The Hanover Band
Handel’s Messiah
| GF Handel | Messiah, HWV 56 |
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| Phillipa Hyde | soprano |
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| Tom Lilburn | alto / countertenor |
| Bradley Smith | tenor |
| TBA | bass |
| The Hanover Band and Chorus | |
| Robert Howarth | director |
Renowned period instrument orchestra The Hanover Band returns to Kings Place with acclaimed director Robert Howarth, a top-flight team of soloists and the hand-picked professional voices of the Hanover Band Chorus to perform Handel’s timeless Messiah. There’s no finer way to start Christmas!
Handel’s Messiah takes us from the tenderness of the Christmas story to the blazing magnificence of the final Amen chorus, through some of his most exquisite arias for solo voices and the rousing brass and timpani of music’s most famous Hallelujah (sorry, Leonard Cohen!) It’s easy to see how this oratorio, written in just 24 days in the summer of 1741, grew from its modest Dublin premiere to become the smash hit of the Georgian age.
The Hanover Band has always felt a special affinity for Handel, an early-Hanoverian giant whose music continued to resound throughout the era, and we’re delighted that this tour marks our first collaboration with Robert Howarth, one of the country’s leading directors of Handel’s music. We join forces with a stellar line-up of soloists and The Hanover Band Chorus—our hand-picked ensemble of professional voices—to make this the Messiah to hear this Christmas.
This event will last approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes, including the interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets are available for certain shows to attendees aged under 30. To access Under 30s tickets, update your account with your Date of Birth. Please visit the account centre to add your Date of Birth.
If £10 tickets are available, the ticket discount will apply automatically at checkout. If the discount does not apply, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out for the performance.
Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Reviews
‘What was striking was the crispness and clarity not just of the Band but the Chorus too.’
‘I really don’t remember Messiah being so spine-tingling or harmonically squishy… A triumph’ Planet Hugill