Messiah

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Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert HallKomor Marcell u. 1., Budapest, Central Hungary, 1095, Hungary

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Performers

William Christie	Conductor
Les Arts Florissants
Emmanuelle de Negri	Soprano
Katherine Watson	Soprano
Carlo Vistoli	Countertenor
Samuel Boden	Tenor
Konstantin Wolff	Bass

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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.

A guided tour of Handel's Messiah

Jane Shuttleworth, 21st October

Jane Shuttleworth is your personal guide around Handel’s greatest hit, from the solemn overture to the energetic and complex final fugue.

The arts are blooming in William Christie’s Budapest Messiah

Zoltán Szabó, 19th December

William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants (or The blooming arts – a reference to an opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier) visited the Hungarian capital to perform Handel’s Messiah in the exceptional acoustics of the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall.

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