Handel’s Messiah

Handel's Messiah, Earls Barton Methodist Church, 1st Dec at 7pm and 2nd Dec at 3.30pm
Concert poster

1st and 2nd of December saw two performances of The Messiah by GF Handel. Conducted by our musical director, Jon Rees, the 80-strong choir and 20-piece orchestra performed choruses, recitatives and arias from this sacred oratorio.

Soloists for this programme were Paul Durnell, Andrew Gunn, Rachel Gill, Alison Oram, Vivien Caldwell, Claire Radd, Roz Webber and Robin Hillman. Karen Bell lead the orchestra with David Blackadder (Academy of Ancient Music) and Charlie Manning on trumpet and William Thallon on Continuo.

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