The first performance of Messiah took place at the New Music Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742. It was received with huge acclaim, the Dublin Journal proclaiming that 'Messiah was allowed by the greatest Judges to bethefinest Composition of Musick that ever was heard'. By the time of the composer's death in 1758 Messiah had already attained an iconic status it has never relinquished.

• His Yoke Is Easy (Handel)
• Behold The Lamb (Handel)
• And With His Stripes (Handel)
• All We Like Sheep (Handel)
• He Trusted In God (Handel)
• Behold, And See (Handel)
• But Thou Didst Not Leave (Handel)
• Lift Up Your Heads (Handel)
• Let All The Angels (Handel)
• Thou Art Gone Up On High (Handel)
• The Lord Gave The Word (Handel)
• Their Sound Is Gone (Handel)
• Why Do The Nations So Furiously (Handel)
• Let Us Break Their Bonds (Handel)
• O Death, Where Is Thy Sting (Handel)
• But Thanks ...