Organization

Chanteur

Soprano

Miah Persson

Solomon's Queen

First hariot

Direction de choeur

Steven Fox

Direction d'orchestre

Harry Bicket

Contralto

Ann Hallenberg

Solomon

Elena Villalón

Nicaule

Basse

Brandon Cedel

un lévite

Ténor

James Way

Zadok

Mezzo-soprano

Niamh O'Sullivan

Second hariot

Others

The Clarion Choir

Orchestra

The English Concert

Barbican Centre

Handel: the philanthropist

Londres

Royaume-Uni

Barbican Concert Hall

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 Händel (+2 More)

Public

Musique pour les feux d'artifice royaux

Anthem de l'Hôpital des Enfants-Trouvés HWV 268

Salomon

Valide

A star-studded cast and The English Concert recreate Handel’s legendary 1749 fundraising concert, offering a chance to marvel at the abundance of his imagination – as well as his good deeds.

Handel was more than a composer of classical hits – he was also a humanitarian who raised astonishing amounts for his favourite cause, London’s Foundling Hospital for abandoned children. In 1749 he gave a benefit concert, an event repeated annually until the end of his life. Tonight stars of the singing firmament come together with historically accurate instruments of The English Concert to recreate that first concert.
The words of the Foundling Hospital Anthem set out Handel’s fundraising message: ‘Blessed are they that considereth the poor and needy’. His oratorio Solomon also pleads for wisdom and peace, and includes the majestic Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. With other favourite Handel moments on the bill such as the exuberant Music for the Royal Fireworks, the evening offers as many thrills and emotions as it does virtuous thoughts.

English

Handel: the philanthropist by Händel, Du (2023/2023), Chef d'orchestre Harry Bicket, Barbican Centre, Londres, Royaume-Uni

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