Today's focus is on George Frideric Handel's Messiah.
The Trumpet Shall Sound
A performance of Handel’s Messiah at Penrith (on Sydney sandstone)
By Jack Featherstone
From the Lilly Library
Albums (I'm interested in abstract representations of the oratorio):
A poster:
A score:
Not sure about these two...posters?
Links:
* The texts for Messiah along side-by-side with modern translations
* Listen to Susan Stamberg ask classical music commentator Miles Hoffman questions about Messiah
* Smithsonian Magazine's The Glorious History of Handel's Messiah
* Handel as word painter
Must include a Messiah Random Act of Culture:
2 comments:
These are all wonderful...to match a wonderful piece of music.
And thoroughly enjoyed the Messiah Random Act of Culture.
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