PIFA only ................................ November 4-5, 2010
Premiere ................................. May 4-6, 2012
MESSIAH (Selected Movements): Sinfony, Comfort Ye, Glory
of the Lord, And He Shall Purify, The People That Walked In
Darkness, PIFA, He Shall Feed His Flock, Behod A Virgin Shall
Conceive, Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs,
Hallelujah Chorus,
Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting
2nd Production ........................
October 26-27, 2012
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M E S S I A H ...... May 4-5, 2012 |
BMN Choreographer: Andrew Rist
Composer: George Frederic Handel
BMN Costumes: Cheryl Rist
BMN Lighting: Tom Campbell
Music Premiere:
Dublin, Ireland
April 17, 1742
First Production - Ballet Minnesota
5th Fall Concert
Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
November 4-5, 2010
Movements: PIFA ( only )
Dancers: Julia Heggernes-Morrison
Clayton Cunningham
Second Production - Ballet Minnesota
24th Minnesota Dance Festival
Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
May 4-5, 2012
Movements: Sinfony, Comfort Ye, Glory
of the Lord, And He Shall Purify, The
People That Walked In Darkness,
He Shall Feed His Flock, Behod A
Virgin Shall Conceive, Surely He Hath
Borne Our Griefs,
Hallelujah Chorus,
Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting, PIFA
Dancers: Erin Warn, Ben Olsen
Hannah Wagner, Margaret Underwood
Harper Skulley, Celesta Brainard
Olivia Verdick, Berea Ames, Anna
Reimann, Olivia-Rose Awsumb,
Sophia Pellegrom, Solana Reyes,
Lily Gray
Third Production - Ballet Minnesota
7th Annual FALL Concert
O'Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
October 26-27, 2012
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The following information was obtained from Wikipedia.
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In the summer of 1741 Handel, depressed and in debt, began setting Charles Jennens' Biblical libretto to music at a breakneck speed In just 24
days, Messiah was complete (August 22–September 14).
- Handel conducted Messiah many times and often altered the music to suit the needs of the singers and orchestra he had available to him for each
performance. Consequently, no single version can be regarded as the "authentic" one
- Composed in London during the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin, Ireland on 13 April 1742, it was repeatedly revised by Handel, reaching
its most familiar version in the performance to benefit the Foundling Hospital in 1754
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