These days we hear Messiah most often in December, but it was first performed in the period before Easter. This VSO collaboration with Blanche Moyse, founder of the Brattleboro Music Center, dates from 1992 when she was 83.
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Blanche Moyse, conductor
Blanche Moyse Chorale; Martha Elliot, soprano; Mary Westbrook-Geha, mezzo-soprano; Robert Breault, tenor; David Ripley, bass
Handel: Messiah (selections from Parts One and Two)
Broadcast Wednesday April 1 at 8 p.m.
