12.11.18

Handel Messiah for Christmas

Saturday 8 December, 7:00pm
(Note early start time)

Directed by Steven Devine, co-principal keyboard player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and also the principal keyboard player for The Gonzaga Band, Apollo and Pan, The Classical Opera Company and performs regularly with many other groups around Europe, including the Academy of Ancient Music.

With four world-class soloists
Kate Semmens, soprano
Mark Chambers, counter-tenor
Daniel Auchinloss, tenor
Trevor Eliot Bowes, bass

Tickets are available here. Advance booking recommended.

Suiting the early Baroque interior of King Charles church and its excellent acoustic, this performance of Handel's masterpiece with a small orchestra and a choir of just 12 singers aims to recreate something of his original conception.