Baroque Splendour: J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Isabella Leonarda at Cadogan Hall, London on Saturday 26th April 2025

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Baroque Splendour

J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Isabella Leonarda

Add to my Calendar 26-04-2025 19:30 26-04-2025 21:30 36 Baroque Splendour Whitehall Choir and Constanza Chorus, two of London’s most engaging choirs, join together for this baroque extravaganza. Prepare for the roof to be raised by these combined forces in rousing performances of Handel‘s Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest and Vivaldi‘s setting of Dixit Dominus for double choir and orchestra. The rhythmic energy and vibrancy of Isabella Leonarda‘s short setting of Dixit Dominus is reminiscent of Monteverdi. Born in Italy in 1620, Leonarda was a prolific composer who joined a convent at 16 and remained there for the rest of her life where it is likely she wrote most of the sacred music for all performances while maintaining her duties as nun and eventually, Mother Superior. Written on a grand scale for a large baroque orchestra, chorus and five soloists, Bach‘s Magnificat in D major is one of the best-loved choral works. The choirs are joined by some of the UK’s top professional baroque instrumentalists from the period ensemble London Baroque Sinfonia and a lineup of superb soloists in a performance not to be missed! Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England

Saturday 26th April 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Isabella Leonarda – Dixit Dominus
Antonio Vivaldi – Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 594

Performers

Alexandra Kidgell – soprano
Elizabeth Howard – soprano
Carris Jones – Alto
Samuel Jenkins – tenor
Timothy Dickinson – Bass

Constanza Chorus
Whitehall Choir
London Baroque Sinfonia

Programme Note

Whitehall Choir and Constanza Chorus, two of London’s most engaging choirs, join together for this baroque extravaganza. Prepare for the roof to be raised by these combined forces in rousing performances of Handel‘s Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest and Vivaldi‘s setting of Dixit Dominus for double choir and orchestra.

The rhythmic energy and vibrancy of Isabella Leonarda‘s short setting of Dixit Dominus is reminiscent of Monteverdi. Born in Italy in 1620, Leonarda was a prolific composer who joined a convent at 16 and remained there for the rest of her life where it is likely she wrote most of the sacred music for all performances while maintaining her duties as nun and eventually, Mother Superior.

Written on a grand scale for a large baroque orchestra, chorus and five soloists, Bach‘s Magnificat in D major is one of the best-loved choral works.

The choirs are joined by some of the UK’s top professional baroque instrumentalists from the period ensemble London Baroque Sinfonia and a lineup of superb soloists in a performance not to be missed!

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