I've posted this from the Knight Arts foundation before. It
still brings chills to my spine and tears to my eyes. Oh, to have been part of this!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_RHnQ-jgU[/youtube]
You might have to wade through an ad or three first.
We do that at the conclusion of the 9 PM Mass on Christmas Eve. We invite members of the congregation up into the choir area to sing with us. A few years we've had a
big group doing this with us.
Handel wrote the
Messiah to cover Christ's life, the spreading of the Gospel (Part II), and the Last Day (Part III). The "Hallelujah Chorus" was part of Part II--The Resurrection. I've suggested to my choir director and my church's music director that we should do it for Easter Morning, but I keep getting voted down. It's a lungbreaker to sing.