Its just not Christmas without listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform Handel’s Messiah otherwise known as the Hallelujah Chorus.
Videos of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing are not available for publication online. However, we do have the music here. Someone made the video of Handel’s Messiah set to a video of synchronized Christmas lights. All I can say is it had to take them a long time and a lot of patience to produce the video.
Regardless, the music is great and will give remind you that tomorrow is Christmas. Listening to this music can give us a moment of believing that all is right with the world … at least for this moment.
Below are some facts about the musical masterpiece.
Enjoy.
Handel’s Messiah Performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Video
Handel’s Messiah was written by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). Handel was a mentor of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Beethoven is said to have remarked that ‘Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived’. It was Beethoven who wrote out The Messiah.
Handel wrote the Messiah in 1741. He received an invitation from Dublin, Ireland to perform; and it was in that city, on April 13, 1742, that The Messiah was first publicly performed. It was received with tremendous enthusiasm. However the reception in London was somewhat cold and only gradually did it win its way back to popularity. The last performance of The Messiah in which Handel participated was in 1759.
December 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
The MTC is certainly a group worth hearing. I have my fav persormances by other groups as well, ranging from a Fred Waring treatment using a more historical reproduction approach to a less-than-perfect performance by an amateur group I knew well.
Regardless, the piece speaks strongly.
Merry Christmas, Beth.