Handel's Messiah on Good Friday at Royal Albert Hall, London on Friday 7th April 2023

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Handel's Messiah on Good Friday

Add to my Calendar 07-04-2023 14:30 07-04-2023 16:30 36 Handel's Messiah on Good Friday Join the Royal Choral Society in its 150th anniversary season for one of London’s great Easter traditions – Handel’s Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall. The choir performed Messiah in its first season in 1872, but 1876 saw the first Good Friday performance at the Hall, and it quickly became an Easter tradition. Only the 1940/1 Blitz and the 2020/1 Covid pandemic have prevented the choir’s annual Good Friday performances. The 150-strong choir (thought to have performed this work more than any other choir with an estimated 280 performances) relishes its annual performance of the UK’s favourite choral work. Listening to Handel’s magnificent tour de force in the nation’s ‘village hall’ is the perfect way to spend Good Friday afternoon. The choir will perform under the baton of Music Director Richard Cooke, and will be accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a quartet of superb soloists. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Friday 7th April 2023
2:30 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Messiah, HWV 56

Performers

Richard Cooke – Conductor
Keri Fuge – soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons – mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples – tenor
James Cleverton – Bass
Richard Pearce – organ

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

Join the Royal Choral Society in its 150th anniversary season for one of London’s great Easter traditions – Handel’s Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall.

The choir performed Messiah in its first season in 1872, but 1876 saw the first Good Friday performance at the Hall, and it quickly became an Easter tradition. Only the 1940/1 Blitz and the 2020/1 Covid pandemic have prevented the choir’s annual Good Friday performances.

The 150-strong choir (thought to have performed this work more than any other choir with an estimated 280 performances) relishes its annual performance of the UK’s favourite choral work. Listening to Handel’s magnificent tour de force in the nation’s ‘village hall’ is the perfect way to spend Good Friday afternoon. The choir will perform under the baton of Music Director Richard Cooke, and will be accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a quartet of superb soloists.

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