George Handel (1685-1759) is dear to us in Ireland primarily because what is now his most famous work, the oratorio Messiah, was first performed at a theatre in Fishamble Street in 1742. Messiah was ...
BLOWING THEIR TRUMPETS: Waiora Paul-Utiera (left) and Per Elzen in rehearsal for Handel’s Messiah. Their sound will be heard in such stirring numbers as The Trumpet Shall Sound and the Hallelujah ...