Sunday 8 December 2024 – 7.00pm
St John`s Church Buxton
Messiah@80
Messiah
G F Handel
HELEN GROVES – soprano
WILLIAM TOWERS – counter-tenor
ANDREW MACKENZIE WICKS – tenor
MARCUS FARNSWORTH – bass
Chorus & Orchestra of Buxton Musical Society
Leader: Steven Wilkie
Sam Hayes Chorus Director
Michael Williams Conductor
On December 3rd 1944, Buxton Musical Society gave its first performance. Almost exactly 80 years later we return to the same work that was performed then. This not only marks the 80 anniversary of the Society but will also be the nineteenth and final time that our Musical Director, Michael Williams will direct the work.
As in the original Dublin premiere of the work, this performance will also be supporting a hospital charity. Music in Hospitals and Care has been bringing live music to those who, through illness or disability, are unable to experience it in a concert hall. We hope that you will be able to support their work through a retiring collection.
Tickets are £20 and are available through Buxton Opera House Box Office: 0845 127 2190 or 01298 72190 or book online: buxtonoperahouse.org.uk. Accompanied children and full-time students are free.
Tickets are also available from Society members and on the door before each concert in St John’s Church (limited availability)