G F Handel
Messiah
Messiah
G F Handel
Tuesday 20th December 2022
Cheltenham Town Hall
7.30pm
Directed by David Crown
Soloists
Eleanor Broomfield SOPRANO
Annie Reilly MEZZO
Richard Pinkstone TENOR
Felix Kemp BASS/BARITONE
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Orchestra
The Regency Sinfonia
The Regency Sinfonia comprises musicians who have busy schedules as freelance musicians in the Midlands and West of England, playing in a variety of different orchestras and in a myriad of musical styles. Their versatility and knowledge of the repertoire means that they are much in demand.
Monument to George Frideric Handel in Halle, Germany.
Messiah
Handel began working on Messiah in 1741, just before receiving an invitation to visit Dublin from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Handel took the score with him and it was in Dublin's New Music Hall when it was first performed in April 1742. The performance was an enormous success.
Divided into three parts, part one focuses on the time leading up to and at Christ’s birth. Audiences experience the joyous and powerful chorus For unto us a child is born, recitatives depicting angels bringing the good news to the shepherds and the uplifting final chorus Glory to God.
Part two relays Christ’s passion, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension with a range of emotional expression, from the crowd’s taunts He trusted in God, to the despair in the alto aria He was despised. Part two concludes with the uplifting sound of trumpets, drums and chorus blazing out the triumphant Hallelujah chorus.
Part three deals with the resurrection of Christ and the theme of Christian redemption in the soprano solo I know that my redeemer liveth. Equally moving is the bass aria The trumpet shall sound with a gloriously resounding trumpet solo. The final choruses Worthy is the Lamb and Amen is where Handel provides the audience with an exultant affirmation of faith.
Words sourced from John Bawden
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Tickets for this concert on Tuesday 20 December 2022 are available to purchase in person from Cheltenham Town Hall and also from their online box-office.
Prices:
Band A & B £20.00
Band C & D £15.00
Students and Children £5.00
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J S Bach
St Matthew Passion
St Matthew Passion
J S Bach
Saturday March 25th 2023
Tewkesbury Abbey
6.30pm
Directed by David Crown
Soloists
Mark Wilde (Evangelist)
Markus Matheis (Christus)
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Orchestra
The Musical and Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra
St Matthew Passion
The St Matthew Passion was written in two parts: Part One unfolds Christ’s betrayal, the Last Supper, his prayers and his subsequent arrest. Part Two traverses through the Crucifixion to death and burial of Christ.
Throughout the work the performance from the soloists feature more than the chorus. One of hundreds of sacred pieces Bach wrote during his long tenure as director of church music at Thomaskirche school, the story of the St Matthew Passion was taken mostly from the Gospel According to Matthew, but the verses that Bach set to music were provided by a number of contemporary poets. His principal contributor was Christian Friedrich Henrici, a poet who wrote under the name of Picander.
The detail from sculptural group The Deposition of the cross in church chiesa di San Francesco by Antonio Begarelli (1499-1565).
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Ariel Ramirez
Misa Criolla
Will Todd
Mass in Blue
Misa Criolla
Ariel Ramirez
Mass in Blue
Will Todd
Directed by David Crown
Soloists
Hannah Davey SOPRANO
Julian Henao Gonzalez TENOR
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Will Todd
Will Todd (b.1970) is a British composer and jazz pianist, best known for combining jazz and blues with traditional choral music. Will spent his formative years steeped in both jazz and the English choral tradition. In his choral jazz music he is able to juxtapose strong rhythmic drive and rich harmonies with exquisitely lyrical vocal lines.
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Ariel Ramirez
Ariel Ramírez (1921 – 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered a chief exponent of Argentine folk music and noted for his iconic musical compositions. He is known primarily for his Misa Criolla (1964)which allowed him to travel around Europe and Latin America and enabled him to build his reputation as a composer.
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