"Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration"

21/12/2019 52 min
"Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration"

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Episode Synopsis

For centuries Handel’s Messiah has inspired people the world over. Even today, audiences jump to their feet – called to exaltation – by the opening chords of The Hallelujah Chorus. Then, in 1992, in a stunning re-imagining, an all-star chorus the likes of which was never assembled before or since, recorded A Soulful Celebration; bringing hundreds of years of Black music history to bear on Handel’s masterpiece. Guest: Darryl Tookes, member of that historic all-star chorus.