Messiah
Part 1 and Hallelujah Chorus
- When
- Sun Dec 8, 2019
- Where
- Lincoln Glen Church
- Time
- 7pm
- Cost
- $10 - $20
- Tags
- Music, Concerts
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Description
The Winchester Orchestra and the West Valley College Concert Chorale present Handel's Messiah and Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.Join the assembled musical forces of orchestra, chorus, and soloists for a wonderful evening of favorites! Under the direction of Scott Seaton, Winchester's new Music Director, we will present two great Baroque masterpieces.
Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor was originally written for organ. Leopold Stokowski, the famous maestro of the Philadelphia Orchestra, transcribed this and many other Bach works for orchestra. Stokowski was an organist before becoming a conductor, and held a deep love of Bach. Through these orchestrations, he was able to bring Bach's work to a new audience, including presenting the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor in the 1940 Fantasia.
Handel's Messiah, undoubtedly the most famous oratorio ever written, consists of 3 parts. We will present Part I plus the famous "Hallelujah Chorus". This masterpiece was astonishingly written in three weeks. Handel is said to have emerged at some point and proclaimed: "I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself!"
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- https://www.winchesterorchestra.com/
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