AAM Concerts

Handel's Messiah
Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music perform Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition we’ve made our own.

Sing hallelujah! Handel’s Messiah isn’t just a seasonal fixture. It’s one of those pieces that transcends time, place and culture; singing of humanity – and hope – ever since the mid-18th century. Ev’ry Valley, For Unto Us a Child is Born, I Know that My Redeemer Liveth… you already know the tunes. With Laurence Cummings directing AAM, we’ll sound as if the ink has hardly dried.

For Academy of Ancient Music Messiah is part of we are. Nearly half a century ago we were the first orchestra to record it in something like the style and scale of Handel’s own era, and there’s still nothing to match the intimacy, the grandeur and (above all) the pure joy of hearing Messiah played on period instruments. This is a masterpiece that always has something fresh to say – and we’re always thrilled to share it.

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Mon 15 Dec 25
 | 7.00pm
Barbican Hall
London
Tickets: 
From £15
020 7870 2500
Programme
Handel

Messiah

Performers
Nardus Williams
soprano
Reginald Mobley
alto
Thomas Walker
tenor
Ashley Riches
bass
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings
director & harpsichord
Nardus Williams
Reginald Mobley
Thomas Walker
Ashley Riches
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings
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