Two arts companies’ creative choices in interpreting Handel’s ‘Messiah’ for our times provide an opportunity to consider future directions for classical music.
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From ‘Comfort ye’ to the Hallelujah chorus, the music of the Messiah is a much-loved Christmas tradition. Yet it was originally written as an Easter offering.
Leaving the EU will threaten the long and close relationship between Britain and Europe when it comes to making and enjoying music.
The power of the Easter story gave birth to the most beautiful music of the Christian calendar.
With its themes of family dysfunction, love, death, madness and the supernatural, this Old Testament story is ready-made for opera.
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Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Music, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor of Music, Brock University
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Professor of Musicology, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
