Handel : Messiah / Stephen Cleobury

Ailish Tynan, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, Matthew Rose / Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Handel: Messiah (Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge)

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the first ever live cinema broadcast of a choral concert will take place from King’s College, Cambridge this Easter.
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge will perform Handel’s best known work, Messiah, on Palm Sunday, April 5 2009 in the magnificent setting of King’s College Chapel. The performance will be conducted by Stephen Cleobury, Director of Music at King’s, and features the Academy of Ancient Music and soloists Ailish Tynan, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton and Matthew Rose. It is part of the Easter at King’s festival of music and services, now in its fifth year.
This will be the first time a choral concert has been carried live via satellite. Through an exclusive agreement with Opus Arte, EMI will also release the film of the concert on DVD in November 2009.

Price: $32.98