Choral Music / Oratorio / Handel's Messiah
Hallelujah! The beloved festive treat Messiah returns to the Sydney Opera House.
Handel poured his heart and soul into this work: visitors found him shaken by the emotional labour of composing it. Something of this power remains in the piece – the profound sadness, the transporting joy, and the mystery of Christ’s birth and resurrection.
With its musical richness, dramatic power and spiritual intensity, there is something in Messiah for people of all faiths.
Messiah is much more than the Hallelujah chorus. The best way to feel the music of Handel is to get inside it. Join our Christmas Choir and perform with hundreds of choristers, plus soloists Miriam Allan, Helen Sherman, Andrew Goodwin, David Greco and conductor Elizabeth Scott for an unforgettable Christmas celebration.
Handel poured his heart and soul into this work: visitors found him shaken by the emotional labour of composing it. Something of this power remains in the piece – the profound sadness, the transporting joy, and the mystery of Christ’s birth and resurrection.
Image: Handel's Messiah 2017 Billboard. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
With its musical richness, dramatic power and spiritual intensity, there is something in Messiah for people of all faiths.
Messiah is much more than the Hallelujah chorus. The best way to feel the music of Handel is to get inside it. Join our Christmas Choir and perform with hundreds of choristers, plus soloists Miriam Allan, Helen Sherman, Andrew Goodwin, David Greco and conductor Elizabeth Scott for an unforgettable Christmas celebration.
Image: Conductor Eliizabeth Scott at the Sydney Opera House. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
The grandest presentation of Messiah to have ever
taken place in Australia, Sydney Philharmonia's Christmas production
brings the members of their specialist Symphony Chorus and VOX Choirs -
known for their exemplary performances alongside Sydney Symphony
Orchestra - together with the 460 choristers who have joined the
organisation's Christmas Choir, specifically to learn and perform in
this much-loved bi-annual extravaganza.
Joining the chorus for this limited season are
leading Australian soloists Miriam Allan, Helen Sherman, Andrew Goodwin
and David Greco, with instrumentation provided by the Sydney
Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Fiona Ziegler and featuring trumpet
soloist Paul Goodchild.
Acclaimed Australian conductor Elizabeth Scott will lead the delivery of this stunning program in the ultimate surrounds of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. The first female Australian conductor to present
Messiah on the Concert Hall stage, 43-year-old Scott says the season
marks a high point in her career, and will draw on all aspects of her
diverse experience as musician, vocalist, choir master and music
director.
Where:
Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point, Sydney
Concert Hall
When:
Thursday 14 December 2017 from 8pm to 10pm
Friday 15 December 2017 from 8pm to 10pm
Saturday 16 December 2017 from 1pm to 3pm
Friday 15 December 2017 from 8pm to 10pm
Saturday 16 December 2017 from 1pm to 3pm
PROGRAM
George Frideric HANDEL Messiah
ARTISTS
Elizabeth Scott conductor
Miriam Allan soprano
Helen Sherman mezzo-soprano
Andrew Goodwin tenor
David Greco baritone
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Christmas Choir
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Review/s:
Messiah (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs). Reviewed by Angus McPherson, Limelight Magazine. December 15, 2017(4 Stars)
Handel Messiah: Growing chorus assembles the authentic monster sound. Reviewed by Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald. Updated
Resources:
- Broadway World. Accesed November 9, 2017.
- Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (Available at the time of posting) December 1, 2017.
- Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Program
- What's On City of Sydney. Accessed December 10, 2017.
(c) November 2017. Updated December 10, 2017. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All right reserved.
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