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Sep 13, 2024 · Watch an exclusive clip of "The Oratorio: A Documentary with Martin Scorsese" about St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in NYC's Little Italy.
1 day ago · Messiah (HWV 56) [ 1 ][ n 1 ] is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter [ n 2 ] by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere a year later.
23 hours ago · The movie is available for streaming on Amazon, Tubi, Hoopla and FORMED. A pampered child from a middle-class 19th-century French family, Thérèse Martin journeys to Rome to beg Pope Leo XIII for ...
Sep 7, 2024 · Messiah, oratorio by German-born English composer George Frideric Handel, premiered in Dublin on April 13, 1742, at Easter rather than at Christmastime, when it is popularly played in the present day. A large-scale semidramatic work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, it is the source of the familiar “ Hallelujah Chorus.”
Sep 21, 2024 · Notre Père – Singing for Peace. The beautiful Notre Père for unison choir comes from the oratorio In terra pax. It is a simple and moving little piece of just some three minutes.
4 days ago · Handel had a lifelong attachment to the theatre—even his oratorios were usually performed on the stage rather than in church. Until almost the end of his life he loved Italian opera, and only after it involved him in ever-increasing financial losses did he abandon it for English oratorio.
1 day ago · The oratorio chronicles many episodes of Elijah's life, including his challenge to Ahab and the contest of the gods, the miracle of raising the dead, and his ascension into heaven. Composed and premiered in 1846, the oratorio was criticized by members of the New German School but nonetheless remains one of the most popular Romantic choral ...
