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Featured Performance:
Program
National Symphony Orchestra
F. Handel: Messiah
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Liv Redpath, soprano
Hannah Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Myers, tenor
Neal Davies, bass-baritone
Choral Arts Society of Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Notes by Nicole Lacroix:
Handel confided to his servant after toiling in a windowless room for 24 days to compose Messiah. Each December, presents a performance of Handel’s Messiah from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This month’s offering is conducted by the acclaimed early music expert, Fabio Biondi. Soloists Liv Redpath, Hannah Ludwig, Matthew Myers and Neal Davies join the Choral Arts Society of Washington for what The Washington Post called an incendiary performance:
“This was a Messiah on fire—with a chorus that felt as combustible as the orchestra. They delivered a smoldering fugue in Part II and simmering tension in Part III. The chorus here felt like a true counterpart of the orchestra—a manifestation of divine symmetry.”
Join us on air December 3rd at 9:00 p.m., or any time you’d like a dose of holiday inspiration throughout December, streaming .
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The National Symphony Orchestra’s radio programs are generously supported in part by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.Hosted by Nicole Lacroix, the NSO radio broadcast series is also made possible by WETA's Friends of Classical Music, including Patricia Sagon.