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unusual facts about Messiah - The Harrowing



Anne Sharp

Other performances during this period included the soprano solo parts in Bach's Mass in B minor, Handel's Messiah and Brahms' A German Requiem, and solo recitals for the BBC Third Programme including Handel's Lusinghe piu care and Richard Strauss's Ständchen.

Battlefield Line Railway

It conveyed King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria on their way to Gopsall Hall, where Handel is reputed to have composed his oratorio Messiah.

Blackbird Leys Choir

On 19 December 2006 twenty members of the choir performed Handel's Hallelujah chorus in private performance at Buckingham Palace for HM Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and others; they also sang carols for guests at the 'Achievers of the Year' reception.

Blackburn Cathedral

The organ was opened on 28 February 1828 with a concert which included works by Handel - extracts from his Messiah and Israel in Egypt and his Occasional Overture played by the new orgnaist Joseph John Harris.

Clontarf Castle

Handel was a frequent visitor to the then castle during his stay in Dublin for the premiere of Messiah in 1742.

Cornell University Chorus

Aside from its constantly changing and increasing selection of women's music, the Chorus also performs major works with the Cornell University Glee Club, such as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Messiah, and Bach's Mass in B minor.

Gächinger Kantorei

In 2009 the Gächinger Kantorei sang under Rilling with the New York Philharmonic Handel's Messiah in Avery Fisher Hall in New York with soloists Annette Dasch, Daniel Taylor, James Taylor and Shenyang.

Helen Modern

As well as her featured roles in Respectable and Bad Girls, Helen has also had a recurring role in BBC One daytime soap opera, Doctors (2005) as Diane Bishop and various roles in No Angels, Wire in the Blood, The Chase and Messiah - The Harrowing with Ken Stott and Maxine Peake.

Highgate tube station

The surface station and overground tunnels have sometimes been used for filming and have appeared in several productions, notably the feature film Paperhouse, the TV series Messiah and the Steven Wilson music documentary film Insurgentes.

Imeneo

Charles Jennens, who created the libretti for both Saul and Messiah, described Imeneo as "the worst of all Handel’s Compositions", but added "yet half the Songs are good".

J. Reilly Lewis

A feature of his ministry at Clarendon has been the semi-annual Messiah-Sing presentations during Advent and Easter featuring guest soloists accompanied by full orchestra.

John Christopher Smith

Between 1759 and 1768 he directed the annual performances of Messiah at the Foundling Hospital, where he was organist.

Jürgen Budday

These have included the Handel oratorios Jephtha, Samson, Judas Maccabaeus, Saul and the Messiah with highly distinguished soloists such as Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Nancy Argenta, David Thomas, Stephen Varcoe, Miriam Allan, Joanne Lunn and many others.

Kenneth Oram

The St Cyprian's Cathedral Choir at this period performed such works as Messiah (Handel), Elijah (Mendelssohn) and Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

Maureen Lehane

Lehane was mostly at home in Handel operas and oratorios; over the span of her career she was involved in over 100 productions of Handel's Messiah, 50 Bach cantatas and 40 St Matthew Passions.

Perfect Harmony

The film's soundtrack includes All We Like Sheep and Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah, Franz Schubert's Ständchen in D Major and Schwanengesang, and Mozart's Laudate Dominum, as well as Vollendet ist das große Werk from Haydn's Creation.

Samuel Thomas Champnes

), and Handel had apparently written several arias for the part of the young Benjamin in his oratorio Joseph and his Brethren for Champness in 1744, and he may well have sung in the choruses of Messiah as a boy.

Sheffield Bach Choir

The Cathedral was also the venue for Messiah on Monday 5 December 2011, a performance that was the subject of critical acclaim in the columns of the Telegraph.

The Singing Estate

In subsequent programmes they learned new pieces including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana; visited Italy, where they sang O Sole Mio with Italian tenor Franco Malapena; held a marquee concert in Blackbird Leys (singing Handel's Hallelujah chorus); travelled to Liverpool, where they rehearsed with a full orchestra for the first time and finally went to London for the big performance.

The Young Messiah

The Young Messiah, is a musical production of a modern adaptation of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah, It was arranged by Tom Parker, in 1982, and featured vocals by Labi Siffre, Madeline Bell and Vicki Brown.


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