Handel – like many other baroque composers – constantly modified his Messiah to attract new audiences to the point where nearly a third of this work underwent revision during the composer’s lifetime. Les Bougies Baroque have reimagined this seminal work so that more of us can share in its power, particularly those at the fringes of society. Expect an evening of intellectually-informed fun. All you are required to do is leave your preconceptions at the door, fetch a libation from the bar, and come as yourself – with or without bells on!
This event is part of Les Bougies Baroque’s ‘A Queer Georgian Social Season’, a series of LGBTQI+ events where history, the arts and queer culture combine, conceived and curated by Ian Peter Bugeja and Mark Francis-Vasey. Think Baroque music, historical performances, flute solos and… drag queens.
Les Bougies Baroques
Conductor-harpsichordist: Ian Peter Bugeja
Leader: Sam Kennedy
