Hallelujah! Handel’s glorious, much-loved oratorio, Messiah, returns to the magnificent, candlelit surroundings of Worcester Cathedral – in the ultimate Christmas concert experience!

Presented by the 140 voices of Worcester Festival Choral Society, this unmissable performance is also the Choral Society’s annual Benefit Concert for local children’s causes, in partnership with grant-giving charity the Worcestershire Community Foundation.

For nearly 300 years, Messiah has been one of the world’s most popular pieces of music ever written. From its mighty Hallelujah chorus – so moving that King George II was said to have risen to his feet at its premiere – to stunning arias and choruses such as For unto us a child is born, All we like sheep and The trumpets shall sound, this is a concert of choral favourites like no other.

Accompanying Worcester Festival Choral Society – the region’s leading, large classical choir – are four internationally acclaimed soloists and the superb Meridian Sinfonia Baroque orchestra, all under the baton of Worcester Cathedral’s director of music Samuel Hudson.

In addition, the performance marks the Choral Society’s inaugural Hallelujah! Young Singers Opportunity, a new initiative encouraging a number of students and teachers from local secondary schools to experience the thrill of taking part in one of the most beloved choral works of all time.

Programme:
George Frideric Handel Messiah

Performers:
Alexandra Kidgell soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy mezzo-soprano
William Balkwill tenor
Alex Ashworth bass-baritone
Worcester Festival Choral Society
Meridian Sinfonia
Samuel Hudson conductor