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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff: Episode 2: Handel: Messiah - Parts 2 and 3

Handel: Messiah - Parts 2 and 3

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Episode 2: Handel: Messiah - Parts 2 and 3

Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff

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Francois-Xavier Roth conducts Parts 2 and 3 of Handel's oratorio Messiah.

Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, Parts 2 and 3 of Handel's oratorio Messiah, with Francois-Xavier Roth conducting the BBC National Orchestra of and Chorus of Wales.

Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff 

Handel's Messiah, with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. François-Xavier Roth conducts, with a line-up of distinguished soloists.

Handel: Parts 2 and 3

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Delphine Galou, mezzo
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor
Bass Matthew Brook 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC National Chorus of Wales 
François-Xavier Roth, conductor

A Christmas performance of Handel's setting of the most special of all stories. Messiah is the most popular oratorio ever written, packed with well-known music and, like a huge baroque fresco, is crowded with characters, events, heavenly angels and ceremonial trumpets. François-Xavier Roth conducts the most warmly atmopheric of Christmas works with a line-up of distinguished soloists.

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From St David's Hall, Cardiff, a Christmas performance of Handel's oratorio Messiah

From St David's Hall, Cardiff, a performance of Handel's oratorio Messiah, with Francois-Xavier Roth conducting the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and an array of distinguished soloists

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