Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal & Arion Baroque Orchestra - Handel's Messiah

Generous inspiration, melodic breadth, powerful choruses, and a variety of moods are what characterize Messiah, originally composed for Holy Week but since also a Christmas favourite. Handel’s grand oratorio retracing Christ’s passage on Earth did not, however, please London audiences at first, shocked at its having been performed in a theatre. But since the composer often had it performed in support of the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children, the English soon raised it up to its immense and enduring popularity.

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