Concert Season 2019-20
We are now heading into our second season, beginning Autumn 2019. Join us on our musical adventure - from an evening of choral masterpieces, through to Handel's magnificent showstopper Israel in Egypt, and culminating in Rossini's beautiful Petite Messe Solennelle.
In light of the governmental advice surrounding COVID-19, Opus 48's performance of Handel's 'Israel in Egypt' on Saturday 21st March is cancelled.
In light of the governmental advice surrounding COVID-19, Opus 48's performance of Handel's 'Israel in Egypt' on Saturday 21st March is cancelled.
Our Next ConcertSATURDAY 21st MARCH - 7.30pm
Handel's Israel in Egypt David Crown - Conductor The Musical And Amicable Society Orchestra
Joanne Lunn - Soprano James Laing - Counter-Tenor David Webb - Tenor Sheldonian Theatre Broad Street. Oxford. OX1 3AZ Following their critically acclaimed first year, join Opus 48 – Oxfordshire’s newest choral society – and their Music Director David Crown as they continue their second season with the rarely performed three-part version of Handel's showstopper oratorio, Israel in Egypt, in Oxford's spectacular Sheldonian Theatre.
Featuring an overwhelming emphasis on virtuosic and dramatic choral writing, Israel in Egypt, is one of only two oratorios written entirely with Biblical text — the other, of course, is famously his Messiah. Chronicling cornerstones of the Old Testament, this magnificent oratorio charts the journey of the Israelites from the death of Joseph, through to Moses and the plagues of Egypt and culminating in their deliverance after the parting of the Red Sea. Exceptionally evocative, the listener is transported into the soundworlds accompanying buzzing flies, hailstones and thunderstorms. This epic choral journey of the story of the Exodus will be accompanied by the masterful Musical & Amicable Society, one of the country's leading period-instrument ensembles. Opus 48 will also be joined by one of Britain's leading Baroque sopranos, Joanne Lunn, as well as counter-tenor James Laing and tenor David Webb. This will truly be a night to remember! |
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