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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah

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Title George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah
Description "Slatkin's version of Mozart's version of Handel's 'Messiah'"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Der Messias, K. 572

Mozart's 1789 German-language version of Messiah, George Frideric Handel's 1741 oratorio.
Creator Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Date December 9, 1984

Powell Hall
St. Louis, MO
Contributor Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Thomas Peck, director
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Shirley Love, mezzo-soprano
Glenn Siebert, tenor
David Evitts, bass-baritone
Relation "SLSO performs 'Messiah' by way of Mozart"
by Henry Orland

St. Louis Globe-Democrat
December 11, 1984
"Slatkin's Version of Mozart's 'Messiah'"
by James Wierzbicki

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 11, 1984
Type Oratorio concert

Newspaper article review

Files

St. Louis Globe-Democrat Dec 11 1984.jpg
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 11 1984.jpg

Citation

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, “George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah,” Cook Music Library Digital Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/cookmusiclibrary/items/show/1026.