# One of our upcoming Messiah concerts will include Miriam Margolyes

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**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-upcoming-messiah-concerts-will-include-miriam-margolyes/519389/1 "2009-11-29T22:52:23Z")

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This year, in addition to our usual three performances of _Messiah_, we’re also doing a shortened version, the _Beginner’s Guide to Messiah_, during which the conductor will explain the work, its history, its structure etc to the audience. The idea is to make it more “accessible” to those people who have heard about _Messiah_, but don’t really know what it is.

As an added feature, at various points in the performance Miriam Margolyes will be reading extracts from Handel’s diaries.

It sounds like an interesting concept and I’m quite looking forward to seeing how it all works.