Handel’s Messiah

Saturday 30th November 2024
St Mary’s Church Fordingbridge SP6 1BB
7.00 PM

Come and join us for Handel’s Messiah, one of the most popular oratorios ever written and performed.

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Of all the great oratorios, Handel’s Messiah must surely be one of the most popular, having received performances every year since its first Dublin performance in 1742. Fordingbridge Choral Society are delighted to revisit this work after our hugely successful performance in Ringwood in 2019.

On November 30^th Fordingbridge Choral Society are joined by a highly accomplished quartet of soloists, all of whom sing internationally and have appeared in major concert halls throughout the UK; and additionally, we are joined by the professional players of the Edwards Ensemble.

Soprano Amy Carson began her career as a founding girl chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, and has appeared at many prestigious venues at Versailles, Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Barbican, and BBC Proms, and sings with many of the UKs leading ensembles, also as soloist with The Sixteen, Monteverdi Choir and others.

Contralto Charlotte Tetley studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and has gone on to sing with Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and performing regularly with the Orchestra of St. John’s with maestro John Lubbock.

Tenor James Hutchings  has appeared in such prestigious venues as the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican as well as venues across Europe, and his repertoire encompasses a wide range of operatic roles, as well as oratorio including Mozart Requiem, Haydn Creation, Bach Passions, and Handel Messiah.

Bass Timothy Dickinson has toured internationally, and is a regular guest at music festivals across UK. He sings with The Sixteen, BBC Singers, La Nuova Musica, and has appeared at Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Longborough and elsewhere.

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