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)
Join Artistic Director Erin Helyard for a fascinating journey into the story of Allegri's Miserere. Be transported to the world of 17th century sacred music and discover some of the secrets behind this enigmatic piece of Baroque vocal writing.
Featuring:
Voiceovers by Jill Halleron
Featured Musical Excerpts:
Allegri's Miserere excerpt from Pinchgut Opera's concert Splendour of Venice recorded at Phoenix Central Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZW9O2AvWA
Falsobordone, the Miserere of Allegri, and a most bizarre musicological error - performed by tenor Jacob Lawrence and Elam Rotem on keyboard.
Courtesy of www.earlymusicsources.com - Elam Rotem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9y5N13un9s
Castrati Alessandro Moreschi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qch5ZrXL_wA
LINKS:
Graham O’Reilly’s definitive treatment of the history of the Miserere:
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783274871/allegris-miserere-in-the-sistine-chapel/
Recommended recordings of the pre-20C Allegri Miserere:
Pro Cantione Antiqua / Mark Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdXtPP0iRM
A Sei Voci / Bernard Fabre-Garrus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuzgsWatoaI
Le Poeme Harmonique / Vincent Dumestre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_qkjQbdRY
Ensemble William Byrd / Graham O’Reilly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdcpyI5NCg&list=UULF4tBQ9_FgKWo0_xhuYV2X7Q&index=37
Existing documentaries:
BBC 4 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2n7srJ_v8
Inside the Music: How Allegri’s Miserere should really sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6hD8YtO5HI
Whatever happened to Allegri's Miserere ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK35jU3cfiU
The Sixteen: a new version of Allegri’s Miserere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAwzChKpDi0
Falsobordone, the Miserere of Allegri, and a most bizarre musicological error
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9y5N13un9s
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)
