
Handel's Messiah
Per a decade-long tradition, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra will celebrate the holiday season with the performance of Handel’s masterpiece 'Messiah.'
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DateDecember 15 - 16, 2022
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Doors Open6:30PM
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Ticket Prices$65 / $45 / $35
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Event Details
Per GLCO's decade-long tradition, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra will celebrate the holiday season with the performance of Handel’s masterpiece 'Messiah.'
The first half of the concert features GLCO choir and soloists in 'Oratorio de Noel' by Camile Saint-Saëns, setting the mood for the Christmas story. Saint-Saëns’ oratorio is an intimate work blending a number of musical styles—narrative recitatives, folk-like melodies, passionate operatic solo passages, and simple choral writing. It was composed in 1858 when the Church of the Madeleine in Paris commissioned Camille Saint-Saëns to write work for that year’s Christmas celebration.
The concert concludes with the first and second sections of Handel’s famous oratorio 'Messiah,' ending with the celebratory and beloved Hallelujah chorus.
These performances are generously supported by Nancy Monroe