Messiah from Scratch!

Now’s your chance to lift your voice in song, as we present the ever-popular “Messiah from Scratch!” Come join a team of some of Victoria’s best singers and instrumentalists and add your voice to the stirring choruses of Handel’s iconic masterpiece – this year featuring the full heft of the Victoria Symphony. No experience necessary. “Messiah from Scratch!” distills Handel’s joyful masterpiece to its Christmas essentials for maximum fun: Angels, shepherds abiding in their fields, exalted valleys, a Saviour born and, of course... a Hallelujah Chorus. Proceeds to support the cathedral music program.

Choruses to be performed: (bring your own score or borrow one of ours)

4. And the Glory of the Lord
7. And He Shall Purify
9. O! Thou that Tellest
12. For unto Us a Child is Born
17. Glory to God
21. His Yoke is Easy
44. Hallelujah

Schedule:

2.00pm: Chorus Rehearsal
3.15pm: Break (alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments available for purchase)
4.00pm: Performance of Messiah Part 1
5.00pm: Finish

Host or Publisher Christ Church Cathedral