Handel's The Messiah

Handel's Messiah

with the NAC Orchestra

2021-12-15 19:00 2021-12-16 21:45 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Handel's Messiah

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/29284

In-person event

Among the great choral works in Western music, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is arguably the best and most cherished, exuding humanity and joy from start to finish and celebrating our relationship to the divine. Under the baton of Bernard Labadie, let the angelic voices of La Chapelle de Québec wash over you and fill you with joyous peace during the busiest time of year with this iconic holiday masterpiece!  Handel composed Messiah in just 24 days...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
December 15 - 16, 2021
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Handel's The Messiah
Bernard Labadie © Dario Acosta
La Chapelle de Québec © David Cannon
Music Classical music Opera Holidays
  • GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah, HWV 56
  • In-person event
  • ≈ 2 hours and 45 minutes · With intermission
Bernard Labadie © Dario Acosta
La Chapelle de Québec © David Cannon

Among the great choral works in Western music, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is arguably the best and most cherished, exuding humanity and joy from start to finish and celebrating our relationship to the divine. Under the baton of Bernard Labadie, let the angelic voices of La Chapelle de Québec wash over you and fill you with joyous peace during the busiest time of year with this iconic holiday masterpiece! 

Handel composed Messiah in just 24 days to safeguard his livelihood at a time when expensive operas were becoming less popular and more difficult to produce. Without a dramatic narrative to guide him, he relied on scripture to create his musical masterpiece. Handel was a great philanthropist who chose to support charitable causes for Messiah’s first three performances in Dublin, and each was a runaway success.

Conducted by the distinguished Québec conductor Bernard Labadie, one of the world’s leading experts in Baroque and classical repertoire, the NAC Orchestra is thrilled to present this holiday masterpiece. La Chapelle de Québec, founded by Labadie in 1985, has taken its place among North America’s premiere voice ensembles. Comprising professional singers recruited from all over Canada, La Chapelle de Québec is second to none in its transcendental balance and purity of sound.

This holiday season, experience the joy and mystery of Messiah and feel the wonder few other sacred works can express.

Artists

  • Featuring NAC Orchestra
  • bernard-labadie-credit-dario-acosta
    Conductor Bernard Labadie
  • la-chapelle-de-queybec-photo-michel-robitaille
    Choir La Chapelle de Québec
  • Soprano Magali Simard-Galdès
  • mchardy-photo-headshot
    Mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy
  • Tenor Andrew Haji
  • Baritone Dominic Sedgwick
  • george-frideric-handel-by-balthasar-denner
    Composer George Frideric Handel