Handel Messiah

Name: Handel Messiah
Start: 2025-12-13T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-13T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Capitol Theatre

Could any single piece of classical music be more popular and performed than the Messiah? Even after almost 300 years, George Frideric Handel’s grand oratorio is a big draw. The sweeping and challenging work is based on sacred text. Although religious, its message remains universal, and Handel intended it for the concert hall, not the church. It’s in English, it’s theatrical, the melodies are beautiful, and for many it’s a holiday tradition.

The Nelson Choral Singers performed the Messiah in 2009 and 2015, and are thrilled to bring it back again. It’s an ambitious undertaking, requiring a small orchestra, a big choir, four soloists, a gutsy music director, and a community with the breadth of musical talent and the capacity to pull it off.

Once again, the performances will be directed by Kathleen Neudorf. Concertmaster Martine DenBock has recruited some of the area’s finest classical musicians for the chamber orchestra. The four soloists all have a Kootenay connection: soprano Noémi Kiss, alto Katarzyna Sadej, tenor Justin Swanson, and Nelson’s Kosmo Sammartino singing the bass solo part.

And the choir — 80 plus singers on stage! It’s the dream of many choristers to sing the Messiah, and the response from local singers to take part in this performance was overwhelming. Expect a wall of sound! Hallelujah!

Two concerts: Saturday December 13th at 7 pm and an afternoon performance on Sunday December 14th at 2 pm.

Tickets are $25 each ($15 for children 12 and under). We suggest you buy your tickets early.