Why not listen to Handel's Messiah ?

Listening to Handel's Messiah at this time of year is a good way to prepare for Christmas and reflect on the deeper meaning of the Incarnation, says Monsignor Philip Whitmore, in his musical comment for the Second Sunday in Advent.

Going on to stress how the hymns we sing during Advent take the preaching of John the Baptist as a starting-point. "On Jordan's bank, the Baptist's cry announces that the Lord is nigh; come,then, and hearken, for he brings glad tidings from the king of kings"...

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.


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