Performances of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at BBC Music
Sun 9 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Peter Whelan leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and massed forces in a musical postcard from 18th-century Vienna, featuring Haydn’s choral tour de force the ‘Nelson Mass’ as well as works by Mozart and Zelenka
Peter Whelan leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and massed forces in a musical postcard from 18th-century Vienna, featuring Haydn’s choral tour de force the ‘Nelson Mass’ as well as works by Mozart and Zelenka
Programme
- Miserere in C minor(14 mins)
- Masonic Funeral Music(5 mins)
- Aria ‘Schon lacht der holde Frühling’(8 mins)
- Aria ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!’(6 mins)
- interval
- Mass in D minor, ‘Nelson Mass’(42 mins)
Performers
- Erin Morleysoprano
- Helen Charlstonmezzo-soprano
- Guy Cuttingtenor
- William Thomasbass
- Peter Whelanconductor
Fri 6 Nov 2026
- 19:30King's College Cambridge
The BBC Singers perform Mozart's Mass in C minor and Handel's Dixit Dominus with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Cambridge Music Festival.
The BBC Singers perform Mozart's Mass in C minor and Handel's Dixit Dominus with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Cambridge Music Festival.
Programme
- Mass in C minor, K427
- Dixit Dominus
Performers
- BBC Singersensemble
- Daniel Hydeconductor
Part ofBBC Singers 2026-27
