The official ceremony took place in the morning and was followed by a performance of Handel's Messiah.

This attracted a large audience and was repeated in November 2011 despite there being no complete Messiah performance that year.

At least two performances of Handel's "Messiah" are scheduled today.

Their first performance of Handel's Messiah was done in December 1879.

He conducted two complete performances of Handel's Messiah, a rare event at the time.

Gone into the mind of an audience member at the first performance of Handel's Messiah and listened.

Over the last two weeks, I attended six "Messiah" performances by ensembles of all sizes and shapes.

In 1966, a group of musicians were attempting to put together a performance of Handel's Messiah.

Dubourg led the orchestra in the first performances of Handel's Messiah.

Trinity Church gave the New World's first "Messiah" performance in 1770.