On Blogs and Discussion threads
Post categories: Suzanne Aspden
| 16:05 UK time, Monday, 5 January 2009
It's great to see there's a discussion thread running as well. Though blogs are, necessarily, personalised (otherwise you might as well just read a book on the composer, or Wikipedia entries!), I think the points that they throw up can generate discussion in all sorts of directions, including starting effectively independent threads on the messageboard.
Messiah is also a great opportunity for a broad spectrum of participation and enjoyment, from professional period performances to sing-alongs. Though it's now traditional to sing the oratorio at Christmas time, originally the oratorios were particularly associated with the Lenten season, in the run up to Easter.
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