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Bach and Handel | The City of Leicester Singers

When
Saturday March 21, 2015 at 19:30
Where
Church of St James the Greater, Leicester
Tickets
£13, £11 concessions, under 16s free
Phone for tickets: 0116 2994444
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  1. Magnificat in D BWV 243 - Johann Sebastian Bach
  2. Part 3, from Messiah HWV 56 - George Frideric Handel
  3. Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest HWV 258 - George Frideric Handel
  4. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata 147 BWV 147 - Johann Sebastian Bach

For their Spring 2015 concert, The City of Leicester Singers have chosen works by two great composers of the Baroque period, both born in 1685, namely Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.

The two main works to be performed are Bach’s Magnificat in D major, and Handel’s Messiah Part 3. The Magnificat was composed by Bach for the Christmas celebrations of 1723, following his move to Leipzig, and is one of his most famous sacred works. The Messiah was composed by Handel in a mere 25 day period in 1742, and was first performed in Dublin. It was one of the greatest triumphs of his long musical career.

Complementing these two major works are Handel’s anthem Zadok the Priest, written for the anointing ceremony of the coronation of King George II in 1727; and Bach’s Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, which is the last movement of Cantata 147, written in 1716 and augmented in 1723.


Venue
Church of St James the Greater
London Road
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE2 1NE
England


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