{"id":21836,"date":"2016-10-14T00:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T13:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=21836"},"modified":"2016-10-14T00:08:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T13:08:24","slug":"sydney-sings-messiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/sydney-sings-messiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sings Messiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21838\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Capture9-325x156.png\" alt=\"capture\" width=\"325\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sydney University Graduate Choir, Guest Choir and Orchestra under music director Christopher Bowen OAM perform Handel&#8217;s perennial masterpiece, the oratorio <em>Messiah<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The soloists are Anita Kyle (soprano), Tim Chung (alto), Andrew Goodwin (tenor) and David Hidden (bass). 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