As Handel’s best-loved work, Messiah presents a journey through many of the central values associated with the festive season, best represented in the words of the Angel: ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.’ With its effervescent choruses, interspersed with both virtuosic and beautifully […]
Dunedin Consort’s Children’s Messiah is back this year by popular demand. Scotland’s own internationally renowned Baroque ensemble perform highlights from Handel’s much-loved masterpiece Messiah in this 45-minute performance, which includes the famous Hallelujah chorus. Dunedin Consort will take the audience on an interactive journey through the music with explanations and participatory games, suitable for all […]
As Handel’s best-loved work, Messiah presents a journey through many of the central values associated with the festive season, best represented in the words of the Angel: ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.’ With its effervescent choruses, interspersed with both virtuosic and beautifully […]
This event is now sold out. For possible returns ring 020 7520 1490. As Handel’s best-loved work, Messiah presents a journey through many of the central values associated with the festive season, best represented in the words of the Angel: ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be […]
Kate Molleson in conversation with John Butt at 6.30pm. In addition to his role as Cantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig, from 1729 until the early 1740s Bach also held the position of Music Director of the city’s Collegium Musicum. This offered him the opportunity to experiment with novel orchestral timbres. Bach took full advantage […]
In addition to his role as Cantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig, from 1729 until the early 1740s Bach also held the position of Music Director of the city’s Collegium Musicum. This offered him the opportunity to experiment with novel orchestral timbres. Bach took full advantage of these instrumental resources, synthesising his characteristically intense counterpoint […]
Dunedin Consort have been running workshops for keen singers up and down the country throughout January. These workshops will culminate in this free performance of works by Bruckner, Gabrieli and Schutz which they have been rehearsing. Conducted by John Butt, this a free event in the beautiful setting of Glasgow University Chapel. If you would like […]
Music in Britain I
Music in Britain II in collaboration with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León.
In 1617, James VI of Scotland (I of England) made what was to be his first and last visit to his homeland, as part of an affair now known as the Scottish Progress. In a letter to the Scottish Privy Council, he described how he felt ‘a salmonlyke instinct…a great and naturall longing to see […]
