“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.
En ce temps de Pâques, le Messie de Haendel trouve toute sa place dans la Chapelle de la Trinité de Lyon. Si la réputation du chef Spinosi et de son ensemble Matheus est à présent faite, le choeur de chambre Mélisme[s] relève véritablement la soirée qui, côté orchestre, a toutefois mis un peu de temps pour entrer dans la partition.
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