This work contains many famous arias and choruses that can stand on their own as important works of the classical canon, but probably none are as notable as the end of the Second Part, the Hallelujah Chorus. All three parts are made up of scenes which consist of solo arias, recitatives, instrumental movements, and choruses. Part I is the birth and miracle of Jesus, Part II is the Passion and Jesus’ death (famously ending with the Hallelujah Chorus), and Part III is Jesus glorified in Heaven. Not quite a full-staged opera, this oratorio features soloists, four-part chorus, and an orchestra of paired trumpets, two oboes, first and second violins, viola, basso continuo, and timpani.įinished in 1741, Messiah is in three parts and depicts the life of Jesus. Traditionally performed at Christmas time, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is arguably one of the most performed and celebrated works of the orchestral repertoire. Notes by TŌN bassoonist Philip McNaughton
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