3 YouTube Video Performances of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus
These Performances of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus Are Heartwarming to Watch
A couple of my Facebook friends recently posted two YouTube videos of performances of Handel's Hallelujah chorus. Listening to this beautiful piece of music usually gives me chills. Watching these performances of the Hallelujah Chorus brought out even more emotions. In addition to chills, these videos made smile, laugh, and brought tears to my eyes. After viewing them, I wanted to share them. They are non traditional performances and are extremely enjoyable. I also wanted to share a third YouTube video because it is a more traditional performance of the Hallelujah Chorus. Below are descriptions of the three performances and links to them.
Hallelujah Chorus Performance #1
The first performance of the Hallelujah Chorus features a choir that surprised shoppers in the Seaway Mall in Welland, Ontario. The choir was interspersed throughout the food court. The performance took place on November 13, 2010. It has already received over 25,000,000 hits on YouTube. It is heartwarming to watch the reactions of the shoppers as they view this very special performance. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE
Hallelujah Chorus Performance #2
The second performance features a high school choir. The students are all dressed as silent monks. Handel's Hallelujah Chorus plays while the choir gives an amazing and somewhat humorous performance without singing a single word. It was posted on YouTube in December 2008. The performance has received over 5,000,000 hits. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTEzNU
Hallelujah Chorus Performance #3
The final video is a more traditional performance of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. It is a beautiful live performance from Andre Rieu's "Life From Radio City Music Hall" in New York City. It was posted on YouTube in February 2009 and has received over 700,000 hits. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU
I hope you enjoy these three YouTube videos of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
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Post a CommentGreat idea, sometimes I feel like hearing it at other times of year.
I don't get over to AC much anymore, but I am spreading a little page view love today. Happy Holidays!!
Great! Thanks for alerting us! Merry Christmas, Karen!
My church annually holds an open Messiah Sing--this year's is January 9--so around this time of year I like to refamiliarize myself with the score, be really glad I'm not one of the soloists, and get into the holiday spirit. I have a recording, but this is even better! Thanks so much!
Great job! Thanks for checking in on me. My computer crashed, and my laptop too. The used laptop is old, and will not let me log in to ac. Hope Sant brings me a new one. LOL! Merry Christmas!
I listened to the first and third, and thought the first was the best! I had seen a bit of this on the news, but the entire video is most fun to watch. Thanks for posting this. MERRY CHRISTMAS! rcj
Thanks for these and I'm going to come back and listen to them. Merry Christmas to you, Karen.