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Handel's Messiah

EPISODE · Apr 20, 2022 · 47 MIN

Handel's Messiah

from Record Review Podcast · host BBC Radio 3

Messiah is Handel's best-known work and one of the most frequently performed choral works in western music. It was composed in 1741 with a text compiled from the King James Bible. It is full of show stoppers such as "For unto us a child is born", "The trumpet shall sound" and the ever-rousing "Hallelujah" chorus.

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