Name: Israel in Egypt
Start: 2023-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St John's Smith Square

Organization

Chanteur

Soprano

Ellen Mawhinney

soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Angharad Rowlands

mezzo-soprano

Ténor

Henry Moss

tenor

Direction d'orchestre

Harry Bradford

Orchestra

Endelienta Baroque

Others

English Baroque Choir

St John's Smith Square

Israel in Egypt -  (Israël en Egypte)

Londres

Royaume-Uni

Israel in Egypt

Public

Israël en Egypte

Valide

Accordionist

Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Autre

Choeur

Chorus Director

Chorégraphie

Coach vocal

Coiffure

Compositeur

Costumes

Danse

Diffusion

Direction de choeur

Dramaturgie

Décors

En charge de la production

Extra

Illustrator

Livret

Lumières

Maquillage

Mise en scène

Orchestra Operations

Orchestre

Photographer

Poet

Prof

Répétiteur

Stage Manager

Traduction

Video

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contre-ténor

Baryton

Basse

Baryton-basse

Contralto

Alto

Continuo

Rôle muet

Rôle parlant

Voix d'enfant

After arriving in London in 1710 Handel became an astoundingly successful composer of opera.  When public taste began to change, he did so too and concentrated on a new type of composition - biblical oratorio.  His masterpiece 'Israel in Egypt' was written in 1739 and is unusual in presenting and celebrating the story of a people, rather than that of an individual hero.  It sets passages from the Old Testament, mainly from Exodus and the Psalms, and tells the epic story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt, together with several plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, the destruction of the Egyptian army and a final, grand celebration of God's power.  The synergy between the dramatic story and the music is particularly important; Handel's magnificent choral writing uses a richly varied textural palette of fugues, cantus firmus themes with moving counter-melodies, antiphonal double choirs and thunderous choral homophony in order to best serve the narrative.  Perhaps the most striking feature of this work is Handel's ingenious and imaginative use of word painting; particularly in the evocation of the plagues of frogs, flies, lice and locusts but also in the depiction of hailstones, fire, darkness, floods and galloping horses.

English

Israël en Egypte by Händel, Du (2023/2023), Chef d'orchestre Harry Bradford, St John's Smith Square, Londres, Royaume-Uni

Crédits de représentation (Distribution et équipe de production )

Distribution

Ensemble

Programme, À Propos & Synopsis

Photos

Lectures complémentaires

Dates et lieux de représentation

Salles