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Handel's 'Messiah' Wasn't Just For Christmas
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Though George Frederic Handel's oratorio "Messiah" has become a Christmas staple, it was originally performed at Easter.
Here & Now's Robin Young takes a closer listen to some of the music of the piece with Ron Cohen, her former choir director at John F. Kennedy High School on Long Island.
- Watch the virtual hallelujah chorus perform with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
This segment aired on December 21, 2018.