Tag Archives: Handel’s Messiah

Victorian opera star whose family enjoyed burgeoning success

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: From a simple entry in the registers of Croydon Minster, DAVID MORGAN uncovers the story of a family of performers, including the leader of the regular concert party at the Crystal Palace The baptismal registers at Croydon Minster … Continue reading

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Handel’s Messiah, performed in Croydon Minster, Mar 29

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Handel’s Messiah, performed in Croydon Minster, Mar 29

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Help save St John’s with Handel’s Messiah workshop, Mar 12

St John’s Upper Norwood is one of the most famous churches designed by the great Victorian architect John Loughborough Pearson, but it needs to raise £750,000 urgently to remedy what has been described as “subsidence on an epic scale”. The … Continue reading

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