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La Nuova Musica… music with a voice: drama and discovery at the heart of every performance.
Handel, Giustino: Act 3. Aria: Dall'occaso in oriente, performed by Jake Arditti, David Bates and La Nuova Musica. Jake sang the part of the scheming Amanzio in Giustino as part of the 2025/26 Royal Opera season, led by David Bates, with La Nuova Musica and an all-star cast.
“… a subtle, vivid and detailed performance of Gluck’s original 1762 Orfeo ed Euridice” – Opera Now on La Nuova Musica and David Bates's recording of Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, with Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan and Rebecca Bottone. Find details of all of our recordings via our website.
A moment captured during rehearsals for our concert in Switzerland last Sunday, at the beautiful Église Saint-Michel de Fribourg.
Come and join us for one of these fabulous concerts this autumn! Details and booking here: www.lanuovamusica.co.uk/whats-on
David Bates and La Nuova Musica preparing for tonight's concert in Fribourg 🎼
Preparations for last night's Cambridge Summer Music Festival concert at Trinity College Chapel. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening 👏
David Bates conducts La Nuova Musica in the Overture to Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. Experience it at Trinity College Chapel in Cambridge on Friday evening as part of the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Details here: www.lanuovamusica.co.uk/whats-on
At the end of October, the London Festival of Baroque Music will close with La Nuova Musica's performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor at Smith Square Hall. Join LNM, led by David Bates, as we share a work that continues to move, challenge, and inspire audiences nearly 300 years after it was written.
"La Nuova Musica, with a fine quartet of soloists in the main Snape concert hall, never let our attention slip for a moment." The Arts Desk reviews La Nuova Musica's performance of Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Aldeburgh Festival last week.
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno is Handel’s debut oratorio and a true landmark of the Baroque era. This mythical gem is a tale of love, choice, temptation and fate, featuring some of Handel’s most dazzling, virtuosic and emotive music. See it performed by La Nuova Musica this summer.
An impressive career has seen tenor Nick Pritchard perform to great acclaim across the UK and beyond, with The Guardian describing his Evangelist in the Passions as ‘masterly'. This summer he joins LNM for Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, singing the part of Tempo.
Following on from La Nuova Musica's performance at the Aldeburgh Festival, the summer of Handel continues! Written when Handel was just 21, his very first oratorio, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, brims with lyrical beauty and drama. Book now via our website.
A beautiful evening at Snape Maltings for our Britten Pears Arts Aldeburgh Festival concert.
Come and join La Nova Musica's Artistic Director, David Bates, and members of LNM for a discussion ahead of an evening of Handel at the Aldeburgh Festival on Tuesday. Details and booking here: www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/pre-p...
La Nuova Musica is delighted to announce the appointment of Aliye Cornish Moore as our new General Manager. We also want to offer our warmest thanks to John Summers and Val Hawkin for their excellent leadership of LNM over the past 3 years, and wish them all the best for the future.
A summer of Handel! 🌞 Written when Handel was just 21, his very first oratorio, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, brims with lyrical beauty and drama. Book now via our website to experience these stunning performances - link in bio.
Less than three weeks to go until La Nuova Musica, and a line-up of superb Handelian experts, meet for the 77th Aldeburgh Festival to bring Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno to life at Snape Maltings Concert Hall. Tickets here: www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/la-nu...
David Bates conducts La Nuova Musica and soprano Chiara Skerath in Handel, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: Lascia la spina. Book now for performances at the Aldeburgh Festival on June 23, and at the Cambridge Summer Music on July 10. Details here: www.lanuovamusica.co.uk/whats-on
This summer, David Bates and La Nuova Musica will be bringing the music of Handel to the Aldeburgh Festival, the Cambridge Summer Music Festival, and the International Festival of Sacred Music in Fribourg, Switzerland. See our website for details and tickets.
"Hopefully, the audience takes home with them whatever they came for - be it calm enjoyment of beautiful music or the stimulation of hearing something new. "But I know they will have been affected by the creative energy that is the hallmark of any LNM performance" - Double bassist, Judith Evans
Handel Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: Overture. Book now to experience La Nouva Musica performing Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Britten Pears Arts Aldeburgh Festival on June 23 and at the Cambridge Summer Music Festival on July 10.
A New Tom Coult commission forms part of an October Wigmore Hall programme also featuring the work of Buxtehude & Bach. To be performed by Tom Coult, La Nuova Musica's Artistic Director, David Bates (harpsichord) & Nick Pritchar (tenor). Details and 🎫 here: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...
Discover the exciting performances La Nuova Musica has lined up for the summer of 2026, and beyond, via our newly refreshed website. 💻 Link in bio.
Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno is a dazzling exploration of temptation, mortality, and the search for meaning Join La Nuova Musica in Aldeburgh, Cambridge & Fribourg this summer for this radiant masterpiece, reminding us of the fleeting nature of beauty and the power of truth.
Handel, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: Lascia la spina. Chiara Skerath, with La Nouva Musica, recorded at the Asylum Chapel in London. LNM perform Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at Aldeburgh Festival and Cambridge this summer. Tickets via the LNM website - link in bio.
In July, David Bates and La Nuova Musica travel to Switzerland to share Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Festival International de Musiques Sacrées, Fribourg. Featuring: Federico Fiorio - Belezza Chiara Skerath - Piacere Christopher Lowrey - Disinganno Nick Pritchard - Tempo
"Iestyn Davies has one of the most glorious countertenor voices in the world today" - Michael Church, writing for The Independent. Iestyn Davies joins Federico Fiorio, Chiara Skerath & Nick Pritchard with La Nuova Musica for Handel's Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at Snape Maltings on June 23.
Join Artistic Director David Bates, with members of La Nuova Musica, for an insightful discussion ahead of an evening of Handel at Snape Maltings on June 23, as part of the Britten Pears Arts Aldeburgh Festival. Details and booking here: www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/pre-p... 📷 Bill Lam
Rare career opportunity! La Nuova Musica is seeking an experienced arts manager to become its new Executive Director. This is a part-time role based anywhere in the UK, with flexibility to travel for concerts. Details: www.lanuovamusica.co.uk/news/recruit...
Some more beautiful images of some of our instruments, captured by photographer Bill Lam during a shoot at the Asylum Chapel in Peckham last autumn.