“This 75-minute performance, conducted by acclaimed musician Sarah Penicka-Smith, features local talents, including internationally renowned baritone Warwick Fyfe, soprano Sarah Cherlin, tenor Joshua Oxley, poets J. Marahuyo, Paris Rosemont and Alasdair David Carter, alongside the energised Slam Messiah Chamber Ensemble and powerful River City Voices singers,” she said.
Penicka-Smith hopes this performance will allow those who’ve never heard it to experience the drama of the work.
“Handel was a very theatrical composer who loved a good story,” she said.
“We’re offering this new version because we want to offer new audiences a way in to one of the greatest choral works ever written.”
Violinist Sagar Nagaraj is “excited to see how it all fits together” while performance poet Alasdair Carter says he’s keen to “explore the idea of a saviour that is accessible to all kinds …they don’t all wear capes and halos”.
Book tickets ($25-45) for Friday, December 16, from 7.30pm at riversideparramatta.com.au.
