Messiah

Hi everyone! This has been a heck of a season - I am finally getting to sit down and write a couple of blog entries. The Master Chorale had a full plate this holiday season, starting with Mahler's 2nd Symphony, a breif respite, and then powering through Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Handel's Messiah. They are all over now, and I am more thankful than ever to not be performing. I think that it will take me at least a few months to get all of my voice back after using it so much.

Performances were overall very good. Local press covered the Messiah, which we performed four days in a row - check out reviews here and here.

For Liz - you voiced your opinion of the "standing" at the Hallelujah Chorus..here is what the director had to say..

"One fan was King George II, who stood during the "Hallelujah" chorus. Legend has it that George stood because he thought he was hearing the voice of God. When the king stands, everybody does, and to this day, audiences stand to recapture that moment. But Wright explains that the king simply needed to stretch his legs. He shrugs off the myth that keeps audiences rising to their feet.

"At that point it's nice for the audience to stretch their legs," Wright says."

And to prove I was there...