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Handel's Messiah on Classical Music with Matt Jackfert


On Friday during Classical Music with Matt Jackfert, Matt will be airing the Calvin Oratorio Society’s 2013 performance of Handel’s Messiah, the complete oratorio for Easter.

Tune in to West Virginia Public Radio at approximately 12:50 p.m. and enjoy the performance until 3 p.m.

Conductor:  Joel Navarro

Soloists: Awet Andemicael, soprano; Martha Hart, mezzo-soprano; Drake Dantzler, tenor; Benjamin Clements, bass

Featuring the Calvin College Orchestra under the direction of John Varineau, conductor.

This year’s performance was recorded in December 2013 at the Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., as part of the society’s 94th season.