“The Greatest Piece of Participatory Art Ever Created”
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56 min
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First episode of three-part series exploring Handel's Messiah, examining its 1742 Dublin premiere, cultural endurance, and role in making Enlightenment ideals accessible through participatory art.
Notable Moment
Host discovers Michael Casey, whose family opened windows playing Messiah recordings since 1963, still lives in the original Fishamble Street house where Handel premiered the oratorio.
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