If you’d like to watch one of our recent Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana concerts, you can see the livestream video of the Dixit Dominus Duo performance on November 3rd, 2024. I paired the Handel Dixit Dominus with a gorgeous setting by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani! There was a lovely Handel trio sonata in the middle. I fell in love with the Handel Dixit Dominus about 15 years ago and have wanted to conduct it ever since…
Concert Description:
Feel the fiery mood of Handel’s Dixit Dominus, with strings and soloists. Faced with the church’s ban on opera, young Handel smartly pivoted, putting the same passion into sacred works like this one. Next, listen for echoes of the convent in a double-choir version by Benedictine nun Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, who also fought efforts by the church to limit her talents.
Soloists: Elena Negruta and Ingrid Kammin, sopranos; Aubrey Hawkinson and Emma Lloyd, altos; Nathan Widelitz and David Zych, tenors; Jack Bertrand and Nathan Waterson, basses
Our next concert will be All About That Brass on Sunday, March 2nd. For more information, visit The Baroque Artists of Champaign Urbana’s website.