Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Opera Company of Philadelphia "Hallelujah!" Random Act of Culture

You may know I love learning! I also like to know answers to "Why...?" Lately on Facebook there have been posts to a food court impromptu singing of the Hallelujah Chorus. I got to thinking about why that piece of Handel's Messiah has become so famous and why we stand at its singing. So here is a little history for you...

And now a different treat courtesy of singers in Philadelphia:

1 comment:

  1. I love this! I think if Flash Mobs had been around 5 years ago, Mr. L would have had fun making us do something like this. :D

    Also... 24 days. The number of days till Christmas!

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