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Musique Royale: Ensemble Caprice “Hallelujah & Trumpets!”
April 12 @ 7:30 PM
$30
Musique Royale welcomes back Ensemble ArtChoral and Ensemble Caprice led by the irrepressible Matthias Maute for “Hallelujah and Trumpets!”, a performance showcasing the splendor of George Frideric Handel’s music. Join us to hear the exuberant and dynamic combined forces of these two ensembles on Friday April 12 at 7:30 pm at St John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg (64 Townsend St). The concert includes a pre-concert rehearsal at 7:00 pm where the audience is invited to sing with director Matthias Maute!
About the Program
Eternal Source of Light Divine was George Frideric Handel’s first and only court ode and one of his earliest attempts to win the hearts of English listeners with radiant music in their own language. Blessed are they that Considereth the Poor was Handel’s last anthem and a celebration of everyday charity rather than royal power. This concert brings together these two bookends of Handel’s career in England to frame a collection of the composer’s most beloved melodies from the worlds of opera, orchestral, chamber and keyboard music. The programme shows why Handel’s own work has come down to us as an “eternal source” of musical delight, and is complemented by a sparkling setting of the Magnificat by Handel’s contemporary, Johann David Heinichen.