“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.
Die Zürcher Sing-Akademie und das Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich stimmten mit Händels beliebtestem Oratorium auf Weihnachten ein. Dank der Leitung des Barockspezialisten Willem de Vriend war dem Unterfangen Erfolg beschieden.
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