Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: And He shall purify

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: And He shall purify Composed in 1741; premiered in 1742 in Dublin Performed by the Rias Chamber Chorus and the Rias Sinfonietta, conducted by Marcus Creed (b. 1951) Recorded in the mid-1980s in Budapest Handel composed the chorus "And He shall purify" as part of his 1741 oratorio Messiah, setting text from Malachi 3:2 compiled by librettist Charles Jennens (1700-1773). For this movement, Handel adapted contrapuntal material from his earlier 1741 secular Italian duet Quel fior che all'alba ride, transforming it into the fugal centerpiece for the work's premiere in Dublin on April 13, 1742.