Larry Zazzo
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193 appearances
1 recordings
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first heard May 2026
last heard 7 May
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And I think finally, I just wanted to say,
Right as we're recording this, these messages of your warfare is accomplished.
Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
There's always something in the Messiah which you can connect to contemporary events.
But I think we know he was writing for a less skilled singer.
No, I don't think so.
Because he didn't know what he was going to get.
And I think it's worth saying, going back to this question, why is Messiah so popular?
There's a practical reason.
Handel had at least 10 versions of Messiah.
I mean, Handel, I think, was a very practical composer.
He was always responding to the singers he had, to the forces he had.
I've done Messiah at least over 100 performances, and I don't think I've ever done it in exactly the same version.
Every conductor...
especially in part three, how long or not to make it.
You can make it shorter, you can make it longer, depending on the singers you have and what you like about certain movements.
There's certain movements that were written for soprano, but also were performed for alto.
I've done a two alto version of He Shall Feed His Flock.
which is very, very beautiful, but very rare.
And that adaptability also in terms of forces, and we didn't really talk about the 19th century where you had these mega messiahs, messiahs on steroids with, you know, hundreds in the choir.
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