‘I must have been born sacrilegious because I love this!’: Marin Alsop on reimagining Handel’s Messiah

Florence Lockheart
Friday, September 29, 2023

The conductor and creator of Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah! talks to Florence Lockheart about tackling the challenge of updating Handel’s festive favourite while preserving its ‘DNA’ and how embracing jazz, gospel and R&B influences has opened this much-loved oratorio to a host of new audiences and performers

'The music was speaking to us, saying, "This is what I could be."' (Image courtesy of the Royal Albert Hall)
'The music was speaking to us, saying, "This is what I could be."' (Image courtesy of the Royal Albert Hall)

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