Fortismere Community Choir: Christmas Concert with Audience Carols at St Andrew's Church, London on Saturday 9th December 2023

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Fortismere Community Choir

Christmas Concert with Audience Carols

Add to my Calendar 09-12-2023 19:00 09-12-2023 21:00 36 Fortismere Community Choir For all lovers of Baroque music ... discover the ingenious and unconventional composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, a Baroque composer who was highly acclaimed at the time, and yet whose works fell into obscurity for the next 200 years. J S Bach himself knew Zelenka personally, and held his music in high esteem. Fortismere Community Choir hope to contribute to the resurgence of this long-forgotten musical giant, considered by many an equal to Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, with a performance of his Missa dei Filii. The second half will be Christmas carols for audience and choir. St Andrew's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Andrew's Church
Alexandra Park Road
Muswell Hill
London
N10 2DD
England

Saturday 9th December 2023
7:00 PM

Programme

Jan Dismas Zelenka – Missa dei Filii, ZWV 20
~ Interval ~
Traditional Christmas Carols – Christmas carols for audience and choir

Performers

Christine Buras – soprano
Lawrence Gillians – Bass
Marvin Perrott – Conductor
Martins Smaukstelis – tenor
Helen Stanley – Alto

Fortismere Community Choir
Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

For all lovers of Baroque music ... discover the ingenious and unconventional composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, a Baroque composer who was highly acclaimed at the time, and yet whose works fell into obscurity for the next 200 years. J S Bach himself knew Zelenka personally, and held his music in high esteem. Fortismere Community Choir hope to contribute to the resurgence of this long-forgotten musical giant, considered by many an equal to Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, with a performance of his Missa dei Filii. The second half will be Christmas carols for audience and choir.

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