Did you see the big black sheila... JEEEEEEZZZZZZUUUSSSSS.

Best wishes!

This word scanning is better than in our copy!

Beautiful piece of music, superbly sung!

Magnificent! Utterly authentic. Pure genius blended in harmony with highest spiritual calling.

Houses of Peace by Joshua Bornfield PART 1 I. Temporary shelters Light and darkness, night and day. We marvel at the mystery of the stars. Moon and sky, sand and sea. We marvel at the mystery of the sun. Twilight, high noon, dusk and dawn. Though we are mortal, we are creation’s crown. Flesh and bone, steel and stone. We dwell in fragile temporary shelters. - Rabbi Jules Harlow II. Market day It was market-day. The children were playing war. The women were choosing vegetables, eggs, poultry, potatoes. The selection was a bit limited, as it was wartime. It was market-day. Half-past-four in the afternoon. The children were playing was when suddenly, from heaven, where, they say, come angels and come birds, a shower of fire came pouring down, heaven was hell, the order was turned on its head. Three hours like an eternity and the game was over. The children played no more at war: the war had ended them. (Now all had the same thoughts, for all the dead think alike. And so began the great uniformity.) One thousand six hundred fifty-four dead and eight hundred eighty-nine wounded. (What a feat, ladies and gentlemen, what a feat! Let the world pattern itself after this model, now that it knows what lies ahead. Didn’t condors inhabit the Andes? Why did they contradict themselves and come here?) And the tree there, in the very center, wounded also but still standing. (But not resurrected yet!) - Josep Palau i Fabre, trans. Joshua Bornfield N.B. parentheses mark text omitted in this setting III. Meditation, Song of the Birds PART 2 IV. Evening darkness, morning dawn Grant steadfast love, compassion, grace. Sustain us, Lord, our origin is dust. Splendor, mercy, majesty, love endure. We are but little lower than the angels. Resplendent skies, sunset, sunrise. The grandeur of creation lifts our lives. Evening darkness, morning dawn. Renew our lives as you renew all time. - Rabbi Jules Harlow V. שׂמחה (Joy) Light shines upon the righteous and joy streams into their heart. ;אוֹר זֻרע לצּדּיק וּל ישֵׁרי-ֵלב שׂמחה - Psalm 97:11, trans. Joshua Bornfield VI. La mirada (the search) Passa la llum per amagats camins i arriba al cor de la tenebra: per a la llum no hi ha confins, arreu hi posa un toc de febre. Ara la llum em ve de dins i em crema els ulls i la palpebra. S’afinen pàl.•lids violins quan el matí la pau celebra. Si em perdo mai, serà la llum la que m’haurà per la mirada. La llum em mira de besllum i em fa l’ullet com una fada. Me’n vaig amunt, car per la llum l’ànima tinc endiumenjada. ********* The light passes through hidden streets and enters the heart of the shadow: because the light cannot be contained, it ignites all it touches with fever. And the light enters into me and I burn through the eyes and out of them. Pale violins join in as the dawn celebrates peace. If ever I am lost, it will be the light that finds me in the searching. The light looks at everything and winks at it with magic. I arise, golden with light as my soul becomes the sun. - "Passa la llum per amagats camins (A JOAN TRIADÚ)," Josep Palau i Fabre, trans. Joshua Bornfield, Elisabet Pujadas

Love it so much. ❤️

Meraviglioso! Alla faccia di chi definisce Saint Saens arido didatta

Molto melodioso tutti belli gli Ave Verum

Sono una corista bisognosa di questo servizio grazie

Bravo-"With One Consent" to all instrumentalists, soloists, and choir.!!

Just here to say this was absolutely lovely and Shauna Kreidler Michels is a star!

Beautifully done! Congrats Brian and Crew!

Excellent!!

i repent all negative comments- from dave eberhardt- i have sung with the Handel Choir- you all are fantabulous- visit the Handel Museum in Halle

Standing ovations for such lovely performances 👏🙏🤍

from dave an Edward Polochick fast tempo Messiah fan- i want- having sung w the Balto Symphony Chorus) [email protected] no one responds to these posts? much good here is said- BUT "unbelievable mysticism"? "austrians make love better than war" please try to avoid pablumic cliches?-at one pt Jennings is quoted- thank u-Jonathan- SLOW DOWN- Jonathan adds so much here- great to have him in B more- please credit sources- quotes from Handel as to hedonistic society- Jonathan's notes re this Messiah should be printed in every program- Jonathan's scholarship is impressive- Jonathan yr praise of the slow tempo is wrong- cymbals? Beecham's defense? give it to the Mormon Tabernbackle -

Bravo Handel Choir, Brian, and Soloists (Kisses to Monica and Sarah)!!! Very nicely done!

Quality of the performance was wonderful. Soloists were superb and should get gold stars for being able to sing so beautifully with face masks on.

Beautiful, thank you!

sublime! thank you so much.

i am awed by the magnificence of this performance. thank you Tod for letting us know about it.

It is the first time that Handel Messiah has felt like a memorial concert. It made me tearful thinking about those who succumbed to the virus all over the world. Seeing the singers struggling under masks was so heart-wrenching, but the heavenly voices would still comfort His/Her people everywhere from the street of Baltimore!!! Thank you so much for offering this amazing performance online. The sound mixing and video editing were also top notch!

Was looking for a live Messiah to watch this year, bless you!

Fantastic performance!

Bravo!!!

Such a wonderful gift "Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child" is! It has been a long time since I have heard it sung with such feeling and beauty.

Lovely and inspirational!

Beautiful. <3

THANK YOU, Handel Choir, for a beautiful way to start my day!

amazing!!

Man, it's like they're not even moving their mouths.

sounds heavenly!

Very good - almost as good as "Chantamicale" de Castillon la Bataille in France!!

Excelent

Inaudible ... Pb son important !!! Dommage !!!

Smooth, subtle and delicate performance, congrats. Will use this for my reference to perform this piece.

the bass part needed to be a bit stronger here but other than that good attention to dynamics with passion and musicality throughout! Good performance! But the bass line needs to be secured a bit more. I know this very well and there are parts where some of the dissonances are just something when sung well, but i didn't here them in this recording as well as they could have been sung.

Enviably beautiful performance.

Troppo veloce!

Elegant, perfect tuning, passion! What else can you get?

Bravo, très belle performance et enfin, il y a des jeunes choristes (Me, 65 years old...)