Water turning to blood, plagues, floods and the annihilation of an entire army. The newest Hollywood summer blockbuster?
No Handels Israel in Egypt, an oratorio first performed in 1739.
It will be presented August 7 as part of the Vancouver Early Music Festival.
The festival also has its fun side. You know how Darcy turns down an opportunity to dance with Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice? You can learn what he missed out on Aug. 10 when the festival offers Renaissance and Baroque dance lessons.
Part festival, part learning experience, the summer festival is a mixture of concerts, instrumental and voice master classes, workshops and free lectures to put Early Music in context with other cultural and historic milestones.
The summer concert portion of the festival includes:
My Hearts in the Highlands: Music of Purcell, Ramsay, Burns and Haydn on July 28
LuteFest 1: Parables of the Silk Road on July 30
LuteFest 2: Guitar Music by Murcia and Lute Music by Weiss on August 1
Beyond the Labrynth: In Search of John Dowland on August 2
The Legacy of the Baroque: Concertos and Chamber Music on August 4
G.F. Handels Israel in Egypt on August 7
Sequentia: The Unknown Carmina Burana on August 9
A Rose in the Desert: A Musical Reflection of Germanys 30 Years War
