Sunday, June 23 2024, 4:00 pm
St Mark's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach
Tickets: $50
Nola Richardson (soprano), Clifton Massey (countertenor) and Jesse Blumberg (baritone) join the Festival Orchestra and Chorus in Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, “Eternal Source of Light Divine” (Kathryn Adduci, baroque trumpet) and Purcell’s ode Welcome to All the Pleasures. Plus, instrumental selections from Purcell’s stage work Dioclesian, a Purcell In nomine for solo strings, and Handel’s celebrated Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 11 with its beautiful violin solos.
Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Suite from Dioclesian (instrumental selections)
Purcell: In nomine in six parts for strings, Z. 746
Purcell: Ode, Welcome to All the Pleasures (tenor soloist: Gregório Taniguchi)
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 11
Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Nola Richardson, soprano
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Festival Orchestra and Chorus, directed by Elizabeth Blumenstock
Followed by a complimentary wine & waters reception for all ticket holders, on the patio with the musicians.
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Painting featured above (detail): Gerrit van Honthorst’s “The Concert” or “Theft of the Amulet” 1620s. Read about this painting here. View the full image here.