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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

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“the Dunedin’s straying sheep on turbocharged speed”
Reviewed at Perth Concert Hall, Perth on 18 December 2025
Handel, Messiah
Dunedin Consort
Nardus Williams, Soprano
Lotte Betts-Dean, Mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ellicott, Tenor
Dingle Yandell, Bass
John Butt, Director
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