Organization

Admin

The Sixteen

St Martin In the Fields

Conductor

Harry Christophers

Singer

Soprano

Hilary Cronin

Contralto

Helen Charlston

Alto

Tenor

Robert Murray

Bass

Matthew Brook

Others

The Sixteen Orchestra

Handel’s Messiah: London

London

United Kingdom

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Public

Private

Messiah HWV 56

Approved

Arguably the most famous oratorio ever written and certainly Handel’s best known work, Messiah needs little introduction.
Composed in a staggering twenty-four days Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742 where it received a rapturous welcome. Not so the following year when it premiered in London to a distinctly hostile reception. It wasn’t until Messiah began to be presented in charity performances at the Foundling Hospital in London that the public started to embrace the work we now regard as Handel’s greatest composition.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble