Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas Day – For Unto Us A Child Is Born

 

Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio, was composed by George Frideric Handel between 22 August 1741 and 14 September 1741 in London.

With the text taken from Isaiah 9:6:

For unto us a Child is born,

unto us a Son is given,

and the government

shall be upon His shoulder;

and his name shall be called Wonderful,

Counsellor, the Mighty God,

the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

See later in today’s blog for a contemporary version of this magnificent choral piece.

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