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Handel Messiah: part 1 (up to & including Glory to God) plus Hallelujah & Amen choruses.

Joan Stuart (soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), John Cameron (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society
(Chorus-Master, Herbert Bardgett)
Ernest Cooper (Organ)
BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead)
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Overture Recit. (contralto) Recit. (soprano) Recit. (tenor) Behold A virgin shall conceive There were shepherds Comfort ye, my people Air (alto) and Chorus Recit. (soprano) Air (tenor) O thou that tellest And lo! the angel of the Lord Every valley shall be exalted Recit. (bass) Recit. (soprano) very valley shall be exalted Recit. (bass) And The angel said unto them Chorus For behold, darkness shall cover the earth Recit. (soprano) And the glory of the Lord Air (bass) And suddenly there was with the angel Recit. (bass) The people that walked in darkness Chorus Thus saith the Lord of Hosts Chorus Glory to God Air (bass) For unto us a child is born The broadcast will and with the Halleluiah But who may abide the day of his coming? Pastoral Symphony 'Chorus' and 'Amen'
From the Town Hall, Huddersfield.
At 8.45