Handel’s grand setting of John Dryden’s poem celebrating music itself, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day; his Chandos Anthem No. 4, Sing unto the Lord a New Song; and Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 5. With Hannah De Priest (soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor) and the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 5, HWV 316
Handel: O Sing unto the Lord a New Song “Chandos” Anthem No. 4, HWV 249b
~intermission~
Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76
Overture
Recitativo (tenor): From harmony, from heavenly harmony
Chorus: From harmony, from heavenly harmony
Aria (soprano): What passion cannot music raise and quell! (Eva Lymenstull, cello)
Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The trumpet’s loud clangour (Kathryn Adduci & Melissa Rodgers Woodrow, trumpets)
March
Aria (soprano): The soft complaining flute (Stephen Schultz, flute)
Aria (tenor): Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs
Aria (soprano): But oh! What art can teach
Aria (soprano): Orpheus could lead the savage race
Recitative (soprano): But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher
Grand Chorus with soprano: As from the power of sacred lays

Hannah De Priest, soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Festival Orchestra & Chorus, directed by Elizabeth Blumenstock

Concert supported by a grant from the City of Newport Beach.

Kathryn Adduci & Melissa Rodgers Woodrow’s appearances are sponsored by Steven & Cynthia Dember.

Followed by a wine & waters reception on the patio with the musicians; and for Festival Subscribers, the Subscribers’ Dinner.