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MESSIAH

Date released

Dec 1962

Series name

Mining Review 16th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

346192

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: the Sheffield Singers sing Handel’s Messiah at Bilsthorpe Colliery Miners’ Welfare Hall. NCB Commentary - At Bilsthorpe Colliery Miners’ Welfare Hall, the Sheffield Singers, conducted by...

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George Frederic Handel (2018)

Subject

Music

Podcast series. Ed Seckerson is joined by countertenor Lestyn Davies to discuss Handel, the German- born composer whose prolific portfolio of operas and hits such as ‘Water Music’ and ‘Messiah’ won...

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Julius Caesar: Act 1 (1948 Radio)

The last of 4 programmes of music from Handel’s dramatic works focuses on Act 1 of Handel’s Italian opera Julius Caesar, prepared for broadcasting by Anthony Lewis who also conducts the Royal...

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Rock version of Handel to save Mappa Mundi? (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

A sale of shares in Hereford Cathedral’s seven hundred year-old treasure, Mappa Mundi, has flopped. Today is the deadline for selling two thousand, eight hundred shares, and less than half that target...

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The English concert [Part 2] (1984)

A classical music concert in England, performing works from Handel and J. S. Bach.

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Date

7 Sep 2012, 10:35

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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Handel’s ‘Messiah’ (1986 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Music

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In the mid-to-late 19th century, Handel’s ‘Messiah’ was adopted and inflated by the Victorians into a series of epic concerts at the Crystal Palace. But how did the original treatment and the modern...

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God Rot Tunbridge Wells: The Life of Georg Frederic Handel (2008)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £7.99

Play by John Osborne about the life of the famous composer. Old and blind and close to death, Georg Frederic Handel looks back over his life, recalling the ups and downs of his life and career.

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Wombs for Rent (1997 Video)

Producer

John Drury

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Asks whether it is right for childless couples to ‘rent a womb’ and pay for the services of a surrogate mother. Kim Cotton, Britain’s first surrogate mother argues that we should learn from Bill...

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Les Swingles

Date released

1 Dec 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

623

NoS ID

121826

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: ... which must really go to that fabulous French Group - Les Swingles - on a twenty-four hour visit to London’s newest recording studios. They’ve brought a new notion to music with their...

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