Videos: HANDEL MESSIAH - Notable Performances: Westminster Abbey 1980; Dublin 1991; King's College, Cambridge 1993; Barbican, London 2006

Handel Messiah Westminster Abbey 1980 - Hogwood

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Handel Messiah HWV 56 Dublin 1991 - Christophers

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Handel Messiah King's College Cambridge 1993 - Cleobury

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MESSIAH - A Sacred Oratorio, Handel; London 2006 Barbican - Colin Davis

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Handel's Messiah - 1741: Composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741 over a brief 24-day period (260 pages), the correct title is simply "Messiah". It is an oratorio. Acclaimed through the centuries as the greatest musical composition ever written, the term 'inspired' has often been suggested in attempting to describe the work. Whether that be the case or not, certainly no greater subject matter were ever possible than that of this 'oratorio'. Written entirely with the inspired Word of God from the King James Bible, it is a presentation of the Saviour of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ, from the prophecies that went before, to His coming triumphant reign of heaven and earth. On the bottom of the manuscript Handel wrote "SDG" — Soli Deo Gloria, "To God alone the glory". Upon finishing the Alleluia chorus -- end of part II, Handel is said to have exclaimed "I did think I did see all Heaven before me and the great God himself!” In three parts:
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Luke 24:27 'And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself'