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Southwell Minster
Church Street
Southwell
Nottinghamshire
NG25 0HD
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Performers
Ruth Provost – soprano
Judy Brown – mezzo-soprano
Carris Hunt – mezzo-soprano
Joseph Doody – tenor
Greg Skidmore – baritone
William Townend – baritone
Marcus Farnsworth – Conductor
William Balkwill – tenor
Southwell Festival Sinfonia
Southwell Festival Voices
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Programme Note
If you enjoy Messiah you’ll love Handel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt. As with Messiah Handel sets a biblical text – the dramatic story of the Israelites’ departure from Egypt in the Book of Exodus; also like Messiah, Handel’s choir – a spectacular double chorus, is a leading character in the drama. Add orchestral writing that fizzes with originality and solo numbers of plangent beauty and this masterpiece will have you on the edge of your seat. And when the Israelites finally cross the Red Sea with the pursuing Egyptians drowning behind them there’s a choral celebration to rival the Hallelujah Chorus.
