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I always think of this as the closing piece to the Christmas concert
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SPC Douglas Bolton
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Lt Col Charlie Brown Yes always. And all the past choir members who had graduated came up and sang with us. It was a special moment every time.
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Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for sharing the music video of Georg Frideric Handel - Oratorio [Messiah] - Hallelujah Chorus from Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea on December 12, 2009 in honor of the fact that on September 14, 1741 George Friedrich Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days.
This music is appreciated worldwide except in Muslim-majority countries obviously.
Background:
Musica Glorifica @ Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2009.12.3
- Conductor: Phillippe Pierlot
- Concert Master: Jin Kim
- Vocal Solos: Aki Matsui, Petra Noskaiova, Seunghee - Park, Kei Harada
- Orchestra: Musica Glorifica & Choir(Korean&Japan)

Here is a background video of Gregor Handel's entire three-part piece
Messiah - A Sacred Oratorio, Handel - conducted by Sir Colin Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuGSOkYWfDQ

Handel's beautiful composition of a sacred oratorio - Messiah. (conducted by Colin Davis). Credits are listed at the end of the video... Enjoy.
Part I
Scene 1: Isaiah's prophecy of salvation
1. Sinfony (instrumental)
2. Comfort ye my people (tenor)
3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor)
4. The glory of the Lord (chorus)
Scene 2: The coming judgment
5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts(bass)
6. But who may abide the day of His coming (alto)
7. And he shall purify the sons of Levi (chorus)
Scene 3: The prophecy of Christ's birth
8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto)
9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto and chorus)
10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
11. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass)
12. For unto us a child is born (chorus)
Scene 4: The annunciation to the shepherds
13. Pifa ("pastoral symphony": instrumental)
14a. There were shepherds abiding in the fields (soprano)
14b. And lo, the angel of the Lord (soprano)
15. And the angel said unto them (soprano)
16. And suddenly there was with the angel (soprano)
17. Glory to God in the highest (chorus)
Scene 5: Christ's healing and redemption
18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)
19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (soprano)
20. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (alto and soprano)
21. His yoke is easy (chorus)

Part II
Scene 1: Christ's Passion
22. Behold the Lamb of God (chorus)
23. He was despised and rejected of men (alto)
24. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (chorus)
25. And with his stripes we are healed (chorus)
26. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus)
27. All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor)
28. He trusted in God that he would deliver him (chorus)
29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor or soprano)
30. Behold and see if there be any sorrow (tenor or soprano)
Scene 2: Christ's Death and Resurrection
31. He was cut off (tenor or soprano)
32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (tenor or soprano)
Scene 3: Christ's Ascension
33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (chorus)
Scene 4: Christ's reception in Heaven
34. Unto which of the angels (tenor)
35. Let all the angels of God worship Him (chorus)
Scene 5: The beginnings of Gospel preaching
36. Thou art gone up on high (soprano)
37. THE LORD GAVE THE WORD (chorus)
38. How beautiful are the feet (soprano)
39. Their sound is gone out (chorus)
Scene 6: The world's rejection of the Gospel
40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together (bass)
41. Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus)
42. He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor)
Scene 7: God's ultimate victory
43. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor)
44. Hallelujah (chorus)

Part III
Scene 1: The promise of eternal life
45. I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
46. Since by man came death (chorus)
Scene 2: The Day of Judgment
47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass)
48. The trumpet shall sound (bass)
Scene 3: The final conquest of sin
49. Then shall be brought to pass (alto)
50. O death, where is thy sting (alto and tenor)
51. But thanks be to God (chorus)
52. If God be for us, who can be against us (soprano)
Scene 4: The acclamation of the Messiah
53. Worthy is the Lamb (chorus)
Amen (chorus)

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Good morning David.
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Good morning! SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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