Kempenkoor

Who is Händel, the composer of Messiah?
Georg Friedrich Händel is one of the most famous composers in the Baroque, a period (1600-1800) in which lush decorations and intense emotions characterize the art. He is born in 1685 as the son of a doctor. His father wants him to study law. He even forbids little Georg to make music. He in turn smuggles a harpsichord to the Zolder, where he secretly practices.
A nobleman hears the eleven -year -old child playing an organ one day and sees his great talent;It goes quickly with this prodigy.

What is Messiah?
Messiah is an oratory, a biblical drama to music. The art form takes its name from the prayer room that started the Italian priest Filippo Neri in the mid -sixteenth century in the Roman church San Girolamo della Carità. The group even receives a separate status of the pope: the Oratorians Oratorians. During the meetings, long biblical lyrics are put to music, in Latin or Italian.  Music can evoke that rapture: it gives words more meaning and lets them penetrate deeper into man. 

Some oratorios have one clear Bible story as the subject, such as the famous Matthäus Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach about the killing death of Jesus. Others are about allegorical characters, for example Händels Il Trionfo del Tempo e deli Disinganno, in which time, insight and pleasure compete for the heart of beauty. Messiah is unique, because the composition belongs to neither categories: the piece is a collection of Bible texts about the coming, suffering and resurrection of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Kempenkoor would like to meet you on December 20 in this theater.