Trevecca Symphony Orchestra presents evening of ‘Handel Highlights’

Release Date: 12/16/2002. Expired: 1/18/2003

The Trevecca Nazarene University Symphony Orchestra will present an all-Baroque concert featuring the music of George F. Handel in the Performance Hall of The Renaissance Center in Dickson at 7 p.m. Jan. 18.

Tickets for this special performance are $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and children under 13.

The TNU Symphony Orchestra is directed by Dr. Timothy Cierpke. Since its inception in 1988, it has evolved into a full symphonic orchestra.

The concert, entitled Handel Highlights, will include several pieces by the German-born composer best known for the Biblical oratorio Messiah.

Works to be performed include Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 6, No. 10; Xerxes Suite featuring Carmen Sanders, soprano; Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor featuring Stephanie Vandermeer, oboe; and Music for the Royal Fireworks.

Handel (1685-1759) became a naturalized British subject in 1726 and wrote many Italianate operas, including Rinaldo (1711). He moved from opera to Biblical oratorio with Saul (1738) before composing Messiah in 1742 with its famous Hallelujah Chorus.

“Handel created some of the most beautiful music ever composed,” said Elaine Sherrill, senior director of Music at The Renaissance Center. “We are pleased that his work will be featured in a performance by such an accomplished orchestra as the Trevecca Symphony.”

The Trevecca Symphony Orchestra is part professional, part amateur, part student and all volunteer.

“The TSO presents an excellent opportunity for students to learn to perform great music alongside matured musicians who have devoted years to perfecting their musical ability,” said Cierpke. “Resident orchestras of this magnitude usually do not exist on campuses the size of Trevecca and student players often are denied the ensemble experience they so badly need.”

Ludwig von Beethoven said, “Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived. I would bare my head and kneel at his grave.”

Handel was the consummate 18th-century traveler, artist and entrepreneur. He was an independent and strong-willed individual, and although he was approached several times by royal patrons to become their court composer, Handel was hesitant to professionally “settle down” until he was offered a position commensurate with the status he felt he deserved.

For more information on the TNU Symphony Orchestra’s Handel Highlights performance at The Renaissance Center, call (615)740-5600. For tickets, call the box office at (615)740-5570 or visit the center at 855 Highway 46 South, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.

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