Re: what are you hearing?


What gets me about the Messiah is that it is invariably played at Christmas, particularly the "Halleluia" chorus. That particular part has nothing to do with Christmas, but celebrates Easter.
Cathy
On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 06:14 PM, james singer wrote:
And it has always torqued me that the greedy co-opted Handel's "Messiah" to sell give-away sentimentality among the pine boughs and snowflakes [and amused me, of course, because Handel would have done it himself if it had occurred to him].

Island Jim
Southwest Florida
Zone 10

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