Handel's Messiah in Fishamble Street, Dublin

Anniversary of the first performance of Handel's Messiah in Dublin ... the RTE report on Six One News And a story in the Irish Times by staff writer Luke Cassidy. Lede (complete with cheesy pun):

WHILE “HE shall reign forever”, the rain stayed away for the annual Handel’s Day celebrations in Dublin yesterday.

There were overcast skies and the wind played havoc with the National Sinfonia’s sheet music. But Our Lady’s Choral Society, with guest soloist Ross Scanlon, took it in their stride as they lifted hundreds of people packed along Fishamble Street with a rousing performance of highlights from Handel’s Messiah. George Frederick Handel led the first performance of the piece in the now defunct Musick Hall Theatre on almost the same spot on April 13th, 1742.

The “Messiah on the Street” has become an annual event since 1992. Proinnsías Ó Duinn, who has been conducting Messiah since the 1960s, interspersed the hour-long performance with snippets of biography. ...

The Irish Times also has a slideshow set to the Hallelujah Chorus ...