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Details

St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England


Programme

George Frideric HandelDixit Dominus, HWV 232
James MacMillanSeven Last Words from the Cross

Performers

David Ogden – Conductor

Exultate Singers
Exultate Chamber Ensemble

Programme Note

Exultate Singers is joined by the Exultate Chamber Ensemble to perform two powerful and virtuosic works for choir and string orchestra. Widely admired as a masterpiece, James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words From The Cross follows Christ’s final utterances at the crucifixion, meditating on each to form a dramatic and emotional sequence. The vocal writing is at times dramatic and intense, at others plaintive and tender. MacMillan’s use of vocal and instrumental is always mesmerizing and deeply moving. One of the most exhilarating of all his choral works, Handel’s Dixit Dominus was written when the composer was just 22 years old. The piece displays youthful vitality and energy throughout with strong Italian influences.

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