Messiah

Sound the trumpet! Jeannette Sorrell, soloists, and chorus bring their nationally acclaimed interpretation of Messiah to Columbus. The singers become musical storytellers, bringing spirituality and drama to Handel’s richly layered masterpiece.

Ohio-based Apollo’s Fire is among the most recognized Baroque performance ensembles in the world. Playing with unmatched and infectious passion, the Grammy® Award-winning group has performed to rapturous audiences around the world and has released 30 commercial CDs.

Pre-Concert Talk at 7:00

Concert duration is 2 hours and 10 minutes

Jeannette Sorrell, music director and harpsichord

Sonya Headlam, soprano

Gaudalupe Paz, mezzo

Jacob Terry, tenor

Edward Vogel, baritone

Charles Wesley Evans, baritone

Praise for Apollo’s Fire:

Sorrell led superb voices and a stylish orchestra…a splendid performance with wonderful vitality…rich, robust sound and crisp diction by Apollo’s Singers…. It is difficult for a “Messiah” performance to stand out. But this one did. (The New York Times)

For those who thought they knew “Messiah,” this performance was a revelation. “Messiah” has seldom seemed so dramatic, so alive with detail, yet with an overall sense of the work’s architecture. (Bachtrack.com)

Jeannette Sorrell…has succeeded in drawing the audience into another world…. The Apollo’s Fire forces…approached the piece as if they were telling the story for the first time. Sorrell shaped the score with expressive and dramatic nuance. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)