Messiah Fifty Sermons on Handels Oratorio
Death Swallowed Up in Victory I Corinthians 1554
This episode explores John Newton's series of 50 sermons based on the biblical libretto of G.F. Handel's Messiah. It discusses the historical context of the sermons, delivered at the Parish Church of St. Mary Woolnoth in response to the 1785 Handel commemoration.