Temple Winter Festival 2013: BBC Singers and St James's Baroque

 

£30, £25, £20, £10

To book tickets please ring 0207 4275641

Presented by The Temple Church and Hazard Chase, in association with BBC Radio 3

 

 

BBC Singers

David Hill conductor

Ruby Hughes soprano

David Allsopp counter-tenor

Robin Tritschler tenor

Neal Davies bass

St James's Baroque

 

 

 

Both pieces were performed with refreshing vigour and laser-sharp tuning by the BBC Singers -The Daily Telegraph

 

Messiah

 

 

Handel: Messiah

 

 

 

 

Surely the most popular and frequently performed oratorio of all time: Handel's Messiah has grown in popularity ever since its first performance in 1741 - composed, in a white-hot burst of creative inspiration, in just 24 days. Using Biblical words, the piece re-tells the prophecies of Christ's coming, his birth in the Bethlehem stable, his death and resurrection, and concludes with the Day of Judgement - all depicted with such power, passion and expressive warmth that its music has become amongst the most familiar and best-loved of all time. "He is the master of us all" said Josef Haydn, on first hearing the Hallelujah Chorus, and listeners since can only agree. This performance, in one of London's most atmospheric and historic churches, brings together a leading period-instrument orchestra with a brilliant team of rising young soloists and the BBC Singers - the BBC's own professional choir.