George Frideric Handel’s famous ‘Messiah’ is Shrewsbury Choral Society’s next concert, which is taking place in Theatre Severn on Saturday 25th April at 7:30pm with a performance that will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the prominent musician’s death.
Chairman of the Choral Society, Thelma Foster said: “I would like to invite people to join Shrewsbury Choral Society in a double celebration as local history repeats itself. SCS are to perform Handel’s Messiah in one of the opening concerts at Shrewsbury’s new theatre, and in fact back in 1840 the then Shrewsbury New Choral Society sang The Messiah to celebrate the opening of the Music Hall in the Square. So the town’s long musical tradition will be kept alive on this historic occasion. It is a wonderful and most popular piece of music that I am sure will delight music-lovers”.
Conductor and Musical Director, Martin Schellenberg said: “The Messiah is probably Handel’s most famous work and one of the most frequently performed large choral works, with its hummable tunes, rousing choruses, virtuoso arias and many memorable and spine-tingling moments. These include the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’, ‘For Unto us a child is born’, ‘Rejoice Greatly, O daughter of Zion’,'I know that my Redeemer Liveth’ and ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound’.This will be the current society’s 40th performance of The Messiah, and local archive records show that The Messiah was first performed in Shrewsbury in 1783. The concert will be performed by the Shrewsbury Choral Society and Chamber Orchestra, and will be joined by well-known local soloists Cathy Benson (soprano), Harriet Goodwin (alto), John Bowen (Tenor) and Stephen Garner (Bass). A concert not to be missed!”
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