Canberra Choral Society (CCS) is thrilled to present 'A Handel Celebration', as this year's CCS Come & Sing event.
The prolific musical genius of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) impresses as powerfully today, as ever. Hear his musical and choral mastery through a selection of glorious arias and choruses from operas, oratorios, odes and anthems spanning his spectacular career.
From the inventive brilliance of the sinfonia from Agrippina, one of the youthful Handel's early operas, a gamut of emotions is traversed by choruses from Handel's English dramatic oratorios Athalia, Saul, Israel in Egypt, Hercules, Judas Maccabeus and Theodora. Selections from Messiah will move and elate, while the sombre sounds from the Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline contrast with the exuberant coronation anthem Zadok the Priest and poetic and joyful music from Alexander's Feast.
The drama intensifies with exquisite Soprano arias like 'Lascia ch'io pianga' ('Let me weep') from Rinaldo, two of Cleopatra's arias from Julius Caesar and an aria from Alcina.
Led by guest conductor Erin Helyard, a baroque and early classical specialist and Artistic Director and co-founder of Pinchgut Opera, with highly accomplished French soprano Myriam Arbouz, a 160 strong chorus of 80 CCS and 80 guest singers prepared by CCS Music Director and Chorus Master, Dan Walker, and a professional orchestra sourced from Canberra's finest players.
Accessibility
- Actively welcomes people with access needs.
When
13 Dec
7:30pm–10pm
Price
$20 - $90
A Reserve: $40 to $90 plus booking fee
B Reserve: $20 to $60 plus booking fee
Family ticket available (2 adults + up to 3 children)
Companion card accepted
