ITV takes a wonderfully fresh approach to celebrate Easter and Handel’s great
oratorio Messiah, as The South Bank Show follows three Yorkshire choirs and
their connection with this treasured work.

250 years after Handel’s death, The South Bank Show finds out what it means to
sing this most popular of oratorios from members of the mighty Huddersfield
Choral Society, the smaller Keighley Vocal Union, and the intimate gay and
lesbian choir, The Sacred Wing from Leeds. The film captures each of the
choirs’ tradition, their passion, their history, their personal stories, their
scores handed down from generation to generation, their local landscape - and
their preparations in the run up to the day of each of their performances.

This unique South Bank Show demonstrates how Handel’s masterpiece carries
significance for all, religious or otherwise, and that it can be sung anywhere
and by anyone. The choirs are as much about friendship and companionship, young
and old, as they are about the soaring music of Messiah.

http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/TheSouthBankShow/Ep4MessiahWk16/default.html


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