Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Music from Handel's Messiah

Watch these videos during the December 7-11 homework week.

Tuesday
"Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive" and "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion" are from Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:12, Isaiah 40:9, and Isaiah 60:1.  Both of them are in this one video.




"Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People" is a recitative from Handel's Messiah. It is from Isaiah 40:1-3. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" is an air based on Isaiah 40:4.  These are the first vocal pieces in The Messiah. 





Wednesday
"For Unto Us a Child is Born" is a chorus in Handel's Messiah.  It comes from Isaiah 9:6.






"The Hallelujah Chorus" is the best known section of Handel's Messiah.  The audience always stands when this is sung, because the King of England did this when he attended a performance, and he set the precedent.  This words to this song are from Revelation 19:6, Revelation 11:15, and Revelation 19:16.

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