Published on in “Music, Music”, language — English. 20 pages.
Now in its ninety-ninth non-stop year, Auckland Choral’s Messiah is an annual event that brings the composer Handel back to vigorous life and re-creates some of the most famous music in the world. Brilliantly premiered way back in 1742, Messiah has now become as Christmassy as plum pudding and as English as Dickens’ Christmas Carol. More
