Messiah study day

In addition to the two performances of Handel’s Messiah on 28 and 30 November in Cape Town and Hermanus respectively, we are also presenting a Messiah study day on Sunday, 24 November, 12:00-15:00 at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant. The study day will include a historical background to Messiah, demonstrations by CTBO instrumentalists and Lutesong Consort singers about aspects of period performance, a background to the alternative versions of certain of the recitatives and arias to be performed (with musical demonstrations), as well as a masterclass and demonstration by visiting baroque trumpeter Raphael Pouget. You can view the full programme here.

Students and scholars enter for free, with no prebooking needed. (If you plan on bringing a group of more than ten students/scholars, please give us a heads-up at [email protected].) Tickets for Messiah audience members are R50. Tickets for the general public (not attending one of the two Messiah performances) are R100.

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This project is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting, and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.