Here are some options for sourcing a copy:
Copies of Messiah can be purchased online from:
Sheetmusicplus
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Messiah/907780
Amazon Australia
Showing posts with label Messiah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Messiah. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Messiah score
Here are some options for sourcing a copy:
Copies of Messiah can be purchased online from:
Sheetmusicplus
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Messiah/907780
Amazon Australia
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Messiah worthwhile effort
As a member of the audience, instead of the choir, for the first time for this event, I would like to say how much I agreed with the sentiments of the reviewer. However I knew of course that the performance would be world class. I think the performance was better than ever and the choral work without music was very effective and the effort put into this by members of the choir very worthwhile.
I am back in Dunedin now, as you know, and I would like to catch up with old friends and also to sing in the proms 2010.
[Janice Royds responding to the review of the Messiah performance on 8 December, by Glenn Linde on dunedinmusic.com]
I am back in Dunedin now, as you know, and I would like to catch up with old friends and also to sing in the proms 2010.
[Janice Royds responding to the review of the Messiah performance on 8 December, by Glenn Linde on dunedinmusic.com]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Magnificent performance
I have been singing the Messiah since 1967, and just wanted to report that my husband of 37 years, who has been to every Messiah I have sung over the duration of our marriage (what staying power!!) found the performance magnificent - he even used the word 'riveting'!!!
Cheers Loraine
Cheers Loraine
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Praise for Messiah
Overheard in the audience: "This is the best performance of Messiah I've heard in 40 years!"
Seen on dunedinmusic.com: http://dunedinmusic.com/reviews/136
Tuesday 8 December 2009: Concert Review: Messiah
Mighty work gets mighty rendition
Last evening in the Dunedin Town Hall, the City of Dunedin Choir and Southern Sinfonia with four guest soloists presented the full work, with all the magnitude and passion this work deserves.
In his fifth time presenting Messiah in Dunedin, David Burchell conducted from the harpsichord, and the orchestra and choir responded with expressive shaping and shading.
From the audience, I followed from my family's 100-year-old well-worn score, pondering over the freshness in interpretation at each hearing.
This performance featured a lightness and brilliance overall, while never losing substance.
(Extract from the review by Elizabeth Bouman in the Otago Daily Times of 9 December 2009.)
Seen on dunedinmusic.com: http://dunedinmusic.com/
Tuesday 8 December 2009: Concert Review: Messiah
Mighty work gets mighty rendition
Last evening in the Dunedin Town Hall, the City of Dunedin Choir and Southern Sinfonia with four guest soloists presented the full work, with all the magnitude and passion this work deserves.
In his fifth time presenting Messiah in Dunedin, David Burchell conducted from the harpsichord, and the orchestra and choir responded with expressive shaping and shading.
From the audience, I followed from my family's 100-year-old well-worn score, pondering over the freshness in interpretation at each hearing.
This performance featured a lightness and brilliance overall, while never losing substance.
(Extract from the review by Elizabeth Bouman in the Otago Daily Times of 9 December 2009.)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Messiah 2007 with Anna Leese
The following is an extract from the review of this performance, by Elizabeth Bouman in the Otago Daily Times:
"Both the Choir and the Sinfonia are a credit to a city of this size and excelled in conquering the demands of this three-hour Baroque marathon.
The 110-strong choir gave energy and full resonant sound for Burchell to draw upon for the big choruses. Setting their sights early in "And the Glory" and "Glory to God", phrasing and articulation were generally good, with passionate voicing. As to be expected the "Hallelujah" chorus was a highlight, rising to a thrilling climax...
I thought the choir was fantastic.
Soloists add the gilding to any oratorio and having Dunedin-trained Anna Leese in the country for a short visit of recitals was a real bonus.
Prolonged applause and footstamping followed the resounding "Amens", and tired but jubilant musicians felt the buzz of completing yet another outstanding delivery of this 1742 masterpiece."
Performance: Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 11 December 2007
"Both the Choir and the Sinfonia are a credit to a city of this size and excelled in conquering the demands of this three-hour Baroque marathon.
The 110-strong choir gave energy and full resonant sound for Burchell to draw upon for the big choruses. Setting their sights early in "And the Glory" and "Glory to God", phrasing and articulation were generally good, with passionate voicing. As to be expected the "Hallelujah" chorus was a highlight, rising to a thrilling climax...
I thought the choir was fantastic.
Soloists add the gilding to any oratorio and having Dunedin-trained Anna Leese in the country for a short visit of recitals was a real bonus.
Prolonged applause and footstamping followed the resounding "Amens", and tired but jubilant musicians felt the buzz of completing yet another outstanding delivery of this 1742 masterpiece."
Performance: Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 11 December 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Sublime performance
Performance: Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Dunedin Town Hall, 8 September 2007
The City of Dunedin Choir with members of the Southern Consort of Voices and the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, the Southern Sinfonia, tenor David Hamilton, mezzo-soprano Helen Medlyn and bass David Griffiths, with conductor David Burchell, Dunedin Town Hall. Extract from the review by Elizabeth Bouman in the Otago Daily Times:
"This late Romantic oratorio, written by Edward Elgar in 1900, is challenging for any choir. Saturday's performance was sublime and all credit to organisers for presenting such a grand work in our city."
"Stunning choral sound lifted Praise in the Holiest to great heights, contrasting with subtle shading of the many gentle more restrained passages. The Demon's Chorus was a highlight - rythmically taut and contrastingly vibrant."
"Conductor David Burchell is to be complimented on leading both Choir and Sinfonia successfully through this two-hour journey with unflagging energy, an impressive sense of drama, and sensitivity."
The City of Dunedin Choir with members of the Southern Consort of Voices and the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, the Southern Sinfonia, tenor David Hamilton, mezzo-soprano Helen Medlyn and bass David Griffiths, with conductor David Burchell, Dunedin Town Hall. Extract from the review by Elizabeth Bouman in the Otago Daily Times:
"This late Romantic oratorio, written by Edward Elgar in 1900, is challenging for any choir. Saturday's performance was sublime and all credit to organisers for presenting such a grand work in our city."
"Stunning choral sound lifted Praise in the Holiest to great heights, contrasting with subtle shading of the many gentle more restrained passages. The Demon's Chorus was a highlight - rythmically taut and contrastingly vibrant."
"Conductor David Burchell is to be complimented on leading both Choir and Sinfonia successfully through this two-hour journey with unflagging energy, an impressive sense of drama, and sensitivity."
Thursday, January 2, 2003
Photo gallery 2003
The photographs on this page were taken during the performance of Handel's Messiah in 2003.
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