Handel: Messiah – BachTrack Review
★★★★
David Smyth, BachTrack
‘…choruses were well balanced and thrillingly delivered, packing plenty of punch…’
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Handel Messiah – Edinburgh Music Review
Donal Hurley, Edinburgh Music Review
‘No matter how often I attend a Dunedin ‘Messiah’, I am blown away, not only by the dynamic power, but also the clarity of diction and richness of expressivity achieved with a chorus of only 12 singers.’
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Handel Messiah – Vox Carnyx Review
Keith Bruce, Vox Carnyx
‘the work of the players and singers, whose diction was exemplary, was always precise and full of expression.’
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Handel Messiah – Arts Reviews Edinburgh
Tom King, ARTS REVIEWS EDINBURGH
‘…the audience applause at the end of this performance was rightly deserved.’
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Messiah – BachTrack Review
★★★★
David Smythe, BachTrack
‘The detail was astonishing, each phrase curated by a spirited Butt.. Messiah is a hardy annual, but performed here – where every note and word really mattered – it sounded brand new.’
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Messiah – The Arts Desk Review
★★★★
Simon Thompson, The Arts Desk
‘Almost every city in the UK has its annual Christmas Messiah, but there can’t be any as stylish or as polished as this one.’
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Messiah – Planet Hugill Review
★★★★★
Robert Hugill, Planet Hugill
‘A superbly subtle account… the choruses were some of the best sung that I have ever come across in my nearly 50 years of attending Messiah performances.’
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Messiah – The Scotsman Review
★★★★★
David Kettle, The Scotsman
‘This was a fresh, searching Messiah, brisk and vivid, and delivered as if its ink was still wet.’
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Messiah – BachTrack Review
★★★★★
Benjamin Poore, BachTrack
‘Gutsy and vibrant… a huge ovation for a thrilling performance that gave this staple a vigorous makeover.’
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Messiah – The Herald Review
Keith Bruce, The Herald
★★★★
It is not just the singers, but also the fine continuo players, and pitch-perfect baroque strings, led by Huw Daniel, who all have distinct, audible and individual contributions to make in a Dunedin Consort performance of Handel’s masterpiece…
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Messiah – Seen and Heard International Review
Simon Thompson, Seen and Heard International
The cumulative effect, therefore, was […] powerful enough, in fact, to get the polite Edinburgh audience cheering, something they very rarely do, particularly in the Queen’s Hall!
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Handel: Messiah
George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56
Matthew Truscott violin & director
Rowan Pierce soprano
Anita Monserrat mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon tenor
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
It’s no surprise that Handel’s Messiah continues to draw audiences back year after year. There is nothing quite like it. Although the Hallelujah chorus has become the work’s calling card, Handel wrote every note to impress and astound his listeners.
Its choruses are as grand as anything Handel ever composed, the solo writing profoundly moving, the drama powerful and compelling. Performed ‘the Dunedin way’ as Handel would have first heard it, with a small orchestra, a team of twelve singers and soloists who step out from the chorus, there are few more uplifting ways to celebrate the festive season
Tickets: £6 – £42
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