Page 7 - Resurrezione Coverage Book

Harry Bicket and a hand-picked cast of soloists performing Handel's La Resurrezione
(photo: Mark Allan)

We were thwarted at lots of turns, with many of the organisations and venues we
initially approached unable to overcome the obstacles of Covid-related regulations

for staging a live work, but we persevered and luckily Sky Arts loved the idea. We
were able to use some of my favourite singers – the incredible Lucy Crowe, Danielle
de Niese, Lawrence Zazzo, Hugo Hymas and Brindley Sherratt – with Harry Bicket

and The English Concert doing a fantastic job with very little rehearsal. Harry also
took on the task of editing the piece to a logical length for television, while still

keeping the strong narrative of the Easter story. These artists live to perform, and
watching these musicians come together to make music again was such an

extraordinary feeling for everybody involved.

Philanthropy now, more than ever, is so important to help beleaguered artistic

houses and organisations and I’m so thrilled that we’ve been able to create this
project – which has provided much-needed paid work for these artists, some of

whom haven’t performed for over a year. It’s important for philanthropic institutions to
choose very carefully the projects they support and we try very hard to stay true to