Messiah Fifty Sermons on Handels Oratorio
Opposition to Messiah Unreasonable Psalm 21-3
This episode explores John Newton's series of 50 sermons based on the libretto of Handel's Messiah, delivered at St. Mary Woolnoth between 1785 and 1787. The discussion examines the spiritual and artistic context of these reflections on the biblical passages used in the oratorio.