| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 1-Dec-2012 Sage: Hall One | Northern Sinfonia: A Messiah with plenty of passion |
-036.jpg) Handel’s Messiah is a challenge to any conductor, particularly in the English-speaking world. It’s probably the best-loved piece in the classical repertoire, guaranteed to bring people out in great crowds. You can’t mess with Messiah, but at the same time, there’s a danger of sinking into tired tradition. The solution Matthew Halls took last night with Northern Sinfonia orchestra and chorus was to focus on details, giving the piece some new sparkle in unexpected places.
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| 14-Sep-2012 St Mary's Parish Church | Lammermuir Festival: Dunedin Consort's St John Passion |
 The motto of the Lammermuir Festival, now in its third year, is “beautiful music in beautiful places”. Few settings are more striking than St Mary’s Parish Church in Haddington. The scene of John Knox’s ordination as a Catholic priest, some years before he lit the blue touch-paper of Scottish Reformation, it seemed a resonant setting for one of musical history’s Lutheran landmarks: Bach’s St John Passion.
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| 2-Mar-2012 Perth Concert Hall (Horsecross) | Bach Collegium of Japan in Perth |
Marco Borggreve.jpg) James Waters, Director of Classical Music at Horsecross, explained that he had been waiting for two years to welcome the Bach Collegium of Japan to Perth Concert Hall, with its especially good acoustic for baroque music. It is certainly a major coup for Perth to secure these internationally famous players for a whole weekend residency in the town, particularly as it is their only appearance in the UK this year.
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| 10-Dec-2011 Leeds Town Hall | Leeds Festival Chorus and the English Chamber Orchestra perform Handel's Messiah |
 Since its first performance in 1742, Handel's Messiah has become one of the world's most popular and widely performed oratorios. With a biblical libretto which tells the story of Jesus from the Nativity to the Ascension, and stunning, joyous choral parts that lend themselves equally well to small and large choirs, the Messiah has become a festive must-hear. In fact, for many lovers of classical music, Christmas just wouldn't be the same without it.
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