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Chester Music Society Choir
Handel Messiah
Part of the Chester Music Society 2016-2017 Season
Add to my Calendar 12-11-2016 19:30 12-11-2016 21:30 36 Chester Music Society Choir Is this the best-loved music ever written? Based on words chosen from the Bible by Charles Jennens, Handel's masterpiece Messiah tells the story from the prophecy to the birth, death and resurrection of Christ in a series of recitatives, solo arias and choruses. From the opening Comfort ye my people, through Hallelujah and I know that my Redeemer Liveth, to the final chorus Worthy is the Lamb, Messiah is now deeply embedded in the British musical consciousness. Last performed by Chester Music Society Choir in 2011, this performance promises to provide a moving experience for everyone. Chester Cathedral, Chester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Chester Cathedral
Saint Werburgh Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
Performers
Emma Peaurt – soprano
James Neville – Counter-tenor
Stefan Kennedy – Tenor
Miles Horner – baritone
Graham Jordan Ellis – Conductor
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Programme Note
Is this the best-loved music ever written? Based on words chosen from the Bible by Charles Jennens, Handel's masterpiece Messiah tells the story from the prophecy to the birth, death and resurrection of Christ in a series of recitatives, solo arias and choruses.
From the opening Comfort ye my people, through Hallelujah and I know that my Redeemer Liveth, to the final chorus Worthy is the Lamb, Messiah is now deeply embedded in the British musical consciousness.
Last performed by Chester Music Society Choir in 2011, this performance promises to provide a moving experience for everyone.
