With a post-Covid concert, the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival returned to the stage through Handel’s “Dixit Dominus”. Laurence Equilbey conducted Insula Orchestra and the Accentus choir in a performance marked by clarity, tension and discipline, illuminating the youthful brilliance of the composer’s early masterpiece. 
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In 2022, the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival made its long-awaited return to the Grand Théâtre de Provence after two years of silence brought on by the pandemic. On that occasion, Insula Orchestra and the chamber choir Accentus offered a blazing Dixit Dominus, featuring Francesca Aspromonte, Chiara Skerath and Lawrence Zazzo under the baton of Laurence Equilbey.
Handel, a young prodigy in Rome
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