Hallelujah! - Handel's Messiah

Handel

[HoosierHawk]

George Frideric Handel

INTRODUCTION

George Frideric Handel, (1685-1759), was a German-born composer, who worked primarily in England. Considered one of the most important masters of the baroque period, (from about 1600 to 1750), Handel and his German contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach are considered the greatest composers of the early 18th century. Together, their music represents the culmination of musical genres of the baroque era. Whereas Bach's output consisted chiefly of instrumental and vocal works originally conceived for Lutheran church services, Handel's most important works are his operas and oratorios composed for the theater. The most famous of these is Messiah, which was first performed in 1742.

Handel's Messiah - Disk 1

Handel's Messiah - Disk 2

(Read more of Handel and his world)

[HoosierHawk]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, friends, and allies on this blessed Easter weekend.

He has risen, just as he said.

[HoosierHawk]

Some Easter Sunday Classical Music

[MamaB]

Hi.

[oyez]

Handel’s Messiah is not just for Christmas. It makes a great daily meditation taken in parts.

[SaveTheChief]

Which recording is this?

[HoosierHawk]

Absolutely. Enjoy.

[longtermmemmory]

Is there a public domain version to download?

[gusopol3]

the librettist Charles Jennens was truly inspired in the scriptural selections, from prophecy to birth to earthly ministry to crucifixion to resurrection to ascension to the current work of evangelists in the Church age to coming again.

[dep]

you will be unsurprised that the new york times today has an attack on handel's messiah.

[cartoonistx]

[HoosierHawk]

Rene Jacobs conducting the Cambridge Choir of Clare College and Cambridge Choir of Clare College.

My apology. I should have noted it.

[mylife]

Thanks Hawk

[HoosierHawk]

Rene Jacobs conducting the Cambridge Choir of Clare College and Freiburger Barockorchester.

[SaveTheChief]

Thanks!

So far, this is an excellent interpretation.

[oyez]

The press contends that nothing is done with out an agenda. They ought to know.

[MamaB]

We memorized all of the songs for Christmas many years ago. I found them very easy to memorize but I usually do not have that much trouble doing that. I love the songs.

[gusopol3]

the usual take on Jennens is that he was a non-elector, some arcane political sliver having to do with the legitimacy of the royal British line. The fact that someone , like this NYTer, can fail to mention that fact while discussing the temporal context, indicates a more nefarious agenda (by the NYT). I’ve always thought it of extreme irony that the most famous anecdote, George II standing during the performance, would have been a comeuppance to Jennens. I am hopeful he was a humble enough man to see God’s over-ruling in the affairs of men, just as the timelessness and spiritual power of the work puts this piffling commentary in the garbage can where it belongs.

[sitetest]

Dear HoosierHawk,

Thanks for the ping!

A very special Easter Classical Music Ping List ping!!

Happy Easter!!

sitetest

[RonF]

The LaSalle Bank in Chicago sponsors a Do-It-Yourself Messiah every Advent. Four top professional soloists and a guest conductor, 80 piece orchestra plus organist and harpsichordist, all for two nights in the Civic Opera Center in Chicago. The bank pays the whole bill and gives the tickets away (about 3500 each night) to whoever wants to show up. The audience brings scores and sings their hearts out. It really makes Christmas for me.

[Arrowhead1952]

Lutheran ping.