Music To Remember A Queen: Handel's Funeral Anthem For Queen Caroline

Starts: November 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Location: College of William and Mary, Wren Building, Great Hall
Event URL: www.WilliamsburgFestival.com
Contact: jcbart@wm.edu

Summary

The Great Hall of the Wren Building on the campus of The College of William and Mary provides an especially apt setting for this performance by The Botetourt Chamber Singers...(click for more details)

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The Great Hall of the Wren Building on the campus of The College of William and Mary, begun in 1695 and completed by 1700, provides an especially apt setting for this performance by The Botetourt Chamber Singers of the college under the direction of Professor Jamie Bartlett. The anthem, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, was composed by Handel for the burial of the wife of King George II in Westminster Abbey. (1 hour) Also performed at 3pm. Festival Pass or separate $5 ticket.