And The Anniversary Year Continues....

Mmmm - Purcell and Handel! Great music, great group! Ensemble Jacques Moderne were on top form and it was fun singing in my 'home-town' of Tours again - the first time in over 2 years. (We also sang in Blois!) There will be more Purcell with them early next year with concerts of the lovely 'King Arthur'! Bring it on!

cathédrale saint-louis de blois

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Scarlatti en Bretagne

I had the pleasure of singing in the magnificent cathedral of Saint-Malo at the beginning of the month, with La Scordatura, directed by Christophe Sam. It was a perfect setting to sing the gorgeous Stabat Mater by Domenico Scarlatti, written for ten voices and basso continuo.

 

cathédrale saint-vincent-de-saragosse de saint-malo

Next up are some concerts of Purcell and Handel anthems with Ensemble Jacques Moderne in Tours and Blois. This is my kind of anniversary year!!

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From Rosy Bowers

Wonderful, wonderful Mr Henry Purcell. The project with Le Petit Ensemble in Dijon was such great fun, although I must admit it was more Purcell (and a smidgeon of Handel) than the other way around! But I am certainly not complaining, especially as I got to perform some songs I had never sung before! Bliss!

eglise sainte-chantal, dijon

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Glorious Gloria!

I'm not kidding!  The Nieuwe Mannheim Koor and Orkest just gets better and better!  Music of Vivaldi and Handel graced churches in Voorburg and Amsterdam and it was lovely to be a part of them!

the stunning neo-gothic interior of
amsterdam's domenicuskerk

More Handel (plus some Purcell) is next on the agenda with Le Petite Ensemble in Dijon.  This is a great year for musical anniversaries!

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Gloria!

I'm rather excited about my next project: with Het Nieuwe Mannhem Orkest up in the Netherlands, conducted by Quentin Clare, I'll be (re) performing the first solos I ever sang - the alto solos from Vivaldi's 'Gloria', plus solos in Handel's 'Dixit Dominus'. Yummy!

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