Messiah

After a gap year away from our traditional Christmas performances of Messiah, we return to Handel’s masterpiece with a stellar line-up of soloists joining our Symphony Chorus and Massed Choirs.

But in 2013 there’s a difference: we’re reviving this great oratorio’s 18th century association with charitable support.

The premiere of Messiah, in Dublin, was given in aid of several charities, including the Mercer’s Hospital and the Charitable Infirmary on the Inns Quay. Back in Handel’s adopted city, performances benefiting London’s Foundling Hospital for children became an annual instit