Handel's Messiah

One of the most famous oratorios ever written and perhaps Handel’s best-known work, Messiah needs little introduction. Handel completed the work in September 1741 and it was first performed in April 1742 in Dublin to an enraptured audience. It is the most uplifting music ever written, with sublime arias and choruses such as ‘Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of Zion’, ‘For unto Us a Child is Born’, and the ever-popular ‘Hallelujah’ chorus.

For its inaugural concert in January 1976, Danesborough Chorus gave a performance of Messiah in Woburn Parish Church with Bedford Sinfonia and four nationally-known soloists. The concert was a sell-out, with an audience of 600 and every possible seat taken. In keeping with that tradition, for this concert we have engaged an internationally renowned quartet of soloists, Carolyn Sampson, soprano, Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano, James Gilchrist, tenor, Benjamin Bevan, baritone and the very fine Alina Orchestra.
Do join us on this occasion for what promises to be both an exciting and moving performance and one that you will certainly not wish to miss!