

We are delighted to be Resident Orchestra of the 21st Cartagena Festival de Música, taking place from 9–17 January 2027. As part of one of Latin America's most prestigious classical music festivals, we will perform alongside an outstanding international line-up of soloists and artists, bringing our distinctive musical excellence and renowned versatility to Cartagena. This residency represents an exciting opportunity to share our music with new audiences, develop international artistic relationships and celebrate the universal language of classical music.

We are delighted to be join legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and conductor Marzena Diakun for a programme bringing together three great masters of the Classical tradition. Haydn’s dramatic Funeral Symphony and Mozart’s brilliant Jeunehomme Concerto lead to the youthful warmth and elegance of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5.

Our tour with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and conductor Marzena Diakun continues at Dvorana Union in Maribor. Together, we explore three remarkable works by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, from the drama of Haydn’s Funeral Symphony to Mozart’s brilliant Jeunehomme Concerto and the elegance of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5.

Our short tour with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and conductor Marzena Diakun concludes at the Valli Municipal Theatre in Reggio Emilia. For our final concert together, we bring Haydn’s dramatic Funeral Symphony, Mozart’s brilliant Jeunehomme Concerto and Schubert’s graceful Symphony No. 5 to this historic Italian stage.

Mozart at his most lyrical and dynamic meets the unmistakable voice of Malcolm Arnold and the wistfully lilting Gipps, radiant, sparkling and elegant.

Our second concert in our Mozart: Echoes & Innovations series, celebrates three distinctive British compositional voices. Imogen Holst, Vaughan Williams & MacMillan: all life is here, on a rollercoaster of emotion, journey through darkness, drama and intensity.

This final concert in our Mozart: Echoes & Innovations series; brimming with irresistible energy, we shine a light on distinct, imaginative and timeless composition.