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Handel: Messiah

St Marylebone Parish Church17 Marylebone Rd, London, Greater London, NW1 5LT, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Saturday 19 December 202617:00
Festival: St Marylebone Festival
Programme
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)Messiah
Performers
Choir of St Marylebone Parish Church
St Marylebone Festival Baroque Orchestra
Bertie BaigentConductor
TBCSoloists

Fast becoming an annual tradition, the Choir of St Marylebone Parish Church, distinguished soloists, and full baroque orchestra come together to perform Handel's most famous work.

First performed in Dublin in 1742, Messiah is the culmination of Handel's English oratorio genre, and a work in which the chorus comes to the fore in this famous telling of Christ's birth, death, and resurrection.

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A guided tour of Handel's Messiah
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Jane Shuttleworth is your personal guide around Handel’s greatest hit, from the solemn overture to the energetic and complex final fugue.
A Species of Musick Different From Any Other: Handel's Messiah
Paul Kilbey, 1st November
“It is difficult in no common degree to write anew concerning The Messiah,”1 said the music writer Henry F Chorley in 1859. The piece was, of course, 117 years old at the time, and there has only been more written on this landmark composition since. Handel’s Messiah is not just a popular classic, after all: it’s also a hugely important work.