We’ve enjoyed a short break following our three performances in December and are now looking forward to our first performance of 2018 – which is also the first concert with the full choir directed by Jessica Norton, our assistant musical director. Since her appointment last spring, Jess has been working with Pegasus in rehearsals and led a small ensemble from the choir in madrigals and partsongs at Goddards House in Surrey last summer. For her London Pegasus debut, she has chosen an intriguing programme of music around the theme of the biblical creation story, culminating in Aaron Copland’s magisterial In the Beginning, a rarely heard piece that promises to make quite an impact in the reverberant acoustics of St George’s, Bloomsbury. Read more about this free concert here.
Alongside this concert we’re also beginning rehearsals for two performances of Handel’s opera Acis and Galatea, which will take place in March. We’re excited to have the opportunity to work on a staged production with conductor Laurence Cummings and director Martin Parr, with outstanding soloists and the ever-excellent London Handel Orchestra. More details and ticket information can be found here.