Posted on 12/12/2021 3:02:16 AM PST by Kaslin
For those who have an interest in further & deeper diving, BBC also has a 6 part 2013 Roger Goodall (host) "Story of Music" that is simply great. Episode 2 features the progression in Western Europe music from 1650-1750 which includes Handel & Bach.
My favorite story about Handel’s Messiah was in a speech given by Dr. Ben Carson about operating on conjoined Black twins in South Africa during Apartheid. Dr Carson had operated all day. At10:00 pm he was exhausted and drained. Dr Carson stated he simply could not go on, he was exhausted, he stepped back from the operating table and prayed for God to help him or else the twins would die but he he was so exhausted he felt could not continue. Dr Carson resumed operating. The twins were separated and as the case finished dawn broke and the Hallelujah Chorus to Handel’s Messiah came on an old radio that was playing in the corner. That story still gives me goose bumps.
I saw a brother-sister duo win a talent contest singing this. Fan-TAS-tic!!!
Blurry to these old eyes. I can almost hear the Hornpipe Symphony as the joy rises upon reading of Handel’s CHRISTIAN reality. (I know, the Hornpipe is for a coronation, but I hear it as a coronation for the Lord Christ as He is resurrected ...)
Wow....isn’t that a wonderful example instead of the violent mobs of today?
I really wish it would be emphasized at Easter as itoriginally was done and intended. And makes more sense, because the real miracle is when he rises and then returns to Heaven. As nicely acknowledged in “the Greatest Story Ever Told”.
I suspect it’s more that Christmas is just more popular. Which in turn may be the fact that we know exactly when Christmas is going to be every year, whereas Easter is a crap shoot where we have to scurry to look at astronomical charts.
Actually not that shocking. Many, many lived a long time. If they avoided major injury, some diseases and got past childbirth/childhood. The latter is what knocks down the average…and it’s the median that counts. If you make it past childhood (esp. Up to toddler) you’ll likely live like the rest of us today. Visit graveyards regularly and you’ll see this whole story.
Thank you for sharing!
This is a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.
Handel would keep his good port in a separate chamber when he was entertaining guests. He would serve them the cheap stuff to them and then slip off to his other chamber for a sip of the good stuff.
Ben Carson is a treasure and blessed of God.
The Messiah is also a musical masterpiece. To wield two choirs and an orchestra together is the work of a supreme composer.
We have a community Messiah sing every Christmas season, and a lot of my friends are in the Chorus, of all faiths! When I was a kid our church choir was involved in one of the first of these.. we sang only the Christmas portion, but it is a marvelous work..
This one will absolutely enthrall you! https://youtu.be/wp_RHnQ-jgU
The Messiah production is on youtube and is about 2 1/2 half hours long
Slightly off topic. Handel’s CB handle would have been “Handel with Care.” J.S. Bach’s would have been “I’m Bach.”
Hallelujah--The Berlin Radio Symphony (1963)
Halleluja!
Denn Gott der Herr regieret allmächtig.
Das Königreich der Welt ist fortan
Das Königreich des Herrn und seines Christ;
Und er regiert auf immer und ewig:
Herr der Herrn, der Welten Gott.
Halleluja!
(Hallelujah!
For God the Lord rules all-powerfully
The kingdom of the world is coming
The kingdom of the Lord and his Christ;
And he rules for always and eternally:
Lord of lords, the God of the world,
Hallelujah!)
Very good article for this Christmas season or any season.
Thanks for the link. I needed that!
Thank you. I am watching the special on Handel. Excellent!
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