Handel's Messiah by Candlelight
Schedule
Sat Dec 06 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
St Mary le Strand = Women's Royal Navy Service Church | London, EN
Enjoy a new abridged version of Handel’s most famous oratorio in the evocative candlelit setting of St Mary le Strand James Gibbs’ baroque masterpiece and arguably the most beautiful of the Queen Anne Churches.
This is a complete (but abridged) performance of Messiah accompanied on the organ and lasting about 75 minutes without interval giving concert-goers time to have dinner after the performance!
Featuring
The L’Inviti Singers
Alexander Pott (organ)
Directed by David Guest
Programme
Messiah – GF Handel
The L’Inviti Singers is a chamber choir comprising singers handpicked from the UK's major churches and cathedrals and internationally renowned chamber groups (The Sixteen Tenebrae etc).
Alexander Pott is a former organ scholar of Christ Church Oxford and between 2017 and 2024 was Assistant Organist at Magdalen College Oxford. He is currently researching for his PhD at Cambridge University.
Here's a short video of the L'Inviti Singers performing at St Mary le Strand in April 2025:
Where is it happening?
St Mary le Strand = Women's Royal Navy Service Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES, United Kingdom, LondonGBP 20.00 to GBP 38.00
