Chandos Anthems

G F Handel 1685-1759

Saturday 3 June 2006, 8pm

Pre-concert talk 7.30pm

St Mary of the Angels
Boulcott St
Wellington

Guest conductor: Professor Peter Walls

Handel’s Chandos Anthems are among the most dazzling and dramatic pieces of the Baroque. The Tudor Consort’s former conductor and internationally recognised baroque specialist Professor Peter Walls directs this performance of these superb pieces for choir, orchestra and soloists.

This performance was part of The Tudor Consort’s 20th Anniversary.

Programme

Let God Arise: Chandos Anthem #11

My Song Shall Be Alway: Chandos Anthem #7

Interval

O Come, Let Us Sing: Chandos Anthem #8

Soprano Pepe Becker, Nicola Edgecombe, Madeleine Pierard
Alto Christopher Warwick
Tenor Alastair Carey, Philip Roderick, Richard Taylor
Bass David Morriss

Academia Sanctae Mariae Baroque Orchestra
leader Gregory Squire
directed by Robert Oliver

This concert was part of the 2006 Performance Series.