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Dramatised Handel's Messiah
From the moment you enter the church before the performance
begins, you realise that this is no ordinary production. There is no
special seating for a large choir, no sign of any orchestra seats or
music stands, no stage lighting, in fact nothing at all to show that
any concert is about to take place. The church is as you would see
it on any normal day.
This is not a production that creates distance between the
audience and the performers in the traditional way of classical
music and other concerts. Quite the reverse: sometimes the
singers surround the audience; sometimes they sit in pews or sing
their solos a few feet from the listener.
Audience and Press comments:
'I have never been to a concert before in which the entire audience stood and cheered at the end, while several people were in tears.' - Bath
'This is the Messiah I have been waiting to see all my life.'- Wallingford
'A powerful and affirming performance..…a delight'. Opera Now
'A wall of sound with the power to move every spectator.' - British Theatre Guide
'Thank you for the most joyful, most vivacious and most uplifting Messiah I have ever heard. Words are unable to do justice as to how powerful an effect this had on me. It was sublime. Please come back to Northern Ireland soon.' Portaferry
begins, you realise that this is no ordinary production. There is no
special seating for a large choir, no sign of any orchestra seats or
music stands, no stage lighting, in fact nothing at all to show that
any concert is about to take place. The church is as you would see
it on any normal day.
This is not a production that creates distance between the
audience and the performers in the traditional way of classical
music and other concerts. Quite the reverse: sometimes the
singers surround the audience; sometimes they sit in pews or sing
their solos a few feet from the listener.
Audience and Press comments:
'I have never been to a concert before in which the entire audience stood and cheered at the end, while several people were in tears.' - Bath
'This is the Messiah I have been waiting to see all my life.'- Wallingford
'A powerful and affirming performance..…a delight'. Opera Now
'A wall of sound with the power to move every spectator.' - British Theatre Guide
'Thank you for the most joyful, most vivacious and most uplifting Messiah I have ever heard. Words are unable to do justice as to how powerful an effect this had on me. It was sublime. Please come back to Northern Ireland soon.' Portaferry
Saturday 15 November
St James’ Church, Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3RL
Doors open 19.00Performance starts 19.30
Duration 2 hours 20 minutes including interval
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