Messiah, HWV 56 — George Frideric Handel

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Messiah, HWV 56 — George Frideric Handel — Song · desert is.land

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“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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