OSSCS presents: Handel's 'Messiah'
Sunday, December 21, 2014 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church,
Seattle,
WA,
United States
$25 ($20 seniors; $10 students; age 7-17 free)
Clinton Smith, conductor
Angela Mortellaro, soprano
Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
Brad Benoit, tenor
Jeffrey Beruan, baritone
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
A pivotal point in history, the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah or “anointed one,” is the subject of Handel’s 1742 oratorio. A long-standing OSSCS performing tradition, the oratorio raised enough money at its Dublin premiere to procure the release of 142 indebted prisoners, who were thus given the opportunity to experience new life, a gift that countless Christians have experienced through their faith in Jesus over the past two millennia.