English Chamber Orchestra perform Handel's Messiah - Interview with director Nicholas Kraemer

www.EnglishChamberOrchestra.co.uk We catch up with director and harpsichordist Nicholas Kraemer as he prepare to conduct Handel's Messiah on 6th December with the English Chamber Orchestra. This concert will be streamed by our good friends at VOCES8 as part our their Live from London Christmas season, available from 7pm on Friday 11th December. Tickets and details: https://page.inplayer.com/livefromlon... Composed in 1741, with text from the King James Bible, and premiered in London at the Covent Garden Theatre in 1743, this work has gone on to become one of the true masterpieces in the choral canon. Depicting the prophecy, life, death and resurrection of Jesus, the work includes many hugely popular numbers in their own right, including For Unto Us a Child is Born, And the Glory of the Lord, and of course, the majestic Hallelujah chorus. Carolyn Sampson - soprano Iestyn Davies - countertenor Andrew Staples - tenor Matthew Brook - bass VOCES8 - chorus Stephanie Gonley - leader Nicholas Kraemer - director