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Israel in Egypt

Part of the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester 2019

Add to my Calendar 31-07-2019 19:45 31-07-2019 21:45 36 Israel in Egypt One of Handel’s most dramatic and exciting oratorios, Israel in Egypt tells the biblical story of the Israelites’ slavery in Egypt and their escape across the Red Sea. The ten plagues descending on the Egyptians are astoundingly descriptive: pelting hail and the buzzing flies and locusts are vividly conjured in sound. This arrangement by Mendelssohn, created for his own large chorus, has never been heard in concert in the UK. Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Gloucester Cathedral
College Green
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2LX
England

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Israel in Egypt, HWV 54

Performers

Susanna Fairbairn – soprano
 Rebecca Afonwy Jones – soprano
 Jess Dandy – Alto
 Stuart Jackson – Tenor
 James Newby – Bass
 Geraint Bowen – Conductor

Three Choirs Festival Chorus
 Philharmonia Orchestra

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Programme Note

One of Handel’s most dramatic and exciting oratorios, Israel in Egypt tells the biblical story of the Israelites’ slavery in Egypt and their escape across the Red Sea. The ten plagues descending on the Egyptians are astoundingly descriptive: pelting hail and the buzzing flies and locusts are vividly conjured in sound. This arrangement by Mendelssohn, created for his own large chorus, has never been heard in concert in the UK.

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