The New York Choral Society will present Handel’s biblical oratorio Israel in Egypt under the baton of Music Director David Hayes, on Tuesday evening, May 10th, 2016, 8pm at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. Composed entirely from selected passages from the Bible’s Old Testament, Israel in Egypt relates the harshness of the Israelites’ captivity in Egypt and their subsequent triumphant escape from the Pharaoh’s oppressive regime. Israel in Egypt is atypical in Handel’s choral output, as it contains little solo material and is dominated by large-scale virtuosic choruses that exhibit Handel’s mastery as a musical storyteller.
NYChoral’s performance of Israel in Egypt will feature some of the most promising young singers as soloists: sopranos Christine Brandes and Sarah Shafer, mezzo-soprano Lauren Eberwein, tenor Benjamin Bliss, baritone Jarrett Ott and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel.
Tickets are $30-$80 and are available for purchase at http://www.nychoral.org/events/handel/.
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