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A wonderfully nimble Messiah from the Dunedin Consort

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“detailed Baroque bowing made this this Messiah positively dance along”
Reviewed at St John's Kirk, Perth on 19 December 2014
Handel, Messiah
John Butt, Director
Dunedin Consort
Mhairi Lawson, Soprano
Rowan Hellier, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker, Tenor
David Shipley, Bass
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