The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by leading orchestra Academy of Ancient Music for this performance of Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah.
Members of the Abbey Choir and celebrated soprano Anna Dennis, along with the renowned orchestral musicians of AAM bring to life this sacred oratorio, one of the best known and most frequently performed works of choral music.
The Choir of Westminster Abbey is renowned worldwide as one of the finest ensembles of its type, its repertoire extending from plainsong and Renaissance polyphony to twentieth-century masterpieces and new commissions. In addition to singing the daily services, as it has done since the fourteenth century, the Choir plays a central role in the many royal and state occasions which are held in the Abbey, most recently the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.