Apart from during the Blitz and the pandemic, this Good Friday performance has taken place every Easter weekend since 1876, and 2025 marks its 149th year. The Royal Choral Society’s rendition of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ (an English-language composition written way back in 1741) is without a doubt one of London’s greatest Easter traditions, and thanks to its accompaniment by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, it promises to be a rather wonderful way to spend Good Friday afternoon.

Messiah on Good Friday
Time Out says
Details
- Address
- Royal Albert Hall
- Kensington Gore
- London
- SW7 2AP
- Transport:
- Tube: South Kensington
- Price:
- £24-£68
- Opening hours:
- Doors open 1.45 pm, show begins at 2.30 pm
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