The ultimate live performance of the season for the Ottawa Bach Choir options Italian and Italian-influenced works of the baroque period. Ensemble Caprice baroque orchestra and soloists will be part of the Choir within the Could 10 live performance titled Gloria!
The live performance delves into the Italian expression of baroque music.
“Put together to be Immersed within the brilliance of the Italian Baroque with music by Vivaldi, Handel, and the rarely-performed Cozzolani, together with compositions written in Venice, Rome and Milan,” says Founder and Creative Director, Dr. Lisette Canton, in an announcement. “Carried out with the distinguished Baroque orchestra Ensemble Caprice and soloists, Ottawa audiences received’t wish to miss the fervour and grandeur of Italian baroque splendour.”
Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC)
The Ottawa Bach Choir was based in 2002 by Dr. Lisette Canton, their creative director. Whereas Bach stays on the core of their repertoire, OBC performs music throughout historic durations. Their method combines a scholarly background with passionate efficiency.
Together with their Ottawa subscription collection, the Choir performs and excursions throughout Canada and overseas. Highlights embrace performances by invitation Bach’s total chorale cantata cycle on the prestigious Bachfest Leipzig as the one Canadian ensemble, on the Luminato Competition, and in Beijing and Shanghai in 2016. They’ve additionally toured throughout Europe.
The Choir has an in depth recording catalogue, together with the JUNO award-winning album Handel, Bach & Schütz.
Ensemble Caprice
Ensemble Caprice baroque orchestra was based by flautist Matthias Maute greater than 30 years in the past. Since that point, the orchestra has been established as one of many main baroque ensembles. The Ensemble performs a daily live performance collection on the Montreal Museum of Nice Arts Bourgie Corridor, and excursions internationally. They’ve performs throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and in North and South America. Highlights embrace appearances on the Lufthansa Competition of Baroque Music in London, and, in Germany, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, the Early Music Days in Regensburg, the Händel-Festspiele in Halle, and the Stockstadt Competition.
Ensemble Caprice has carried out on greater than 20 recordings on the Analecta, ATMA Classique and Antes labels, lots of which have received prizes, together with a JUNO and 4 Prix Opus awards.
The Live performance
This system contains three grasp works.
Vivaldi’s Gloria, RV 589
It’s believed that Vivaldi composed his most well-known Gloria throughout his time working on the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, though the precise 12 months is unknown. It contains 12 actions, with soprano and contralto soloists.
Handel’s Laudate pueri, HWV 237
Handel the work, a setting of Psalm 112, throughout his first journey to Rome, and accomplished it on July 8, 1707. The piece was composed in eight actions for refrain (S-S-A-T-B) and a soprano soloist, together with a small chamber ensemble.
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani’s Dixit Dominus à 8
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602 to 1676–1678) was a composer, singer and Benedictine nun. The setting of Psalm 109 was written for a ladies’s double refrain (canto, alto, tenore, basso) and continuo, and was first revealed in 1605.
- Discover extra live performance particulars and tickets for the Could 10 efficiency [HERE].
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