Friday, October 3, 2008, 8pm
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 3pm
Symphony Hall

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Experience a program of music fit for a king, from the heroic sounds of Handel's Coronation Anthems to soaring arias from Jephtha and Semele. Artistic Director Harry Christophers reinvents the music of Handel in this celebratory season premiere as he leads the Chorus and Period-Instrument Orchestra, along with dazzling soprano Gillian Keith.

Handel: “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon
Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened
Handel: Selections from Jephtha
Handel: The King shall rejoice
Handel: My heart is inditing
Handel: Selections from Semele
Handel: Zadok the Priest

Harry Christophers, conductor
Gillian Keith, soprano

“I may have never heard a chorus find such a precise match between eloquence and passion…under Christophers’ direction.”
Thomas Garvey, The Hub Review

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