If your Christmas plans aren’t complete until you’ve got a performance of Handel’s Messiah in the diary then look no further than critically-acclaimed opera company Wild Arts (★★★★★ Opera Now, ★★★★ The Guardian) for this year’s festive fix.

Handel’s Messiah

Smith Square Hall

Through live, semi-improvised performance, musicians from The Hermes Experiment will interact with sonic essays and interventions by Monthati Masebe (South Africa), Kathy Hinde (UK), Sandeep Bhagwati (India/Germany), Bint Mbareh (Palestine) and Martha Hincapié Charry (Colombia), each sharing their perspective on the climate crisis. Under the musical direction of Sandeep Bhagwati, these perspectives, symbolized as 'islands,' are connected into a unified call for action, the 'mighty river.'

EPSG:4326

Instead of Many Islands, Let Us Be a Mighty River

Barbican Centre

'Improvisation in a solo context calls for confidence, conviction, and atmospheric awareness from the performer. Improvisation in a group context calls for one more ingredient: the performers’ responsiveness and attentiveness to each other. The instinct to lead is transformed by the need to listen.

Marianne Schofield

Events

Past events

Dec 9, 2025

Handel’s Messiah · Sinfonia Smith Square

Dec 7, 2025

Instead of Many Islands, Let Us Be a Mighty River · Barbican Centre

Future and recently performed repertoire

Bass in Messiah by Handel

Sinfonia Smith Square

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