Handel com­posed a num­ber of his major works for aris­to­crati­croy­al house­holds, the pub­lic the­atre and offi­cial cer­e­monies. Using prof­its from the South Sea Company and the Royal African Company, both embroiled in the over­seas slave trade, he could allow him­self the free­dom to com­pose. James Brydges, one of his patrons, also had shares in these com­pa­nies. For him Handel com­posed Esther, Acis and Galatea and the Chandos Anthems. With this pro­gramme, B’Rock shines a light on a num­ber of dark chap­ters in our musi­cal his­to­ry, and on one of the first Western com­posers of colour, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-George.

Adventurers

From Händel till Chevalier de Saint-George

€49 (Categorie 1) | €37 (Categorie 2) | €25 (Categorie 3)
  • orchestra
  • Händel
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  • adventurers
Inleiding:
David Vergauwen om 19:00 in de Kamermuziekzaal (gratis)
  • Orkest: B'Rock Orchestra (BE)
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