Advent Calendar, Dec 17: Documentary Film On The Making Of Handel's Messiah

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IT's better than just ok. IT's wonderful and I have never gravitated to this kind of music / opera. I've always thought "too many notes.", over-the-top... A great story, performance and emotion. Thanks very much.

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certifiably Roger W. Former

Dec 17

This Handel had a lot of guts to use English for something like his. That's modernity: the break with tradition and the politicization of everything.

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Advent Calendar, Dec 17: Documentary Film On The Making Of Handel's Messiah

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