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Enjoy an ‘as live’ performance of Handel’s Messiah, filmed in the intimate surroundings of London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields, in December 2021, featuring a stellar line-up of soloists.
Arguably the most famous oratorio ever written and certainly Handel’s best-known work, Messiah needs little introduction. Composed in a staggering twenty-four days Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742 where it received a rapturous welcome. Not so the following year when it premiered in London to a distinctly hostile reception. It wasn’t until Messiah began to be presented in charity performances at the Foundling Hospital in London that the public started to embrace the work we now regard as Handel’s greatest composition.
Programme
Handel Messiah
Performers
The Sixteen choir & orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
Mary Bevan soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Roderick Williams baritone