Name: Class of 1685
Start: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St George's Hanover Square

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Solomons Knot

London Handel Festival

Thüringer Bachwochen

Brighton Festival

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Solomon's Knot

Class of 1685

Antwerp

Belgium

deSingel

Stein am Rhein

Switzerland

Stadtkirche Stein am Rhein

The City of Brighton and Hove

United Kingdom

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Corn Exchange

Arnstadt

Germany

Bachkirche

London

St George's Hanover Square

Class of 1685: Stabat Mater (1724) Scarlatti, D. (+2 More)

Public

Private

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Stabat Mater

Missa brevis in A Major, BWV 234

Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

Simon Samuel

Approved

Three composers, each of them a defining character of the Baroque, all born in 1685.  Since Händel ‘went native’ in England, they can be seen as standing for three different national styles: Italian, German, and English.  But Händel was the ultimate musical chameleon, and before he moved to England he drank in the Italian style of Corelli and Scarlatti father and son.  His Dixit Dominus of 1707 is a firework of Latin religious fervour, and will be sung one-to-a-part and, as ever, by heart by the singers of Solomon’s Knot.

Dixit Dominus is a contrast to the more lyrical yearning of D. Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater for 10 voices and continuo, in turn influenced by an earlier polyphonic style.

Bach’s Mass in A major combines ancient choral polyphony with modern aria forms which were fashionable in the opera house and the cantata.  In his ‘Gloria in excelsis’ the excited, virtuosic choral writing which one can trace directly back to Italian spice is repeatedly interrupted by contemplative, expressive arioso sections that showcase the increased importance of the individual believer.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble