'Handel's Messiah Comes to Portsmouth' a lecture by George Burrows
Schedule
Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
High Street, Old Portsmouth | Portsmouth, EN
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This talk traces a course from Handel's composition of Messiah in 1741 to grand performances staged in Portsmouth in the first decades of the 1800s.Drawing on research of newspapers, diaries of local musicians, and materials discovered in the archives of the Portsmouth History Centre, Professor Burrows reveals a fascinating performance history of Messiah. It shows how Handel's versatile masterpiece flexed as fashions, practices and geographies changed and yet it remained powerfully meaningful to audiences in the provinces as much as in the capital.
Lecture by George Burrows - Professor of Music and Theatre, University of Portsmouth
Part of the Festival of Early Music at Portsmouth Cathedral, see more and book at festivalofearlymusic.com
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High Street, Old Portsmouth, Karen Morton Ta Salix, High Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2LR, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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