James Curnow's Dublin Sketches features a rich blend of textures and moods and represents a distinctive work in the repertoire for mature bands. Composed as a theme and set of three variations the final variation has the flavor of a traditional Irish jig. Dur: 8:00

Facsimile of the autograph score in the British Library London-The first performance of George Frideric Handel???s oratorio ???Messiah??? on 13 April 1742 in Dublin aroused unqualified rapture. A newspaper report a few days later declared that it combined ???the Sublime the Grand and the Tender???. Its success has remained undiminished ever since and the ???Messiah??? has taken its place in …