Monthly Archives: August 2015

Acts2:1-47 – The Day of Pentecost 

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Brad

The “Ride of the Valkyries” is the popular term for the beginning of act 3 of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas by Richard Wagner that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen. La ” Cabalgata de las Valkirias ” es el término popular para el … Continue reading →

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Acts 1:1-11 – The Ascension

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Brad

Alleluia is a piece for unaccompanied SATB chorus by Randall Thompson. Composed over the first five days of July in 1940, it was given its world premiere on July 8 of that year at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood under the direction of G. Wallace Woodworth. Aleluya es una … Continue reading →

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John 20:1-21:25 – The Resurrection

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Brad

Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and … Continue reading →

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