George Frideric Handel - Israel in Egypt

George Frideric Handel:
Israel in Egypt HWV 54
Oratorio for soli, double choir and orchestra

Martina Daxböck, soprano
Katrin Auzinger, alto
Johannes Bamberger, tenor
Stefan Zenkl, bass
Lukas Kargl, bass

Domkantorei St. Pölten
cappella nova graz
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Otto Kargl, direction

Since it was founded in 1992, Domkantorei St. Pölten has produced extremely successful renditions of early baroque church music and contemporary choral works. Now this specialist ensemble brings a masterpiece to the Festspielhaus: George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Israel in Egypt”, whose fundamental message remains particularly relevant today for the Cathedral’s Music Director Otto Kargl: “Every person who is persecuted and oppressed, and whose life has been deprived of human dignity, has a claim to a promised land. That is the great message of this wonderful work.”