George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Messiah

Item

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

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

Date

December 9, 1984

Powell Hall
St. Louis, MO

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

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