The Foundling Museum is honoured to welcome soprano Hilary Cronin and The English Concert for a special evening performing Handel.
This year, we celebrate the 340th birthday of George Frideric Handel, who was one of the original benefactors of the Foundling Hospital. He would go on to compose the Foundling Hospital Anthem, which features the famous ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Messiah.
The Foundling Museum and The English Concert have come together to celebrate the great 18th-century composer’s legacy with an evening of his music.
Repertoire TBC
Performers
Hilary Cronin – Soprano
Joseph Crouch – Cello
Sergio Bucheli – Theorbo
Tom Foster – Harpsichord
Praised by Classical Voice North America for her “shining, rounded timbre,” Hilary Cronin has appeared with ensembles including Early Opera Company, Academy of Ancient Music, Arcangelo, Florilegium, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra, London Handel Orchestra, La Nuova Musica and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, as well as with BBC Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, the Hallé and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. She won the London Handel International Singing Competition and was selected by BBC Music Magazine as a “Rising Star of 2022.”
Engagements during 2024/2025 include J. S. Bach Actus Tragicus with Dunedin Consort, St John Passion and Messiah with Polyphony, St Matthew Passion and Bellezza Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with Irish Baroque Orchestra, Beethoven Missa Solemis with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Fauré Requiem with Royal Northern Sinfonia, Messiah with Huddersfield Choral Society, First Harlot Solomon with The Gabrieli Consort, Haydn Nelson Mass with The Sixteen and Bach & Charpentier: Baroque Christmas with English Baroque Soloists.
She will make her debut at MusikTheater an der Wien during the 2025/2026 season. Her recordings include J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio (DG), Dido and Aeneas (Pentatone) and Telemann Donner-Ode (cpo).
Hilary Cronin is delighted to be making music again with The English Concert.
The English Concert is a period orchestra regarded for its expert balancing of delicate technical precision and the passion of its players. Founded by Trevor Pinnock in 1972, the orchestra currently thrives under the artistic direction of Harry Bicket and principal guest Kristian Bezuidenhout. Highlights of the orchestra’s calendar include an international Handel opera tour, a regular London series at venues including the Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Barbican Centre, and an annual residency at Garsington Opera. In 2023, The English Concert launched its ambitious Handel for All project, which aims to film and make freely available all of Handel’s works online.
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