I love Christmas music, especially Handel's Messiah. I especially love to sing the choruses. It all started when I was in High School, and the Maquoketa Choir sang "And the Glory of the Lord". I've never been the same since. The first time I saw it in it's entirety was a couple of years later when I was in my first year at Rick's College. Later, when I was on my mission, I purchased a cassette tape of highlights from the "Messiah". And that year, my companion and I opened our presents to the strains of the "Hallelujah" Chorus. It was heavenly.
Over the years, I kept that tape, and practically wore it out. Well - what with my move this year, my cassette tapes finally all went to the DI. This of course meant that my beloved Highlights went with them. What's a girl to do? Frankly, I didn't think much about it until I realized what it was that had been missing from my Christmas this year. Yep - you guessed it. So I've been looking around at the various stores, trying to find a version of it on CD, but have been unsuccessful. Finally on Saturday, I remembered that I still had a few bucks left on my iTunes account, and found a lovely version by the London Philharmonic and Chorus, in it's entirety. I downloaded it and turned it on yesterday morning while getting ready for church.
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