Name: Messiah
Start: 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Organization

Conductor

Richard Cooke

Singer

Soprano

Keri Fuge

Mezzo-soprano

Madeleine Shaw

Tenor

Jamie MacDougall

Bass

James Platt

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Messiah -  (Messiah HWV 56)

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Messiah Händel

Public

Messiah HWV 56

Approved

‘He is the master of us all’, Joseph Haydn is alleged to have said on hearing the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus from Handel’s Messiah. The work has never lost its popularity, and the Royal Choral Society’s performances on Good Friday each year have grown into something of a national event.

The choir first performed Handel’s Messiah in its opening season in 1872, but it was in 1876 that the first Good Friday performance took place at the Royal Albert Hall, and has been repeated every year since then with the exception of wartime (1940/1) and the recent pandemic (2020). A reduced performance accompanied on the Royal Albert Hall organ took place in May 2021.

The Royal Choral Society’s 146th performance of Handel’s Messiah on Good Friday marks the beginning of the choir’s year-long 150th anniversary celebrations. Britain’s favourite choral masterpiece will be conducted by Royal Choral Society Music Director Richard Cooke, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, organist Richard Pearce and a quartet of superb soloists.

English

Messiah HWV 56 by Händel, From (2022/2022), Conductor Richard Cooke, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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