The "Hallelujah Chorus," from George Frideric Handel's Messiah, is such an iconic piece of music — and is so ingrained as a Christmas tradition — that it's easy to take its exuberance and its ...
Marissen says that Handel's audience would have understood those passages as referring to the Jews. And when they heard the "over-the-top triumph" of "Hallelujah," they would have seen it as a ...
Lunchtime shoppers at a busy food court in a shopping mall got a delightful festive surprise when this 100-strong choir burst into a spontaneous ‘Hallelujah’ Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. A ...