Rock version of Handel to save Mappa Mundi?

Title

Rock version of Handel to save Mappa Mundi?

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

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 has been reached. Now a controversial 1989 version of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus is the last hope for raising millions of pounds to repair the crumbling cathedral. Julie Benson has this exclusive report. The Bishop of Hereford, John Eastaugh, comments, as does the song’s producer(?), Gordon Blair. Audio quality poor (muffled).

Contributors

Julie Benson; Gordon Blair; John Eastaugh

Keywords

Music; Fundraising; Share dealing; Vocal music; Classical music; Restoration; Rock music; Heritage conservation; Maps; Architectural conservation; Hereford Cathedral; Cathedrals; George Frederic Handel; Hallelujah Chorus; Mappa Mundi

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