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Messiah

  • National City Christian Church · Washington
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Messiah
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We perform all three parts of Messiah—including the iconic “Hallelujah Chorus”—telling the greatest story ever told in song. Our “dazzling” choir and center-stage soloists are joined by the nation’s finest period instrumentalists, performing Messiah’s iconic solos and duets with “distinctive approaches to these famous arias” (Washington Classical Review).
Due to its ubiquity, Handel’s Messiah is a piece we all think we know. And yet, each return reveals new resonance: echoes of its original context in 1742 Dublin, of the generations of listeners and performers who have become part of its history, and of the questions it continues to pose in our own time. Messiah raises enduring questions of justice, power, and of what it might mean for “every valley [to] be exalted” or “why do the nations so furiously rage together?” The Thirteen returns annually to Handel’s masterpiece as stewards of this beloved tradition.
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National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW,Washington D.C., Washington, United States

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