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Handel\u2019s \u201cMessiah\u201d is seldom played outside of the Christmas season. But a Tallahassee musical group will be performing a very different take on the famous work this coming Sunday (Feb. 9.)<\/p>\n

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The group is the Tallahassee Bach Parley. Its Music Director Valerie Arsenault said Sunday\u2019s \u201cMessiah\u201d performance will require additional artistic personnel in addition to the Parley\u2019s regular players.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are more so than ever bringing in a lot of guest artists for this concert. We are especially excited about the two Baroque trumpet players \u2013 or \u2018natural\u2019 trumpet players. One, Shelby Lewis, is coming from Louisiana. The other, Chris Carillo, is from the (Washington) DC area.\u201d<\/p>\n

There will also be other guest instrumentalists along with the twelve-voice Bach Parley Chamber singers. Arsenault explained what makes this version of the Messiah so unique is that it features a section of Handel\u2019s original that not many people hear nowadays, although the finale will be familiar to everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are focusing only on Part Two of the \u2018Messiah.\u2019 Part One is usually done at Christmas. Part Two is more the passion and crucifixion and resurrection stuff, so this is high drama going on and will end with the \u2018Resurrection\u2019 and \u2018Hallelujah Chorus.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Arsenault added the actual sound of the music will be very different from what modern audiences are used to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bach Parley uses period instruments so they\u2019re instruments that Handel would recognize. Our strings are made of gut instead of metal and our trumpets don\u2019t have keys or valves. So we try to use those same tools to create something brand new today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Period instruments will also include a rare set of refurbished early-style timpani or kettle drums to provide the explosive propulsion that drives the climactic chorus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for the drama! Because Handel\u2019s \u2018Messiah\u2019 is meant to be entertaining like an opera. So we are going for brisk tempos and lots of feeling in the music. And we find that the period instruments help us to do that as well as focusing on the texts of our singers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show won\u2019t be exclusively music. Arsenault will give the audience some verbal insights as to how Handel\u2019s \u2018Messiah\u2019 came to be as well as some of its hidden treasures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to give the audience something to listen for; maybe something new that they haven\u2019t heard before. And with the period instruments, it can sometimes make an old war horse sound brand new!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tallahassee Bach Parley\u2019s very special performance of Handel\u2019s \u2018Messiah\u2019 \u2013 the way you\u2019ve probably never heard it \u2013 takes place this Sunday, February ninth starting at 3:00 p.m. at St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church in downtown Tallahassee. <\/p>\n

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