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Messiah: Vocal Score
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I've been singing bits of this with choirs since high school (thank you forever Mr. Godfrey!) and always been amazed by its beauty and depth, caught up into a vision that draws on all scripture. But I will forever remember today's listening. My uni organized a trip for the foreign teachers and the international affairs office to go to a Miao village (this people has also been known as the Hmong) to a performance by their church choir which has been singing praises together for a hundred+ years. They performed several pieces in the Miao language, 3 of which are adapted from this oratorio - hearing 'For Unto Us a Child is Born' in Miao and going on to the 'Hallelujah' - a picture of heaven with all the peoples singing, and it was hard not to weep. Hallelujah!
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I thank Mr. Godfrey often for believing I could sing more than I ever had before.
Michael wrote: "We went to one in Syracuse a few years back. I really got into it. we own the score in hardcover, but I find the tenor part really difficult.the SU Oratorio Society (or a portion) used to perform the whole every year with the Syracuse Symphony (so much fun!) - not sure what they're doing now, but I thought it was big enough then that they would have found a way to continue even with the SSO no longer intact.
and i think each of the parts require lots of practice, especially the runs in "For Unto Us a Child is Born" and... oh, there's at least one other section that's really killer on the runs
I'm so glad for the Messiah because when I stumble across those Scriptures, I am almost always reminded of the song, for example "eh - vhree -val -ally"!
and it seems oh-so-appropriate to be singing those too.... one of the parts that seems to pop up a lot for me is "As in Adam.......alllll died..... Even so in Christ shall all be made alive!"
What a wonderful cultural experience for you to be able to share this with the Chinese.
another reminder that the Body of Christ comes out of all nations, small and big, and that we are one in Him. :)
Maria wrote: "I thank Mr. Godfrey often for believing I could sing more than I ever had before."agreed! although I don't think I realized this until long after
I'll have to see what they're doing this year! Blessings
I'm so glad for the Messiah because when I stumble across those Scriptures, I am almost always reminded of the song, for example "eh - vhree -val -ally"!
What a wonderful cultural experience for you to be able to share this with the Chinese.