GAUVIN, LEMIEUX: DIVIN HANDEL

Recorded at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa, (Canada) on October 30, 2024

For the second of nine major evenings commemorating their 40th anniversary, Les Violons du Roy welcome soprano Karina Gauvin and contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux for a concert dedicated to Handel’s oratorios.

Les Violons du Roy

Jonathan Cohen  I  Conductor

Karina Gauvin  I  Soprano

Marie-Nicole Lemieux  I  Contralto

REPERTOIRE

HANDEL

• Overture (Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63)

• From this dread scene (Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63)

• Sinfonia (Alexander Balus, HWV 65)

• Fury, with red sparkling eyes (Alexander Balus, HWV 65)

• Our limpid streams (Joshua, HWV 64)

• Overture (Solomon, HWV 67)

• Will the sun forget to streak (Solomon, HWV 67)

AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION

■ Director: Benoît Guérin

■ Assistant director & Score reader: Béatrice Cadrin

■ Sound recorder & mixer: Nataq Huault

■ Technical director: John Castillo