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Concert and lecture

340. Birthday of George Frideric Handel

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Rinnat Moriah, coloratura soprano
Bernward Lohr, harpsichord
Dr. Franz Rainer Enste, Lecture

 

Every year, the former Electoral Kapellmeister of Hanover, George Frideric Handel, comes to life in our city in a performance by Franz Rainer Enste. The fact that this tradition is being continued in the 340th year of the great baroque master’s birth is not just a special tribute.

For the first time, Handel and Enste enter the House of Jewish Music and Culture with a premiere: At the heart of the program are Handel’s biblical, Hebrew or Old Testament subjects. The figures of King Saul and Queen Esther, the judges Samson and Jiphtach, the prophet Joshua, Judas Maccabeus and Israel in Egypt are incorporated into the biographically pointed and artfully presented narrative.

The Israeli coloratura soprano Rinnat Moriah, whose clear and highly virtuosic voice, sense of idiom, charm and expressiveness have been hailed by the international press as a sensational discovery, embodies her roles with playful ease.

With additional instrumental accompaniment by Bernward Lohr on the harpsichord, the amalgam of musical and narrative performance promises to be a true gift to Hanover on Handel’s 340th birthday.

Text: ESB

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Bernward Lohr, born in Hanover in 1959, studied at the music academies in Hanover (school music and harpsichord) and Würzburg (historical keyboard instruments) as well as at the University of Hanover (German studies). He is one of the founding members of the ensemble MUSICA ALTA RIPA, which was founded in 1984 and specializes in the interpretation of the music of the 17. and With its ambitious projects and their sophisticated design, it is one of the most respected ensembles for early music. This ensemble forms the center of his musical work. He is also harpsichordist and continuo player with the Hannoversche Hofkapelle. In addition to the conception of the CD productions and concert programs of MUSICA ALTA RIPA, opera projects are a focus of his work. He teaches harpsichord, basso continuo and chamber music at the Nuremberg University of Music. In February 2010, he was appointed adjunct professor of early music at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.