Handel Messiah w/ Aram Demirjian

About this episode

In this episode, Joshua Weilerstein explores Handel's Messiah with expert guest Aram Demirjian.

A piece that I have been asked to cover probably a dozen times is Handel's Messiah. It's a piece I love, but a piece that I've never conducted or played, and so therefore I don't know it incredibly well. There are plenty of pieces like this in the repertoire, and so I've decided to start a new series on Sticky Notes, which will be to take pieces that I don't know very well and to bring on experts to help me learn about them. This series will be a bit sporadic, and won't disrupt the but I'm really excited to share the first episode in this series, all about the Handel Messiah, featuring my good friend and the wonderful conductor Aram Demirjian, the Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony! I really hope you enjoy this episode and that you have a Happy Holidays and New Year!

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Weilerstein

Guest: Aram Demirjian

Topics covered

• Handel's Messiah
• classical music
• music education
• conducting
• expert interviews

Keywords

• Handel
• Messiah
• classical music
• conducting
• Aram Demirjian

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knoxville Symphony

Books & works: Handel's Messiah

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