MESSIAH – PART THE FIRST : SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS

MESSIAH – PART THE FIRST : SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS

“After a tough year we’re turning to the comfort of tradition and the joyous, uplifting power of Handel’s greatest oratorio.”

Please purchase your own ticket. Seating is General Admission.

Tickets:
From $50 + booking fee
https://sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/concerts/2020-season/messiah/

Program:
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah Part the First + Hallelujah

Artists:
Brett Weymark - Conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Penelope Mills - Soprano
Russell Harcourt - Countertenor
Richard Butler - Tenor
Christopher Richardson - Bass

Description:
“Our COVID-safe Messiah will look a little different. The Symphony Chorus – normally a cast of hundreds – will number just 32 singers and they’ll be supported by a streamlined orchestra of strings with trumpets and drums. As it happens, this is nearly identical to the forces Handel used for the premiere in Dublin in 1742.

We’re limiting capacity to 400 people, including performers, in St Andrew’s Cathedral.

Finally, in order to keep the concert to an hour, we’re performing just Part 1: The prophecy of Christ’s appearance on earth and the Nativity.

‘What! No Hallelujah Chorus?’ Have no fear, we wouldn’t deprive you of a chance to stand up, although we will have to ask you to refrain from singing along.

Don’t delay or you might be like the hundreds who were left milling around outside the Fishamble Street Musick Hall in 1742, hoping to get in…”