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Handel: Messiah

on BBC Radio 3

An authentic scale performance of Basil Lam 's edition, using a choir of some 30 voices and an orchestra playing on period or modern copies of period instruments.
ELIZABETH HARRISON (900) KEVIN SMITH
(counter-tenor)
PAUL ELLIOTT (tenor) DAVID THOMAS (bass) LOUIS HALSEY SINGERS LOUIS HALSEY BAROQUE ORCHESTRA leader SIMON STANDAGE LESLIE PEARSON (harpsichord)
MARTIN NEARY (Organ) conducted by LOUIS HALSEY Part 1
8.25* Interval Reading
During the intervals, readings of religious verse by FR CHRISTOPHER PEMBERTON -
8.30* Messiah, Part
9.25* Interval Reading
9.30* Messiah, Part 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Lam
Unknown:
Elizabeth Harrison
Unknown:
Kevin Smith
Tenor:
Paul Elliott
Bass:
David Thomas
Singers:
Louis Halsey
Singers:
Louis Halsey
Leader:
Simon Standage
Harpsichord:
Leslie Pearson
Harpsichord:
Martin Neary
Conducted By:
Louis Halsey
Unknown:
Fr Christopher Pemberton

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