Comments on: Handel’s “Messiah” from the Orpheus in warm-hearted seasonal tradition https://middle-c.org/2025/12/handels-messiah-from-the-orpheus-in-warm-hearted-seasonal-tradition/ Classical Music Reviews, Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Bonnie Dewart https://middle-c.org/2025/12/handels-messiah-from-the-orpheus-in-warm-hearted-seasonal-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-944022 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:34:11 +0000 https://middle-c.org/?p=19332#comment-944022 This performance well deserved the standing ovation it received. Glorious, uplifting, perfect.

]]> By: David Lonsdale https://middle-c.org/2025/12/handels-messiah-from-the-orpheus-in-warm-hearted-seasonal-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-943834 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:47:40 +0000 https://middle-c.org/?p=19332#comment-943834 Fantastic review, thank you. Sadly I couldn’t travel from Hamilton to attend.
I first sang Messiah with Orpheus when your founder Malcolm Rickard retired in December 1983. I hope we can get a Messiah organised here in Hamilton while I am still singing!
Well done Mighty Orpheus.

]]> By: Māmari https://middle-c.org/2025/12/handels-messiah-from-the-orpheus-in-warm-hearted-seasonal-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-943563 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:24:11 +0000 https://middle-c.org/?p=19332#comment-943563 Thank you for this review. It very much accorded with my experience, as a first time attender!

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