Vivaldi Gloria / Handel Dixit Dominus at St James's Church, London on Saturday 18th November 2023

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Vivaldi Gloria / Handel Dixit Dominus

Add to my Calendar 18-11-2023 19:30 18-11-2023 21:30 36 Vivaldi Gloria / Handel Dixit Dominus Countless performances and an enormous catalogue of recordings testify to the enduring popularity of one of Antonio Vivaldi’s greatest hits, his magnificent Gloria. For two centuries after his death, the Gloria lay undiscovered until the late 1920s, when it was found buried among a pile of the composer’s forgotten manuscripts. However, it wasn’t performed uintil late 1939. The wonderfully sunny nature of the Gloria with its distinctive melodies and rhythms is characteristic of all of Vivaldi’s music, and gives it an immediate and universal appeal. A unique and inventive setting of Psalm 110, Handel’s Dixit Dominus is an extraordinary tour de force, particularly for a 22-year-old composer, and demonstrates Handel’s precocious mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and melodic invention and – perhaps most impressively – of powerful dramatic gesture. It is regarded as one of his finest works. Under the assured direction of its conductor Greg Morris, Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir returns – with a glittering array of top soloists – to the Wren-inspired splendour of St James’s, Piccadilly. As well as these two popular masterpieces, the programme also includes works by JS Bach and Henry Purcell, in a sparkling celebration of the very best of Baroque. St James's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St James's Church
197 Piccadilly
Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
England

Saturday 18th November 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Henry Purcell – O sing unto the Lord, Z.44
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, RV 589
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (motet), BWV 230
George Frideric Handel – Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

Performers

Grace Davidson – soprano
Emma Walshe – soprano
Benjamin Williamson – Alto
Greg Morris – Conductor

Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir
Collegium Musicum of London Orchestra

Programme Note

Countless performances and an enormous catalogue of recordings testify to the enduring popularity of one of Antonio Vivaldi’s greatest hits, his magnificent Gloria.

For two centuries after his death, the Gloria lay undiscovered until the late 1920s, when it was found buried among a pile of the composer’s forgotten manuscripts. However, it wasn’t performed uintil late 1939.

The wonderfully sunny nature of the Gloria with its distinctive melodies and rhythms is characteristic of all of Vivaldi’s music, and gives it an immediate and universal appeal.

A unique and inventive setting of Psalm 110, Handel’s Dixit Dominus is an extraordinary tour de force, particularly for a 22-year-old composer, and demonstrates Handel’s precocious mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and melodic invention and – perhaps most impressively – of powerful dramatic gesture. It is regarded as one of his finest works.

Under the assured direction of its conductor Greg Morris, Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir returns – with a glittering array of top soloists – to the Wren-inspired splendour of St James’s, Piccadilly.

As well as these two popular masterpieces, the programme also includes works by JS Bach and Henry Purcell, in a sparkling celebration of the very best of Baroque.

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