Scratch <i>Messiah</i>s?

Richard Simpkin  |  Features  |  Music
Date posted:  1 Mar 2013
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Easter seems to have been falling out of favour in recent years, as far as the number of church visitors is concerned at least.

Easter cards are also increasingly hard to find, though we’ve been able to buy chocolate eggs in Tesco’s since November.

Musically, however, Easter is still well worth investing in, as the well-known carols are often much clearer and punchier than their Christmas counterparts — there’s not really an Easter equivalent to ‘Little donkey’.

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