Thoughts on various performances of Handel's "Messiah" from NYT

[John Gallup]

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This seemingly inexhaustible variety of interpretations is possible because “Messiah” is sui generis: an unclassifiable hybrid of sacred art and theatrical revelry that cannot be subsumed neatly into any given school of performance, idiom or national tradition. This is why “Messiah” has succeeded in such a wide array of cultural contexts, including the TV special “It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown” (1992), in which Marcie and Peppermint Patty attend a performance that sounds remarkably similar to the Stokowski version, as well as the Japanese animated TV series “Neon Genesis Evangelion” (from 1995 to 1996), in which the Somary recording plays over images of a teenage girl thrusting the spear of Longinus into a monstrous alien being

Edited December 23, 2023 by John Gallup
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[Oregon]

Hey, I have that record. Great stuff.

[Stringreen]

22 hours ago, John Gallup said:

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I have this one too.....don't need others