Messiah

Händel’s Messiah, composed in 1741 on biblical texts, is one of the greatest masterpieces of Western music: a monumental oratorio that, rather than narrating, meditates in music on the mystery of redemption. Divided into three parts, it alternates intimate moments with great choral pages such as the famous Hallelujah, blending Italian style, German rigour and English clarity.

The concert proposes its complete performance on period instruments, with Ensemble and Ensemble Vocale Locatelli, to restore its theatrical and spiritual force in a lively and current perspective.

Among the greatest masterpieces of Western music, the Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel’s Messiah holds a unique place, thanks to its expressive power, dramatic intensity and spiritual depth. Composed in just twenty-four days in the summer of 1741, with a libretto drawn entirely from biblical texts, this oratorio has become a universal symbol, loved and performed all over the world.The Messiah is a monumental work that transcends all religious and cultural barriers: it is not a theatrical narrative, but a musical meditation on the mystery of redemption. The three parts of which it is composed – the Annunciation and Nativity,…