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Handel’s Messiah: London

Name: Handel’s Messiah: London
Start: 2024-12-06T19:00:00
Location: St Martin-in-the-Fields

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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.

Program

George Frideric Handel - Messiah

Participants

Gwilym Bowen

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Henry Waddington

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Jessica Cale

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Catherine Wyn-Rogers

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Harry Christophers