Hope Metropolitan Orchestra and Singers: Handel Plus

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NB: This concert takes place in the Great Hall at Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus, 17 Shaw Street, Liverpool L6 1HP.

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Hope Metropolitan Orchestra, Helen Thomas, Conductor
Hope Metropolitan Singers, Jess Atkinson, Director

Programme:

Handel: Zadok the Priest
Blaney-Green: Idyll
Cooke: Mass
Handel:  The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: Water Music

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This exciting concert is book-ended by two of Handel’s most popular works: Zadok the Priest, performed at every coronation since it was written for George II in 1727 and The Water Music, written in 1717 in which the players were seated in barges on the River Thames. In contrast is the Mass for Choir and Orchestra, a most attractive setting by the well-known local composer, Jim Cooke, who studied at Liverpool Hope University. Another piece by a Hope musician is Idyll by Harriet Blaney-Green, a lyrical work for wind band. HMC gave this piece its first performance in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The concert is conducted by Helen Thomas and is the first where the choir has been rehearsed by its new Director, Jess Atkinson.