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(25,074 posts) Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:21 PM Dec 25

Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah

No matter what your view of Christmas, this is a musical masterpiece.

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Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah (Original Post) wnylib Dec 25 OP

Yes, the are fantastic. Deuxcents Dec 25 #1

I sang the Messiah this year for the first time evemac Dec 25 #2

It looks so complex to me, to get each section singing at the right moment, wnylib Dec 25 #3

You are right! Worth the work :) evemac Dec 25 #5

Beautiful! No wonder the audience stand during this part question everything Dec 25 #4

Hallelujah!!!!! oasis Dec 26 #6

I was part of a Hallelujah Chorus flash mob!!! Nittersing Dec 26 #7

Deuxcents

(20,421 posts)

1. Yes, the are fantastic.

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:40 PM

Dec 25

I’m not much into Christmas music except for this rendition and earlier I put on Celine Dion’s Ave Maria…that one gets me. I switched over to JD Lang and her version of Hallelujah that brought the house down..just got in the mood for different holiday music and the Tabernacle Choir put it over the top. Thank you 🎄

evemac

(195 posts)

2. I sang the Messiah this year for the first time

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:37 PM

Dec 25

In over 20 years. Such an amazing oratorio!
Thanks for sharing.

wnylib

(25,074 posts)

3. It looks so complex to me, to get each section singing at the right moment,

Reply to evemac (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:54 PM

Dec 25

that it must take a lot of rehearsals.

I have a good speaking voice, but my singing voice is better suited to mime. Can't hold a tune. So I'd never sing in a chorus or choir.

evemac

(195 posts)

5. You are right! Worth the work :)

Reply to wnylib (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:55 PM

Dec 25

question everything

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4. Beautiful! No wonder the audience stand during this part

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:29 PM

Dec 25

I am curious of whether the oratorio specifies the size of the choir and of the orchestra

oasis

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6. Hallelujah!!!!!

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:42 AM

Dec 26

Nittersing

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7. I was part of a Hallelujah Chorus flash mob!!!

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 07:54 AM

Dec 26

(I only recently decided to call it this. )

I was singing in the choir at Calvary Episcopal Church in Manhattan ( mid 70s). There was a high school chorus that needed some adult voices to help them perform the Hallelujah Chorus.

On the night of the concert, we all met and rode the subway to our destination. Someone suggested and with little more encouragement we all treated that subway car to a private concert.

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