Recorded live at the State Library of NSW, this episode of Baroque Banter takes you on a captivating journey into the origins and afterlife of Handel’s Messiah.
Ahead of Pinchgut Opera’s upcoming performance of the Original 1742 Dublin Version, Dr Erin Helyard, Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, guides us through the rich history, context, and evolution of Handel’s masterpiece.
The episode also features a special live performance by mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Tymms, accompanied by Erin on harpsichord.
Select Bibliography
Donald Burrows, Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks, 1991)
Lydia Goehr, The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Oxford, 1992)
Charles King, Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah (Random House, 2024)
Ruth Smith, Charles Jennens: The Man Behind Handel’s Messiah (Handel House Trust, 2012)
Ruth Smith, Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
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Recorded live at the State Library of NSW, this episode of Baroque Banter takes you on a captivating journey into the origins and afterlife of Handel’s Messiah.
Ahead of Pinchgut Opera’s upcoming performance of the Original 1742 Dublin Version, Dr Erin Helyard, Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, guides us through the rich history, context, and evolution of Handel’s masterpiece.
The episode also features a special live performance by mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Tymms, accompanied by Erin on harpsichord.
Select Bibliography
Donald Burrows, Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks, 1991)
Lydia Goehr, The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Oxford, 1992)
Charles King, Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah (Random House, 2024)
Ruth Smith, Charles Jennens: The Man Behind Handel’s Messiah (Handel House Trust, 2012)
Ruth Smith, Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
Pinchgut Opera presents a very special episode of Baroque Banter!
Host Genevieve Lang is joined by Pinchgut's Artistic Director Erin Helyard to discuss the exciting season of Baroque and Early Music concerts and operas ahead for our treasured audiences in our 2023 Season.
We hope you enjoy listening!
PINCHGUT OPERA'S 2023 SEASON
April | Concert
Membra Jesu Nostri by Dieterich Buxtehude
May | Opera
Giustino by Giovanni Legrenzi
September | Concert
Pleasures of Versailles by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Nov - Dec | Opera
Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel
Discover the season on our website.
Baroque Banter
Recorded live at the State Library of NSW, this episode of Baroque Banter takes you on a captivating journey into the origins and afterlife of Handel’s Messiah.
Ahead of Pinchgut Opera’s upcoming performance of the Original 1742 Dublin Version, Dr Erin Helyard, Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, guides us through the rich history, context, and evolution of Handel’s masterpiece.
The episode also features a special live performance by mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Tymms, accompanied by Erin on harpsichord.
Select Bibliography
Donald Burrows, Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks, 1991)
Lydia Goehr, The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Oxford, 1992)
Charles King, Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah (Random House, 2024)
Ruth Smith, Charles Jennens: The Man Behind Handel’s Messiah (Handel House Trust, 2012)
Ruth Smith, Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
