Munich Bach Choir: The MessiahJohanna Soller (conductor)
Please note the change of the tenor.
Together with the Munich Bach Orchestra under the baton of Johanna Soller, the Munich Bach Choir starts the new year with Handel’s oratorio The Messiah for soloists, choir and orchestra.
Please note the change of the tenor.
Together with the Munich Bach Orchestra under the baton of Johanna Soller, the Munich Bach Choir starts the new year with Handel’s oratorio The Messiah for soloists, choir and orchestra.
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, composed in 1741, is both a myth and a monument to Western culture. The three-part oratorio is about the miracles of Christmas, Good Friday and Easter, i.e. the birth, death and resurrection of Christ. Handel had not actually wanted to compose the oratorio, intending to take a break after the disappointing failure of his operas Imeneo and Deidamia. But after a series of concerts in Dublin which the librettist Charles Jennens persuaded him to take part in, Handel cut short his hiatus to compose the Messiah – a work lasting almost two and a half hours – within a mere 24 days. This masterly achievement finally afforded the composer success again.
Ringing in the new year with the Messiah, the Munich Bach Choir sends a message of hope in the Isarphilharmonie with this musical masterpiece together with the Munich Bach Orchestra under the baton of Johanna Soller. After all, Handel declared his motivation for writing the oratorio to be that “I would regret it if I merely entertained the audience. I want to make them feel better.”
Performance in English
With
- Munich Bach Orchestra
- Munich Bach Choir
- Carine Tinney, soprano
- Grace Durham, mezzo-soprano
Laurence Kilsby, tenorSamuel Boden, tenor- Peter Harvey, baritone
- Johanna Soller, conductor
Programme
George Frideric Handel: The Messiah oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra
