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The People's Oratorio

BBC Radio 3
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The first of three illustrated programmes on Handel's Messiah
' The Sublime, the Grand and the Tender adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving words conspired to transport and charm the ravished heart and ear.'
(A contemporary diarist after the first performance in Dublin in 1742) Presented by Leonard Pearcey , who. with the help of Handelians WATKINS SHAW and WINTON DEAN , explores the origins of Messiah.
Producer GRAHAM TAYAR (Kepeat)
Preview: page 27

Contributors

Presented By:
Leonard Pearcey
Unknown:
Watkins Shaw
Unknown:
Winton Dean
Producer:
Graham Tayar
Source: Radio Times

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