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Celebrations for St Cecilia's Day date back to the 17th century where whole days of musical performances were dedicated to the patron saint of music often with specially commissioned works by the foremost composers of the time. ViBE presents a programme of works by one of the greatest baroque masters Georg Friedrich Handel, including his Concerto Grosso in Alexander's Feast, and the Harp Concerto in Bb major, both written in 1736 as part of his 'The Power of Music' Ode to St Cecilia.  

Programme

Alexander’s Feast HWV 75                                                           
Overture 
Tenor Aria ‘None but the Brave’

Harp Concerto in Bb Major Op 4 No 6 HWV 294                                         

Ode to St Cecilia’s Day     HWV 76

Overture                                                                                                                   
Soprano Aria ‘What passion cannot music raise and quell!’                            
March                                                                                                                       
Soprano Aria ‘But Oh, what Art could teach’                                                             
Soprano Aria ‘Orpheus Could lead the Savage Race’                                                                

Concerto Grosso for Alexander’s Feast in C major HWV 318