Written by Benedict Hoffnung and David Blackadder and with the character role of an aged Handel played by Harry Enfield.

This concert combines some of the composer's most thrilling music with an informative, moving, and at times humorous dialogue. Harry Enfield assumes the role of an aged Handel, a German, soon to become an Englishman and a favourite of Kings. He reminisces to the audience, taking them on his extraordinary journey. We learn of the composer's formative years in provincial Saxony, his departure to Hamburg, his travels in Italy and his arrival in London, during the midst of a golden age.

The Rinaldo Consort, the Leicester Bach Choir, soloists David Blackadder, Ruby Hughes, Christopher Lowry, Giles Underwood and an armada of baroque trumpeters conducted by Benedict Hoffnung combine to tell this dramatic story of the 18th century.

Programme to include excerpts from: Rinaldo, Acis and Galatea, Birthday Ode to Queen Anne, Scipione, Messiah, Water Music, Firework Music, Judas Maccabaeus, Zadok the Priest, Dettingen Te Deum.

Tickets £34.00-£10.00