DISS 2015: Choral Concert - Handel and Rameau

“From curtain up, Laurence Cummings and the London Handel Orchestra get the sparks to fly – dazzling.” The Financial Times

Mhairi Lawson: soprano
Emma Kirkby: soprano
Students from the Advanced Singing Courses
Laurence Cummings: conductor

Chamber Choir
Big Choir
Dartington Baroque Orchestra

Friday 14 August, 7.45pm Great Hall
£18.50 reserved / £14 unreserved / Under 16s £9.25 reserved / £7 unreserved

Laurence Cummings is one of Britain’s most exciting and versatile exponents of historical performance, both as conductor and harpsichord player. He has been Artistic Director of the London Handel Festival since 1999 and of the Internationale Händel-Festpiele Göttingen since 2012, and a trustee of Handel House London. His numerous recordings include the first recording of Handel’s newly discovered Gloria with Emma Kirkby, and Handel Arias with Angelika Kirschlager and the Basel Chamber Orchestra for Sony BMG.

Laurence’s delicious choral concert for Dartington is inflected with opera and courtly dance, drawn from French and German styles. Expect an evening of wit, elegance, rhythm and great beauty, with two of the world’s greatest sopranos, Mhairi Lawson and Emma Kirkby, alongside students from the Advanced Singing Courses.

Bach Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
Handel Alceste
Charpentier Le Reniement de St Pierre
Rameau Les Boréades

Part of the Dartington International Summer School concert and event programme.

For more information visit http://www.dartington.org/whats-on/event/?id=87399