The Southern Concert presents
TWEEDLE-DUM & TWEEDLE-DEE: HANDEL vs BONONCINI
THE TWYFORD – THEATRE VENUE
3.00pm Saturday 13 June 2026
Join us for an afternoon with The Southern Concert, a baroque ensemble on period instruments based in the Bega Valley.
Tweedle-dum & Tweedle-dee – Handel vs Bononcini
Step into the coffee houses and concert halls of 1720s London where fashionable society argued passionately over two rival composers: Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, inspiring the epigram that gave rise to the phrase ‘Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee’.
“Some say, compar’d to Bononcini
That Mynheer Handel’s but a Ninny
Others aver, that he to Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle
Strange all this Difference should be
‘Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!”
(John Byrom, 1725)
Hear the music that captivated London and judge for yourself, in an afternoon of vocal and instrumental works by these two masters.
- Length: 1 hour. No interval.
- Foyer Box Office and Cafe/Bar opens 1 hour before the concert for refreshments.
TICKETS
- General Admission $35 | Concession $25 | Youth under 18 Free | + BF
- Twyford Gift Certificates NOT valid for this event
- Subscriber discount: 5% off – check your e-news
Please note that there is tiered seating in the Theatre. Contact the box office to book a seat in Row J if you have a wheelchair or mobility disability – all other rows in the Theatre are accessible by steps only. Best alternative: Row H (2 steps only). Row A (front) has the MOST stairs.