We are back with Handel’s ever-popular oratorio. Since 1742, The Messiah has secured itself in the Christmas calendar. Retelling the story of Christ it is heaped full of beautiful arias including He was Despised and Rejected and I Know that My Redeemer Liveth and rousing choruses like For Unto Us a Child is Born and the ever-popular Hallelujah Chorus.
Shostakovich Five
Bartók, Prokofiev, Shostakovich Wednesday 15 May, 7.30pmKirill Karabits conducts his final concert as Chief Conductor of the BSO in powerful style with Shostakovich's rousing Fifth Symphony.
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