If you get the chance, watch BYU Television’s film about the creation of G. F. Händel’s great oratorio Messiah:
http://byu.imodules.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=60353&eid=1273091
You’ll never hear the aria “He was despised” quite the same way again.
Even the New York Times gave the documentary a reasonably positive review: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/arts/television/the-making-of-handels-messiah-on-byutv.html?_r=1.
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