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Handel's Messiah in Malta: Martin Randall Festival
Valletta, St John’s Co-Cathedral
26th November 2025, 8:00pm

Messiah
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh director
Soloists tbc
Handel and Charles Jennens began working on the Messiah in 1741, and settled very quickly on a particular approach to the central story of Christian faith. Highlighting the moments of divine revelation and miracles, they hoped to counter the contemporary trend towards a faith motivated by scientific observation. Correspondingly, some of the most iconic music comes with the prophecies of Christ’s birth, the joyous appearances of the angels imparting God’s word, or with texts such as ‘I know that my redeemer liveth’, a glorious statement of pure, trusting faith.