Messiah
WITH BATH CHORAL SOCIETY
Bath Abbey
MENUBath Choral Society will once again open the season of Christmas music at Bath Abbey with performances of Handel’s Messiah. The oratorio relates the biblical prophecies concerning “The Messiah” and how they came to be fulfilled in the course of Christ’s life, from the opening solo ‘Comfort Ye’ and the chorus ‘Unto us a child is born’, through the Passion with ‘Since by man came death’ to the magnificent concluding ‘Amen’.
Soloists: Soprano, Penelope Appleyard: Alto, Claudia Huckle: Tenor, Richard Dowling: Bass, Simon Thorpe.
Orchestra: Bristol Ensemble.
Conductor: Katrine Reimers.
Join us to start the season of wonderful Christmas music at Bath Abbey in the traditional way.
Fri 6th Dec - 7:30pm
Sat 7th Dec - 7:30pm
Doors from 6:45pm
