Opening its 20th anniversary season with a Baroque flourish, the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia celebrates the music of Georg Friderick Handel. This special program takes the form of a bespoke playlist of gorgeous instrumental music inspired by one of the composer’s most beloved works, the Messiah. All of this glorious music, including the premiere of a new Handel-inspired work called “…like a shepherd” by Zachary Wadsworth, will be performed on an eleven-piece orchestra of period instruments.