Friday, December 07, 2007

Halleluiah Chorus

It's CHRISTMAS!!! After putting up the Christmas tree at mom and dad's after Thanksgiving, we came home to an undecorated house. :( However, we like to get real Christmas trees and thought it would be best to wait one more week. So, to get in the spirit of Christmas before decorating the house, we went to a performance of Handel's Messiah presented by the Fort Worth City orchestra and the choir from Southwestern Seminary. Neither of us had heard the entire piece before. And still neither of us have heard the entire piece!



We got dressed up (well, a little dressed up!) and headed to the seminary to experience this masterpiece. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but on a week night and after having sat for an hour for the first of 3 parts of the performance, and having gotten to attend for free since it was hosted by the seminary, we decided to call it a night during intermission. This meant we missed the enfamous "Halleluiah Chorus".



Maybe next year we'll start the performance AFTER intermission!

Have any of you ever heard the entire performance?

2 comments:

Mallory said...

I sang the entire performance while I was at Samford. It's a doozie, but the Hallelujah Chorus is breathtaking.

Merry Christmas!

Morgan said...

We actually have heard the entire performance...in Chinese. Lol.

Merry Christmas to you guys!