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Wed 04 Apr 2010Fishamble Street echoes again to Handel's 'Messiah'
MORE THAN 250 YEARS after one of the most cosmopolitan and flamboyant celebrities of the era conducted the world premiere of his most famous composition, the event was recreated on almost the exact same spot.
Our Lady’s Choral Society conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn, with guest soloist Ross Scanlon, and the National Sinfonia, performed the most popular sections of Handel’s Messiah, to an audience of upwards of 1,000 people on Fishamble Street in Dublin’s Temple Bar.
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