Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

Katrine Nyland Sørensen

A podcast series about the people, the places, the music, the drama and the gossip that is connected to the maiden performance of Handel's Messiah in Dublin in 1742. @handelsmessiah
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#22 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

02/23/19 • 5 min

Grand Messiah: Many people will think that the very first Messiah doesn't sound "right" as the oratorio has since come to be associated with gigantic performances. In the British Victorian era in particular Messiah could not get too big. In June 1859 nearly 82,000 people would have listened to 2,765 choir singers and 460 musicians performing Messiah. But as George Bernard Shaw wrote in 1891, As he wrote: ''IF I were a member of the House of Commons,'' George Bernard Shaw wrote, ''I would propose a law making it a capital offense to perform an oratorio by Handel with more than 80 performers in the chorus and orchestra.''
Music: Dunedin Consort ‘Handel’s Original Dublin Version 1742’

#2 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/02/18 • 6 min

#3 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/05/18 • 6 min

No Messiah without Charles Jennens! Because creating this holy oratorio was his idea. It was he who wrote the libretto based on the Bible. However, Charles Jennens had no interest in getting his name mentioned. He never asked to be paid for his work either. Because Charles Jennens had much more important things on his mind!
Music: Dunedin Consort ‘Handel’s Original Dublin Version 1742’

#4 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/05/18 • 6 min

Handel composed the music for Messiah in 24 days, and the librettist, Charles Jennens, was furious that Handel had not spent more time on the music seeing as it was such an important piece of work meant to inspire people to live a god-fearing life. In a letter to a friend some years later, when Jennens and Handel had once again become friends, Jennens described his relationship with Handel thus: ‘I must take him as I find him and make the best use I can of him”.
Music: Dunedin Consort ‘Handel’s Original Dublin Version 1742’

#5 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/05/18 • 5 min

When Handel met Matthew Dubourg, who would later become Master of the Music at the court in Dublin, he was a little boy playing the violin standing on a stool. When the audience clapped afterwards, little Matthew Dubourg became so startled that he fell off the stool. Dubourg would later save Handel’s career. In this episode we will be joined by musician and conductor Peter Whelan, who will tell us about his latest discoveries about the relationship between Handel and Dubourg.
Music: Dunedin Consort ‘Handel’s Original Dublin Version 1742’

#6 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/06/18 • 4 min

#7 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/07/18 • 4 min

#8 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/08/18 • 5 min

#9 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

12/11/18 • 6 min

The Charitable Musical Society was quite a unique musical society. Even though there were many similar societies in Dublin in the 1740s this society stood out because of its many activities. Their primary aim was to raise money to release imprisoned debtors. Furthermore their members were the driving force behind bringing Handel to Dublin – and they were also responsible for building the biggest music hall in Ireland. Finally it stood apart from the other musical societies in that they insisted that there be room for both the high nobility with long titles as well as humble craftsmen – and the musical society had no problems letting Catholics join either, which was quite sensational at the time.
Interview with Adrian Le Harival, curator at the National Irish Gallery
Music: Dunedin Consort ‘Handel’s Original Dublin Version 1742’

#17 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

01/09/19 • 6 min

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Handel's Messiah - the advent calendar

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