Larry Zazzo

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In Our Time · Handel's Messiah · 7 May 2026 podcast

Oh, Dublin.

You

And I think certainly the first part of Messiah is kind of the Christmassy part, which is why it's become, you know, it's the shepherds.

There's very comforting pastoral music, and that's the kind of favorite first part.

So for many people, it's become a Christmas piece and kind of a bit of pablum that you can kind of just enjoy.

in joy, in Christmas.

But in fact, as we know, parts two and three, there's an apocalyptic bit at the end.

And there's a message in the Messiah, which is potentially very unsettling and very provocative.

It is the crooked being made straight.

You're comforting people who are in pain, your communities.

And this has become, this can become a message to certain communities that

of liberation and of comfort and comforting my people.

And you go out and do the comforting, not feel comfortable, right?

Comfort my people.

Isaiah, you comfort my people.

Don't feel comfortable.

So it's not a comfortable peace.

It is a call to bring comfort to others.

There's no villain, is there, really?

Larry?

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