Some of Handel’s most brilliant choral music was inspired by royal occasions. A festive wedding anthem and the birthday ode for Queen Anne sparkle with energy and grandeur, while the monumental funeral anthem Handel wrote for his childhood friend Queen Caroline is a powerful expression of public sorrow and personal grief.
 
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Anthem for the Wedding of Prince Frederick and Princess
Augusta
Sunday, February 28, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Evanston
Ticket price: $60, $45, $38
Monday, March 1, 7:30 PM
Harris Theater, Chicago (Millennium Park)
Ticket Prices: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30
 
Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Christine Brandes, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Neal Davies, bass-baritone

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