!!POSTPONED!! Handel's Messiah: !!POSTPONED!! Royal Free Music Society Spring Concert at St John's Wood Church, London on Saturday 21st March 2020

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!!POSTPONED!! Handel's Messiah

!!POSTPONED!! Royal Free Music Society Spring Concert

Add to my Calendar 21-03-2020 19:00 21-03-2020 21:00 36 !!POSTPONED!! Handel's Messiah !!POSTPONED!! In light of the coronavirus outbreak, it is with great regret that we have decided to POSTPONE our concert which was due to take place next Saturday (21st).  Join the Royal Free Music Society & the Hampstead Sinfonietta for their performance of one of the most famous pieces of Baroque choral music – ‘Messiah’ by George Frideric Handel.   This large-scale dramatic work for soloists, choir and orchestra remains one of the best-known choral works in Western music.  Composed in just over three weeks in 1741, the exhilarating choruses and beautiful arias of ‘Messiah’ tell the story of Jesus’ life.  The epic and emotional oratorio uses texts in English from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer and is written in three parts - prophecies about the coming of Jesus and his birth, his suffering and death, and his resurrection.  From a young age, German-born Handel had worked in courts and churches across Europe and had composed his first opera by the age of 18.  Settling in thriving London in 1710, he went on to write and produce numerous Italian operas.  But public tastes were changing and opera was becoming expensive to stage.  So Handel turned his attention to a different form of music – which allowed him to tell stories with singers and musicians but without costly stage settings and costumes.  He did not write another Italian opera following the success of this oratorio, ‘Messiah’ .  Wheelchair access.    St John's Wood Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Wood Church
Lord's Roundabout
St John's Wood
London
NW8 7NE
England

Saturday 21st March 2020
7:00 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Messiah, HWV 56

Performers

Benjamin Wolf – Conductor

Royal Free Music Society Choir
Hampstead Sinfonietta

Programme Note

!!POSTPONED!! In light of the coronavirus outbreak, it is with great regret that we have decided to POSTPONE our concert which was due to take place next Saturday (21st).

Join the Royal Free Music Society & the Hampstead Sinfonietta for their performance of one of the most famous pieces of Baroque choral music – ‘Messiah’ by George Frideric Handel. This large-scale dramatic work for soloists, choir and orchestra remains one of the best-known choral works in Western music.

Composed in just over three weeks in 1741, the exhilarating choruses and beautiful arias of ‘Messiah’ tell the story of Jesus’ life. The epic and emotional oratorio uses texts in English from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer and is written in three parts - prophecies about the coming of Jesus and his birth, his suffering and death, and his resurrection.

From a young age, German-born Handel had worked in courts and churches across Europe and had composed his first opera by the age of 18. Settling in thriving London in 1710, he went on to write and produce numerous Italian operas. But public tastes were changing and opera was becoming expensive to stage. So Handel turned his attention to a different form of music – which allowed him to tell stories with singers and musicians but without costly stage settings and costumes. He did not write another Italian opera following the success of this oratorio, ‘Messiah’ .

Wheelchair access.

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