Messiah: Reimagined
April 5th 2021 19:00pm BST (note time-zone)
Join us online for a unique and ground-breaking performance of Handel’s masterpiece, blending ‘live’ and ‘virtual’. Acclaimed baroque conductor, Laurence Cummings will lead our star soloists, all alumni of our international Handel Singing Competition, and the London Handel Orchestra in a live performance from St George’s, Hanover Square in London’s Mayfair – Handel’s own church.
The choruses have been prepared and pre-recorded by fifteen choirs, including our ‘Sing at Home’ chorus, totalling some 500 singers from all over the world, and will be integrated digitally into the overall performance. The whole event will be live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube for global audiences to enjoy free, and will be available on the London Handel Festival YouTube channel afterwards
LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor
LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRA
SOLOISTS
LUCY CROWE soprano
IESTYN DAVIES countertenor
NATHAN VALE tenor
EDWARD GRINT bass-baritone
CHORAL PARTNERS
SING AT HOME CHORUS
TEXAS STATE CHORALE (TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY)
OTTAWA BACH CHOIR & YORK UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR, TORONTO
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, AUSTIN, TEXAS
NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE TRINITY LABAN CHAPEL CHOIR
SCUNTHORPE & DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY
SCUNTHORPE COOPERATIVE JUNIOR CHOIR
NDR CHOR (NORTH GERMAN RADIO CHOIR)
GUILDHALL SCHOOL JUNIOR DEPARTMENT CHAMBER CHOIR
FINCHLEY CHILDREN’S MUSIC GROUP
MUSIC IN OFFICES
HARVARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CHAMBER CHOIR
CHOIR OF ST GEORGE’S HANOVER SQUARE