Britten Sinfonia's electric Messiah: Look, no hands!

Von Stephen Pritchard, 20 Dezember 2018

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“Under Jaqueline Shave’s spirited and intelligent direction, the rewards were immense”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Barbican Hall, London, am 19 Dezember 2018

Händel, Messias

Britten Sinfonia

Britten Sinfonia Voices

Sophie Bevan, Sopran

Iestyn Davies, Countertenor

Allan Clayton, Tenor

Roderick Williams, Bariton

Eamonn Dougan, Bass

Jacqueline Shave, Direktor

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Stephen Pritchard

Stephen Pritchard began singing as a treble at the age of eight and progressed to become a tenor in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, the Gibbons Consort and now the English Chamber Choir. Writing about music has been at the core of his 40-year career in journalism, chiefly at the Observer. He has been known to play a pretty mean jazz double bass.