El Messies

Few works are as closely linked to Christmas as Handel's Messiah. Turned into one of the major events during these dates worldwide, the oratorio recounts the life of Jesus Christ, from the announcement and birth to the passion, death and resurrection, and contains some of the most famous choral moments in the history of music. Curiously, Handel did not conceive it as a Christmas work, but to be performed at Easter; it was mainly from the 20th century onwards that the tradition of performing it at Christmas was consolidated, often also with a participatory dimension. For an iconic work, top-level interpreters in the historical repertoire. The RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (AKAMUS), two European ensembles especially recognized in this repertoire, join under the direction of Justin Doyle. A combination of choir and orchestra specialized to rediscover Messiah from the sound, style and interpretative criteria proper to Handel's music.