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Handel: Messiah - Part 1

Live from St David's Hall in Cardiff, Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and distinguished soloists in Part 1 of Handel's Messiah.

Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff

Handel's Messiah, with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. François-Xavier Roth conducts, with a line-up of distinguished soloists.

Handel: Messiah Part 1

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Delphine Galou, mezzo
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor
Bass Matthew Brook
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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.

40 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Dec 2012 19:30

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  • Fri 14 Dec 2012 19:30

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