“When we left off last week, Handel's new Oratorio Messiah…” — Freakonomics Radio at 7:21
“When we left off last week, Handel's new Oratorio Messiah had been a smash hit in Dublin. But when he brought it back to London, it landed rather quietly. Several years later, in 1749, he performed the Hallelujah Chorus at a benefit for the Foundling Hospital, a home for abandoned children near Russell Square. Today…”
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