The Qld choir (performing since 1872) presents Baroque Spectacular - The Queensland Choir

7:30pm, Sat, 31 May 2025

  • Event Details
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  • Type of event: Concert
    Start time: 7:30pm
    End time: 9:00pm
    External website related to this event: https://qldchoir.com/concerts/baroquespectacular2025
    Description: The Qld choir (performing since 1872) presents Baroque Spectacular

    Queensland's premier chorus, THE QUEENSLAND CHOIR, presents a stunning programme of timeless Baroque masterpieces in the historic Concert Hall of the Old Museum Building.
    Together with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's they will perform some of the most popular and spectacular music by three of the greatest composers of all time - JS Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi - that perfectly demonstrates the vitality, elegance, grandeur and dramatic power of the Baroque era.

    Programme:

    Handel: Sinfonia - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
    Handel: Zadok the Priest
    Handel: The King Shall Rejoice
    Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3
    Bach: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
    Vivaldi: Gloria in D major RV.589

    Conducted by Kevin Power

    In his last performance as the musical director of the Queensland Choir.

    Soloists:

    Annika Hinrichs (soprano)

    Morgan Rosati (mezzo-soprano)