Compass – Fly on the Wall Messiah

Clip 2: The big night

1 min 46 sec

Taken from the TV program Compass – Fly on the Wall Messiah (2004)

Original title classification PG – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

It’s the big night, the first performance of the Messiah that everyone has been working towards, both soloists and choristers. Even the experienced conductor, Clive Pascoe, is nervous. And what a performance. They truly surpass themselves with a soaring oratorio. All the hard work is rewarded.

Curator’s notes

What a sublime moment when we get to hear the first performance which comes at the high point of the documentary. Conductor Clive Pascoe wills a magic performance out of his amateurs and the soloists soar. Next year it’ll happen all over again and Handel’s Messiah will live on as it has for the last 300 years.

Janet Bell, curator

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