'#Handel: #Messiah' #IrishBaroqueOrchestra PeterWhelan IrishBaroqueChoir HilaryCronin HelenCharlston AlexanderChance NathanMercieca Guy Cutting FrederickLong EdwardGrint StreamDownloadBuy https://lnk.to/HandelMessiah_Whelan_IBOID Surprisingly this is the first recording on historical inst by an Irish ensemble – given the work, a staple of oratorio music, was premiered in Dublin 1742 ... a recording which traces back the origins of this enduring masterpiece. background history https://youtu.be/1br_PY3yoLc (4:56)