Sunday, April 16, 2017

Sunday morning music for Easter


From Handel's "Messiah", and from my favorite recording of it, here's the final two choruses:  "Worthy is the Lamb" and "Amen".





A happy, holy and blessed Easter to you all!

Peter

11 comments:

shugyosha said...

I'm partial to this one

https://www.amazon.com/Handel-Messiah-Watkinson-Elliott-Hogwood/dp/B000004CXU

[feel free to shorten it with a referral link]

shugyosha said...

Found a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdlyoEpCV9k My favorite might be (*might*) "And he shall purify", but it's been a while since I was able to listen the whole work properly.

Take care.

Peter said...

I agree on "He shall purify". Always sends chills down my spine.

Chris said...

Here's another good song for today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODpgyqGCYM

Blessings to you and yours, Peter.

Borepatch said...

Those are my two favorites. Happy Easter to you and Miss D, Peter.

Old NFO said...

Happy Easter! He is risen!

Quentin said...

The last two chorus are excellent but the work as a whole is simply sublime, a masterpiece. Fortunately, you linked to the whole thing. :)

Jon said...

Christ is Risen! Indeed he is Risen.

Anonymous said...

As a singer, "And He Shall Purify" is my "If-I-survive-this-I'll-make-it-through-the-rest" moment. It's an amazing movement, but very hard to make sound right.

My favorite recording is the Toronto Symphony under Andrew Davies with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Kathleen Battle as soprano solo, and Samuel Ramey is the bass.

Not exactly Easter, but still one of my favorites "Ye Shall Have a Song" by Randall Thompson, from _The Peaceable Kingdom_: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3gkajJToQ
It's not the best recording of that chorus, but their pure joy!

LittleRed1

Bob Mueller said...

Any recording of Messiah makes me miss my father. He was a college music professor, and for 20 years, the first Sunday in December was Messiah Sunday. That always signaled the beginning of the Christmas season in our house.

trailbee said...

Stunning. Thank you so much. Happy Easter.