I have been listening to The Messiah for about a decade now. My mother first introduced me to it. We would listen to the Young Messiah, a contemporary version, when we looked at the Christmas lights over in Highland Park Village – Dallas Texas. Then in my senior year in High school the chorus teacher, Mrs. Grimland, wanted so badly to perform parts of the Messiah. For one reason or another we were unable to do it. As a consolation she gave all the seniors a copy of the entire score as a graduation gift. So every year I dust my copy of The Messiah and listen to it at Christmas and Easter.
For some reason I have been listening to it a lot this year, not just At Christmas and Easter. It occurred to me that I ought to focus some of my energy on The Messiah as a bible study. So at least every week I’ll study the bible verses in one or more songs out of the Messiah. So dust off your copy of the messiah, grab your bible, and follow along with me. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, perform my favorite version.
I’ll start off with No2. Comfort Ye My People.
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