Hasting Choral Society is rehearsing Handel’s wonderful Messiah under the baton of its musical director, Joe Christensen.
This joy-filled work will be guaranteed to raise the spirits of everyone when it is performed in early December at Village Baptist Church in Havelock North.
This work premiered in 1742 and is now known and loved throughout the world. Handel rewrote parts of Messiah to better meet the abilities of soloists and the available instruments with each of the original 113 performances. Mozart re-orchestrated it in 1789. Historically, the Messiah has continued to change with the ensembles that perform it.
For this concert the choir is excited to have John Wells as its accompanist once again, this time on his impressive portable organ, which he will be bringing from Auckland. John was the organist for the choir in its Glorious Glorias concert this year.
The soloists are some of Hawke’s Bay’s best singers and include Patrick Power, Giselle Clements and Caroline Hickman.