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Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
Performers
Anna Harvey – mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Budd – Tenor
Charlotte Beament – soprano
William Gaunt – Bass
Jonathan Williams – Conductor
Ealing Choral Society
Van Swieten Band
Programme Note
Ealing Choral Society and the Van Swieten Band, conducted by Jonathan Williams present Handel’s Messiah – one of the best loved works of the choral repertoire.
First performed during Eastertide in 1742, and written over a period of just 24 days, it explores the coming of the Messiah, Christ’s Passion, Resurrection and Ascension into heaven.
At the end of his manuscript Handel wrote the letters “SDG” (Soli Deo Gloria) meaning ‘To God Alone the Glory’. This inscription, together with the speed of the composition, has encouraged belief that Handel wrote the music in a fervour of divine inspiration.
Ealing Choral Society and the Van Swieten Band are delighted to return to the Hall for a performance of this jubilant work.
