Tenebrae Choir: Messiah

concert
With the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Tenebrae Choir, two internationally acclaimed ensembles interpret Handel's magnificent work, conducted by Nigel Short.
Tenebrae Choir London
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Short, conductor

Grace Davidson, Soprano
Martha McLorinan, alto
Jeremy Budd, Tenor
Jimmy Holliday, bass

The acclaimed and award-winning Tenebrae Choir under the direction of Nigel Short performs Handel's magnificent work together with the Basel Chamber Orchestra playing on period instruments. The legendary ‘Tenebrae sound’ stands for perfect vocal artistry par excellence and can be experienced with particular intensity in English sacred music.

George Frideric Handel: «Messiah» HWV 56

Admission: 6.30 pm

Event tickets on sale from 01.08.2025; subscriptions available immediately:
Tel. 0900-KULTUR (Tel. 0900 585 887; Mon.-Fri. 10.30-12.30; CHF 1.20/min. from CH landlines); at all kulturticket.ch advance booking offices throughout Switzerland (including KKL Luzern ticket office, Aarau Info, Stadttheater Olten advance booking office, Bider & Tanner Basel, Tourismus Info Liestal, Interlaken Tourismus, Thun-Thunersee Tourismus, Fribourg Tourisme).

Dates

Friday, the 19.12.2025

19:00

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Price info

1st category: CHF 160.00
2nd category: CHF 130.00
3rd category: CHF 100.00
4th category: CHF 70.00
5th category: CHF 45.00
Wheelchair space: CHF 70.00
Students / KulturLegi at the box office: CHF 20.00

Contact person

swiss classics GmbH
Eptingerstrasse 27
4052 Basel

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Getting there

Tenebrae Choir: Messiah
Europaplatz 1
6005 Luzern