Posted: Sunday, February 12, 2017 12:00 am
Arts Scene: Tulsa Oratorio Chorus By James D. Watts Jr. Tulsa World TulsaWorld.com |
Tulsa Oratorio Chorus
George Friedrich Handel invented the oratorio in 1733, when his attempt to stage an opera he had composed about the biblical story of Esther ran into censorship issues.
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His best-known work is âMessiah,â but Handel composed more than two dozen oratorios, including the rarely performed âSolomon.â
This massive, double-chorus work is best-known as the source of an instrumental passage for two oboes and strings, known as âThe Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.â
This excerpt from the score was featured at the London Olympics in 2012.
The Tulsa Oratorio Chorus will present this work, which is rich in musical beauty, with dramatic expressions of faith, love, goodness, and humanity. Composer Felix Mendelssohn, who did much to revive interest in the work of composers such as Handel and Bach, considered âSolomonâ one of Handelâs greatest works.
Performance: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, 1301 S. Boston Ave.
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