For some, Handel’s “Messiah” remains a cherished ritual.
For others, it has become so predictable as to feel almost unavoidable — a seasonal monument polished smooth by repetition.
This season, the Seattle Bach Festival is offering a different way into the Christmas story — one that trades “Messiah’s” grand sweep for a more kaleidoscopic, scene-by-scene celebration of the Nativity: Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio.”…
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 