Handel's Messiah - Pastoral Symphony

The London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra under the direction of Sir Adrian Boult. Another favorite selection from this Christmas music classic. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C4922E14C206C255

George Frideric Handel was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle-upon-Saale and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

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