Choir and Orchestra

Haendel

The Dresden Chamber Choir celebrates its 40th anniversary with works such as Handel's "Fireworks Music"

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Saturday | 5/03/2025
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
29 € for young people
29 € for Dresden-Pass
29 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

About the Concert

Tickets for this event will be available from 12.06.2024 from 10 am.

George Frideric Handel was perhaps the first pop star in history. In any case, he was so famous in England that people flocked to the dress rehearsals of his works. This also applied to his "Fireworks Music", which was actually to be accompanied by fireworks. There were so many carriages that there was the first traffic jam in history on London's streets. And then the audience had to seek shelter from the fireworks that were raining down on them! On the contrary, not only his music, which incidentally was played before the fireworks, but also his birthday ode to Queen Anne and the Utrecht Te Deum were and still are among the public's musical favorites.

Program

Georg Friedrich Handel
"Music for the Royal Fireworks"
"Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne" Cantata for Soloists, Choir, and Orchestra
Concerto for Two Choirs in F Major
"Utrecht Te Deum" for Soloists, Choir, and Orchestra

Contributer

Hans-Christoph Rademann
Conductor
Carolyn Sampson
Soprano
Natasha Schnur
Soprano
Tim Mead
Altus
Joshua Ellicott
Tenor
Tobias Berndt
Baritone
Dresdner Philharmonie
Dresdner Kammerchor

Biographies

Hans-Christoph Rademann

Conductor

Conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is an immensely versatile artist with a broad repertoire who devotes himself with equal passion and expertise to the performance and rediscovery of early music as he does to the premiere and cultivation of new music.  

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Carolyn Sampson

Equally at home on the concert and opera stages, Carolyn Sampson has enjoyed notable successes in the UK as well as throughout Europe and the US.

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Natasha Schnur

German soprano Natasha Schnur studied at the University of Music Karlsruhe under Prof. Donald Litaker and at Yale University under Prof. James Taylor, specializing in early music.

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Tim Mead

Counter-tenor Tim Mead is praised for his “alluring” and “consistently excellent” interpretations (New York Times). With his “rich, mellifluous sound” (Guardian), he is recognised as one of the finest across the generations of counter-tenors.

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Joshua Ellicott

The English lyric tenor, Joshua Ellicott, read Music at the University of York before continuing his vocal studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. There he won a full scholarship from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust to study with Adrian Thompson on both the Postgraduate Vocal Studies and Opera courses.

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Tobias Berndt

Born in Berlin, Tobias Berndt began his musical education in the Dresden Kreuzchor. He studied with Hermann Christian Polster in Leipzig and continued his studies with Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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Dresdner Kammerchor

The Dresdner Kammerchor is one of the leading choirs in Germany. Since its foundation in 1985 by Hans-Christoph Rademann it has become firmly established on the German and European musical scene.

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