by Handel
A complete performance In Basil Lam 's edition, given before an invited audience in St John's. Smith Square JILL GOMEZ (soprano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor) MICHAEL RIPPON (bass)
RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS AND
ORCHESTRA leader SIMON STANDAGE Continuo:
ALASTAIR ROSS (harpsichord) STEPHEN CLEOBURY (Organ) NAOMI BUTTERWORTH (cello) BARRY GUY (double-bass) Conductor RICHARD HICKOX
(Jill Gomez broadcasts by permission of Covent Garden)
Parts 1 and 2: The coming of the Messiah, and his death
11.5* The Search for God A prayer of St Augustine read by GARARD GREEN in a translation by PETER DE ROSA
11.10* Messiah
Part 3 The Resurrection