Handel’s Messiah oratorio, composed in just 24 days
- Written by Zoltan Szabo, Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney
Duccio di Buoninsegna The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, 1308-1311Wikimedia CommonsThe tradition of performing George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is as inseparable from festivities preceding Christmas as the oversweet carol arrangements oozing through loudspeakers at shopping centres.
It’s a tradition worth noticing, as...





