Bach in Baltimore to Perform Handel's Messiah on December 3

Bach in Baltimore invites the community to a Christmas concert featuring Handel’s Messiah on December 3 at 4 pm at the historic Emmanuel Episcopal Church located at 811 Cathedra811 Cathedral Street in Baltimore.

Though initially composed for Easter celebrations, today Handel’s Messiah is an awe-inspiring tradition of the Christmas season. The circumstances under which Messiah was composed are legendary. The entire score was completed in 24 days in 1741. While he was composing Messiah, Handel (1685-1759) was so consumed with his work that he reportedly refused both food and drink. The end product has become the greatest choral work of all time—and one of the crowning achievements of Western Civilization.

Conductor and Bach in Baltimore Music Director T. Herbert Dimmock has performed Messiah approximately 100 times. At a radio interview several years ago, he was asked if, after so many performances, the work grew stale. He responded, “Then as now, I was surprised by the question. Messiah is such a magnificent, multi-dimensional, uplifting, humanizing, and inspiring work that it constantly gives back to me as a performer and listener. New delights are revealed at each and every performance. It resides at the pinnacle of achievements of Western Civilization. All of us do well to immerse ourselves in it often.”

This Bach in Baltimore performance of Handel’s Messiah features a sublime quartet—soprano Jessica Beebe, alto Jessica Renfro, tenor Min Jim, and bass Andrew Thomas Pardini. Admission for the event is $25 in advance or $30 at the door.

Tickets for this and all Bach in Baltimore events are available for purchase at BachinBaltimore.org or by calling 410-941-9262. Individual tickets are also available at the door 30 minutes prior to a performance.