Posted on 12/21/2024 12:54:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
The King thought it was over.
in German, ‘Handel’ means ‘trade’.
‘I’m TOO PRETTY to sing harmony!’ ;-)
Not me. I’m too incompetent to sing harmony.
Thank you so, so much for this post.
When I was a girl, 6 or 7 of the churches in neighboring towns gathered and began practicing right after Labor Day for Messiah. There were some choir members with exceptional voices and they sang the solos. This was truly a remarkable group of choirs and the performances were out of this world.
Even as a little girl and up into my teens I couldn’t wait to go and hear this every year. The whole area did- families from 5-95 years-old attended. It was a highlight of the Christmas season and I have loved the music from Messiah my whole life. I know much of it by heart and am comforted, inspired and mesmerized by Handel’s astonishing Messiah.
MarQ
The story goes that after writing the Hallelujah Chorus he rushed downstairs with tears in his eyes an exclaimed to a servant,”I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself.”
Which if I had bothered to read the article, I wouldn’t have repeated...
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