Name: The Hampstead Collective: "Agrippina’s Betrayal"
Start: 2026-03-01T15:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-01T17:30:00+00:00
Location: The Old Palace

$The Hampstead Collective: "Agrippina\u2019s Betrayal"$

We are looking forward to welcoming Rebecca Hardwick (soprano) Jacob Garside (cello, viola da gamba) and the Players of the Hampstead Collective to WEM in March with '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.