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Saturday 4 December 2010
Autumn - Winter
Aldeburgh Music Club presents Handel's Messiah
Handel Messiah
Edmond Fivet conductor
Aldeburgh Music Club Choir
Suffolk Baroque Players
Ruby Hughes soprano
Timothy Travers-Brown counter tenor
Christopher Bowen tenor
Adrian Powter bass
One of the most popular works in the whole of Western choral music, Messiah was composed in London during the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin the following April. It was repeatedly revised by Handel, reaching its most familiar version in the performance to benefit the Foundling Hospital in 1754. The libretto by Charles Jennens is drawn entirely from the King James and Great Bibles. The first two of the oratorio’s three parts address specific events in the life of Christ: his birth, and his passion and resurrection; part three is a triumphant thanksgiving for the final overthrow of death.
Widely considered to contain some of Handel’s most inspired music, including the Hallelujah Chorus, Messiah’s performance tradition is unbroken: the world record for consecutive performances is held by the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic which, since its foundation year of 1853 has performed Messiah at least once annually for 157 years. Aldeburgh Music Club Choir last performed Messiah at a sell-out concert in 2007.
Please note this event is an Aldeburgh Music Club promotion.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
7.30pm
£18, £16 and £12
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‘Aldeburgh Music Club 1952-2002’
Writing in ‘Aldeburgh Music Club 1952-2002’, Valerie Potter observed,
“Since the Aldeburgh Music Club began in 1952, it has been blessed by the interest and involvement of professional musicians. Its founding fathers, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, were soon joined by Imogen Holst and their commitment to the club remained throughout their lives.
The club has always been fortunate in its committee and officers who have brought their various and extensive expertise to the club guiding it to its present form, a registered charity performing on a larger scale than ever before. Its founding principles still remain; it is made up of people meeting together to learn and perform music to the best of their ability and it is supported by an ever increasing number of people who appreciate having the opportunity to enjoy the club’s activities, both as performers and audience.”
Aldeburgh Music Club members are indebted to Director of Music, Edmond Fivet, for his vision, musicianship and energy which have given them the confidence to present concerts of the highest standards in recent years.
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Conductor Edmond Fivet has been a major force in British music education both as Director of the Royal College of Music Junior Department and as Principal, for eighteen years, of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He was awarded the CBE in 2008 in recognition of his Services to the Arts and Higher Education in Wales. Since moving to Suffolk he has become increasingly involved in local music-making, first conducting the Aldeburgh Music Club in May 2007. Edmond was delighted to be appointed as Director of Music at Aldeburgh Music Club in the following December. He at once set about planning a wider range of musical experiences for the Club, including greater orchestral participation in some concerts.
He is conductor of Phoenix Singers, chairman of the Bury St Edmunds Concert Club and joint founder of Prometheus Orchestra which, in addition to playing with choral societies, gives concerts around Suffolk focussing on the classical repertoire. He continues to work on the national and international stage as an adjudicator and consultant.