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In Part II, Handel concentrates on the Passion of Jesus and ends with the Hallelujah chorus. In Part III, he covers Paul's teachings on the resurrection of the dead and Christ's glorification in heaven. Handel wrote Messiah for modest vocal and instrumental forces, with optional alternate settings for many of the individual numbers. In the ...
Messiah is not a typical Handel oratorio; there are no named characters, as are usually found in Handel's setting of the Old Testament stories, possibly to avoid charges of blasphemy. It is a meditation rather than a drama of personalities, lyrical in method; the narration of the story is carried on by implication, and there is no dialogue.
In Handel’s great chorus, the word is joyous, victorious, accompanied by trumpets and drums. In Sergei Rachmaninoff’s "All Night Vigil," however, hallelujah reflects a more quiet devotion ...
The Foundling Hospital Anthem is compiled from material originating in other works by Handel, including two movements from the Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline (1737), a sombre chorus that had been edited out of Susanna (1748), and most notably, the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah, which concludes the anthem. [2] [4]
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) / Messiah Simon Heighes, for The Sixteen recording, 1997; Handel Messiah Lindsay Kemp, program notes for Colin Davis recording, 2006; CNP Feedback – Worthy Is the Lamb Cantica Nova publications; Program Notes: Handel's Messiah Dallas Symphony, 2011; Messiah The Compleat Guide sinatraguide.com
"Hallelujah!" is a 1992 song from Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration, a Grammy award winning Reprise Records concept album. The song is a soulful re-interpretation of the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah, George Frideric Handel's well-known oratorio from 1741.
Structure of Handel's Messiah; A. All the Angels; H. Hallelujah Chorus; Hallelujah! (gospel song) Handel's Last Chance; Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration; M ...
Theodora was actually Handel's favorite of his oratorios. The composer himself ranked the final chorus of act 2, "He saw the lovely youth", far beyond" "Hallelujah" in Messiah. [2] It has sometimes been staged as an opera, as in 1996 Glyndebourne and 2009 Salzburg Festival productions. Both of them were recorded and released as DVDs.