The Handel Week Festival 2012 Concerts

Concert I: The Grand Handel: Music of the Soul
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 3:00 PM (pre-concert lecture begins at 2:15 pm)

THE CHANDOS ANTHEMS
As pants the hart HWV 252 (Psalm 89) [Soli, Chorus, Str. Ob, BC]
O Come Let us Sing HWV 253 (Psalm 95) [Soli, 2 ob, 2 Fl, str., BC]
The Lord is My Light HWV 255 (Psalm 22) [Soli, 2 ob, 2 Fl, Str, BC]
Organ Concerto Played on the Harp!

Concert II: Sing and Play in Dulcet Tone: The Intimate Handel - Music for Soprano, Recorder & Basso Continuo
Saturday, February 25, 7:30 PM & Sunday, February 26, 2012, 3:00 PM
(no pre-concert lectures: performers give insights within cabaret setting)

Un Alma Innamorta HWV 173
Recorder Sonata
Dimmi, o mio cor - HWV 106
German Song Selections From Burrows Songs and Cantatas for Soprano Voice
Flute Sonata
Non sospirar, non piangere - HWV 141

Concert III: The Oratorio Semele HWV 58
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3:00 PM (pre-concert lecture begins at 2:15 pm)

Nationally-known WFMT-FM radio presenter Carl Grapentine will give a free lecture on Semele on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 pm, at the Oak park Public Library, 834 Lake Street in Oak Park.

View Wiki entry for more information on this remarkable work.

See the Handel Week Festival past concerts here.