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February 3, 2012

For the Interim Time... ‎ Huffington Post (blog)  This passage from Matthew 11:28-29, well-known through Handel's "Messiah," speaks beautifully to the possibility of being held as we learn to hold: "Come ... Andreas Scholl: From Bach to Depeche Mode ‎ Telegraph.co.uk His performance on William Christie's 1994 recording of Messiah was a ... he has just returned from singing Bertarido in Handel's Rodelinda at the Met in ...

February 2, 2012

UPDATE:  This week's radio show features Donald Neuen's 1991 Messiah (highlights)

Choir's evening in concert ‎ This is South Wales Directed by Penny Ryan, the choir boasts a wide repertoire, which in the past has included Handel's Christmas Messiah, Fauré's Requiem, Vivaldi's Gloria, ...

February 1, 2012

The Collegiate Chorale Presents A CHILD OF OUR TIME and TE DEUM 2/3 ‎ Broadway World About the performance: Sir Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time (1941) is a unique oratorio, structured in three parts to emulate Handel's Messiah and ... I spied with my little eyes ... ‎ Artslink.co.za News (press release) ... the 1981 classic which presupposes that the Messiah makes His return to the ... Mofolo, Soweto and Handel's Messiah (not personally seen) using the ...

January 31, 2012

Perspective: Old and new traditions at Holiday Festival of Music ‎ my.hsj.org This allowed full audience participation in Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from “Messiah.” All audience members stood up for the song; this tradition comes from ... Falmouth Parish Church of King Charles ‎ Falmouth Packet Organ voluntaries were Musette and March from the Occasional Oratorio by Handel. ... of The old Hundredth and the Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah.

January 30, 2012

UPDATE:  This week's video features "Comfort Ye"

One of three musical giants with the orchestra ‎ Cincinnati.com Provided The CSO will continue a popular holiday tradition, Handel's “Messiah,” on Dec. 16, to be conducted by the celebrated Baroque interpreter Jane ... UST sings Handel's 'Messiah' and Abba's 'Thank You for the Music ... ‎ Inquirer.net When the Mass ended, the chorale sang the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel's “Messiah,” after which bells tolled to signal the dawn of UST's new century. Inquirer.net 'There might be a God', says Sir David Attenborough ‎ The Guardian ... musical choices for the desert island include the theme from Zoo Quest, his first television show about the natural world, and part of Handel's Messiah. The Guardian King James Bible exhibit on display at UTB-TSC ‎ Monitor ... about the exhibit refers to the King James version's impact on such works as the book "Pilgrim's Progress" and Handel's musical composition "Messiah.

January 27, 2012

Gerre Hancock, Church Organist, Dies at 77 ‎ New York Times ... where the annual performance of Handel's “Messiah” he led was one of the most critically praised among the welter heard throughout New York each ... New York Times Will You Watch the Dallas Opera's 'Magic Flute' At Cowboys Stadium? ‎ D Magazine  2 conducted by Jaap van Zweden, Bach cantatas with the New Jersey Symphony, and Handel's Messiah with Boston Baroque and Duke University. TheaterJones Performing Arts News in North Texas Voice professor Stephen Swanson revisits senior recital after 45 years ‎ UI The Daily Iowan 29 in the Congregational United Church of Christ, 30 N. Clinton St. The recital will include arias from Handel's Messiah, Bach's "Cantata No. King James Bible exhibit to open at UTB-TSC ‎ Brownsville Herald  ... about the exhibit refers to the King James version's impact on such works as the book “Pilgrim's Progress” and Handel's musical composition “Messiah. Concert Sunday at St. Andrew's United Church ‎ Truro Daily News ... and Jane Turner-Jones, soprano, who will present excerpts from Handel's masterwork, the oratorio Messiah. Other presentations will be two "Sleighrides. THE LIST: Cabaret... Family Day art... Writers Conference 101 ... ‎ Grand Forks Herald ... “Salvation I Created”; Vaclav Nelhybel, “Tower Music”; the traditional spiritual, “Swing Low”; GF Handel, “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah.

January 26, 2012

UPDATE:  I've added a listing for Proinnsías Ó Duinn's 2002 Messiah.

UPDATE:  This week's radio show features Don Jackson's 1992 Messiah (highlights)

THE LIST: Cabaret... Family Day art... Writers Conference 101 ... ‎ Grand Forks Herald ... “Salvation I Created”; Vaclav Nelhybel, “Tower Music”; the traditional spiritual, “Swing Low”; GF Handel, “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah. Calling all conductors ‎ Cincinnati.com (blog) The repertoire to be used in the workshop will be selections from Handel's “Messiah,” Part I. Scores will be available for purchase. Cincinnati.com (blog) A CHILD OF OUR TIME and TE DEUM to be Performed at Carnegie Hall, 2/3 ‎ Broadway World Sir Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time (1941) is a unique oratorio, structured in three parts to emulate Handel's Messiah and using traditional ... Trinity Wall Street cuts back on 'ambitious' music programming ‎ Downtown Express For the winter of 2012, three performances of Handel's “Messiah” have been scheduled — always a sell out. Should this be the sum total of Trinity Wall ... Garner to perform Ouachita faculty recital Jan. 31 ‎ Ouachita Baptist University News The recital will open with “Comfort Ye My People” and “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” from George Frederic Handel's Messiah, followed by “Adelaide” by ... Ouachita Baptist University News Choir's singing workshop ‎ This is Cornwall EAST CORNWALL Bach Choir is to hold a singing workshop and performance in Liskeard covering Handel's Messiah. The group will run the workshop from 11am to ... 'Letter B' gets all the attention at Norwalk concert ‎ Ct Post The choir regularly performs with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, with their most recent collaboration being Handel's "Messiah" in December.

January 25, 2012

Norwich Christians invited to sing-along ‎ Network Norwich ... a mix of choral anthems by John Rutter, the “Hallelujah Chorus”, from Handel's “Messiah”, and the light hearted “Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo”. Network Norwich Maureen Burns ‎ The Suffolk Times She could move a crowd as a soprano singing Handel's “Messiah” with a full orchestra, then have them humming along to Peter, Paul and Mary's “Blowin' in the ... Ashville Music Teacher's “Massive Messiah” in one afternoon challenge ‎ Harrogate News  Handel's great oratorio Messiah has, since its earliest years, been associated with charitable fundraising and I'm organising this Messiah From Scratch to ... Harrogate News Camarata Choir invites new members ‎ Korea Times  The choir just finished their yearly tradition concert of Handel's Messiah, and received rave reviews. Over 1357 people were in attendance, ... Why are you honking? ‎ Meadville Tribune Honk for Handel's “Messiah” oratorio — still electrifying after 270 years. I'd love, just once, to join the choir in “The Hallelujah Chorus” or sing the ...

January 24, 2012

Tenors and Bass Singers Needed to Portsmouth Festival Choir ‎ AboutMyArea In the last year it has sung a full version of Handel's Messiah, commissioned and performed a special piece called the "Shipping Forecast" by Cecilia ... Vivica Genaux offers rare vocal 'Pyrotechnics' ‎ Mainichi Daily News ... pieces by Handel, Rossini and German-born composer Johann Adolph Hasse. ... "sing-it-yourself 'Messiah' where you sang the whole bloody 'Messiah' - not ... Mainichi Daily News Big-chorus Messiah oratorio a crowd pleaser ‎ The Daily Post The Rotorua District Choir is to perform one of the world's most popular choral classics later in the year - Handel's Messiah.