Easter is just around the corner and it's the perfect moment to dive into religious music such as Handel's Messiah. Known especially for its ecstatic "Hallelujah" Chorus, during which the whole audience traditionally stands, the Messiah is a towering monument of sacred and vocal music, as dramatic as a fully staged opera and as musically fulfilling as the grandest symphonic works. Watch a performance for the ages with the late John Nelson and The English Concert and Choir, in the Coventry Cathed