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Messiah

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

by Handel
A complete performance in Watkins Shaw's edition, direct from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Teresa Cahill (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) John Barrow(bass)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir chorus-master Edmund Walters Continuo: Caleb Jarvis (organ) Bridget Fry (harpsichord) Oliver Vella (cello) Raymond Hutchinson (double-bass)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Douglas Reid conductor Sir Charles Groves Part 1
The coming of the Messiah
8.0» Handel and Charles Jennens Watkins Shaw talks about the relationship between Handel and the librettist of Messiah.
8.20* Messiah Parts 2 and 3 His death and Resurrection

Contributors

Contralto:
Helen Watts
Bass:
John Barrow
Cello:
Oliver Vella
Double-Bass:
Raymond Hutchinson
Conductor:
Douglas Reid
Conductor:
Charles Jennens
Source: Radio Times

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