MCO, Canzona & ‘Israel in Egypt’

Tickets:
$35 for adults, $33 for seniors and $15 for students and those under-30 (incl. GST)
Venue:
Westminster United Church
Address:
745 Westminster Avenue
Tel: 1 204 783 7377
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Once a year or so, the MCO performs with a favourite local choir — and the concert is invariably one of our season’s most popular. In 2019, the MCO has a particularly ambitious take on this tradition, collaborating with Canzona, Manitoba’s premiere Baroque choral ensemble, to perform Handel’s epic Israel in Egypt. 

Nearly 30 years have passed since legendary conductor Henry Engbrecht led Canzona through their first season. After a short pause from performing a couple years ago, Canzona has resumed their place as one of the city’s best-loved choirs under the baton of the accomplished Kathleen Allan.

Canzona displays a stunning command of the masterworks of the Baroque, but they also delight in introducing Winnipeg audiences to the rarely performed pieces and composers of the repertoire. We’ve split the difference at this concert: alongside the MCO, they perform one of the most rarely seen, and imaginative, works in Handel’s otherwise unavoidable oratorio repertoire.

Concert starts at 7:30 PM 

Tickets available at McNally Robinson, the West End Cultural Centre (586 Ellice at Sherbrook), Organic Planet (877 Westminster Ave) or MCO’s Ticketline.

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