Soloists from the Festival Orchestra will bring out the southern sun to banish the northern fog through the influence of Italian composers. Come for J.C. (“The London”) Bach’s Italianate Sinfonia Concertante for violin and cello, concerti grossi by Corelli, Geminiani (arranging Corelli) and Avison (after Scarlatti), and stay for Handel’s organ concerto “Cuckoo and Nightingale” and more—performed by […]

All the Pleasures! The 44th Festival closes with divine choral odes by Handel and Purcell, plus instrumental works by both composers. Followed by the Festival Subscribers’ Dinner. Nola Richardson (soprano), Clifton Massey (countertenor) and Jesse Blumberg (baritone) join the Festival Orchestra and Chorus in Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, “Eternal Source of Light […]