THE MESSIAH
Once more comes "The Messiah " the grandest oratorio ever written. It is probably the most remarkable evidence of pure inspiration, for nothing else can account for the production of such a majestic work in so short a period of time. Some might say it was the work of a genius. Genius was. 'of course necessary; but genius has been described many times as the capacity for taking pains and the limited time which Handel occupied in composing and scoring this mighty work hardly points to' the deliberate exercise of pains The Royal Wellington Choral Union will give its annual performance of the work in the Town Hall on Saturday, December 16, for which occasion a very strong cast of soloists has been secured—soprano, Miss Dora Drake of punedin; contralto, Mrs. Dorothy Kemp Hastings; tenor, Mr. Thomas E. West, Christchurch • baritone, Mr. Ken Macaulay, Wellington The box plan will open at the D.I.C. on December 12 at 9 o'clock
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 7
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