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West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DP
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Berenice: Overture
George Frideric Handel – Gloria (cantata), HWV deest
George Frideric Handel – Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.6 no.1 (HWV 319)
George Frideric Handel – Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Performers
John Butt – Conductor
Margaret Faultless – director / baroque violin
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Experience Ensemble
Cambridge University Chamber Choir
University of Cambridge Collegium Musicum
Programme Note
We are thrilled to welcome John Butt to conduct a program of sacred and secular music by Handel performed by the Cambridge University Chamber Choir and our own Collegium Musicum as well as members of both the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Experience Ensemble. Handel takes on a new light performed on period-style instruments and with the impeccable stylings of Butt, the OAE, and leader Margaret Faultless. Much beloved classics like Handel’s Concerto Grosso op.6 No.1 are joined by recently discovered works such as his Gloria for a varied but always sparkling and gallant program.
John Butt is Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow and musical director of Edinburgh’s Dunedin Consort as well as a Principal Artist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. As he not only received both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Cambridge but also returned to the university as a lecturer, we are excited to welcome him back.
