Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Celebrating the 300th anniversary of its premiere, the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr realise a long-held ambition to perform and record Handel’s mighty Passion - a setting of rare humanity and beauty. Composed while the young Handel was at the peak of his operatic success in London, his Brockes-Passion is a sacred opera by another name, so intricate and richly painted are its emotions and events.
Celebrating the 300th anniversary of its premiere, the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr realise a long-held ambition to perform and record Handel’s mighty Passion - a setting of rare humanity and beauty. Composed while the young Handel was at the peak of his operatic success in London, his Brockes-Passion is a sacred opera by another name, so intricate and richly painted are its emotions and events.
