Messiah In Pictures – The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra And The Brandenburg Choir

Happy Birthday George Frideric Handel born this day in 1685! Check out the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s debut performance of Handel’s masterpiece Messiah, which opened at the City Recital Hall last night, with the Brandenburg Choir and soloists. The season runs in Sydney till March 4.  Scroll down to see all 7 images.

Images by Steven Godbee, courtesy Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Steven Godbee Publicity.

Messiah - The Australian Brandenburg Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Paul Dyer
Messiah – The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the Brandenburg Choir conducted by Paul Dyer
Tenor Kyle Belfield - "All they that see Him"
Tenor Kyle Belfield – “All they that see Him”
Bass David Greco - "The people that walked in Darkness"
Bass David Greco – “The people that walked in Darkness”
Soprano Lucía Martín-Cartón "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Soprano Lucía Martín-Cartón “I know that my Redeemer liveth”
The Australian Brandenburg Choir - "the Hallelujah Chorus"
The Brandenburg Choir – “the Hallelujah Chorus”
Soprano Lucía Martín-Cartón
Soprano Lucía Martín-Cartón- “Rejoice greatly”
Counter-tenor Nicholas Spanos
Counter-tenor Nicholas Spanos

 

 

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