This traditions started in the 19th century and saw
performances with many hundred singers in famous concerts such as Boston in
1869 or London in 1884.
Since more than 10 years „Messiah“ can be
sung in a large choir in Halle, Germany („Happy Birthday Handel“). Now the
„Jubilate – Choir Salzburg“ invites you for the „Messiah – Choir-Festival“ in
Mozart’s town. W.A. Mozart himself arranged some of Handel‘s works and
performed them in the style of the 18th century.
In Salzburg will be performed Leonard Bernstein’s version
(1956):
This version of Handel's 'Messiah' could quite possibly
be feasible today only as a Bernstein reissue. The quest for authenticity has
overtaken the performance and recording of early music, and even a conductor
recording 'Messiah' without attempting a historically-informed style of
performance wouldn't dare introduce the level of revision that Bernstein did
for his Carnegie Hall performances which preceded it.
The irony here is that Bernstein's rearrangement of the
sections works as the dramatic sequence he intended, and his reasons for doing
it make sense. He made no claims to authenticity and didn't apologize for
mucking about with a "masterpiece." Bernstein saw the second part of
the work as falling into two sections: switching them put the
"joyful" music of the latter half of Part II immediately after Part I
(the "Christmas" section), reshaping the whole work into two large
parts rather than three.
The
Cast 2019 is:
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Silvia
Steiner-Span - Soprano I
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Chamber
Orchestra of the Martin-Luther-University
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Angela
Bechtold - Soprano II
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Halle
-Wittenberg
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Elisabeth
Kainz - Mezzo Soprano
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Matthias Erben
- Leader
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Bernhard
Teufl - Tenor
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Ensemble
Son de la Trompette
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Thomas
Schneider - Bass
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Martin
Buchholzer - Solo-Trumpet
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Erich
Klug - Bariton
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Conductor:
Jan Steffen Bechtold
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Roger
Sohler - Organ
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Joachim Seibt – Positive Organ
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Christoph
Bechtold - Harpsichord
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