Here is a series of posts on Handel’s Messiah. Some of them are linked with Holy Trinity’s annual Candlemas Messiah. If you are interested in the performance of Baroque music, you might also like to read about the Bach Passions.
Rehearsals for Candlemas Messiah take place in Holy Trinity, rue Capitaine Crespel 29, 1050 Brussels.
Dress code for everyone is smart-casual in black, white, and dark-grey.
You can read about the story of Handel and his great Messiah here. For all other details of rehearsals for Candlemas Messiah, read on below.
It is a fact (little-known but true) that Handel’s Messiah abounds with con ripieno and senza ripieno exchanges. What, you may ask, are con and senza ripieno exchanges? Well, here’s the explanation…
Handel composed his great oratorio, Messiah, in London in the eighteenth century. It is now the most popular choral work in the English language. But what is the story behind it?