Messiah triumphant
Harry Christophers conducts. Photo: James Doyle.I was probably not alone in hoping that this year's Messiah at Handel and Haydn would be something special.And judging from the tumult that followed the oratorio's final, exquisitely moving "Amen," I was also not alone in thinking this version had indeed proved triumphant - and not only sparkled like another jewel in the crown of the Society's bicentennial, but wa…