02220cgm a2200457u 4500 996889870102311 20260227104103.0 vf cbaho 841212r19841982enk145 0vleng d (TU)000688987UTK01 723201 (OCoLC)11485346 FPL FPL OCL TKN TKN9 M2000.H22 M42 1983b M2000.H22M42 1983b Messiah [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corp. [New York] : Thorn EMI Video, c1983. 1 videocassette (145 min.) : sd., col., ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet. VHS format. "TVE 2792" An oratorio in 3 parts. A performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Messiah". Videocassette release of the 1982 production by the British Broadcasting Corp., in association with National Video Corp., Ltd. Recorded in Westminster Abbey. A libretto is included. Director-producer, Roy Tipping ; conductor, Christopher Hogwood ; organist-master of choristers, Simon Preston. Choir of Westminster Abbey, Academy of Ancient Music, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas. Recorded in Westminster Abbey, London, members of the Academy of Ancient Music, perform Handel's "Messiah" using instruments of the period or accurate modern copies. The choruses are sung by boy trebles and male atlos, tenors and basses all members of the Choir of Westminster Abbey. The soloists improvise embellishments in the arias and , in certain cases, join in the singing of the choruses, just as they would have done 240 years ago. Oratorios. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah. Hogwood, Christopher. prf Nelson, Judith. prf Westminster Abbey. Choir. prf Academy of Ancient Music. prf British Broadcasting Corp. National Video Corporation. Thorn EMI Video (Firm) primo 478 478