Author Archive for: Jessica P
Entries by Jessica Peng
A Deep Dive Into Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Quick: name a choral piece! Did you say Handel’s ‘Messiah’? It’s one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever, but how much do you really know about its origins and history? We asked Thomas Allery, organist and harpsichordist, some questions about the original ‘Messiah’ and its influence today. Read on to be enlightened […]
The Significance of Hiawatha
It is hard to consider Coleridge-Taylor’s masterwork The Song of Hiawatha, the first part of which LMP will be performing in October, without reference to the spectacular performances that were for many years an annual London ritual. Such performances, with their clear overtones of cultural appropriation and the doctrine of the “noble savage”, would be […]