Handel's Messiah (HWV 56)
Performed by the English Concert and Choir on authentic instruments (1988)
Directed by Trevor Pinnock
31. (Part II) Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
Chorus
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Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord might in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory.
(Psalm XXIV, 7-10)
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Delightful! Will sing this with choir on Palm Sunday...but not as well as this, fer sher :o)
huntrichardson 11 months ago
@oonchee I'm not talking about right on 2:28 you wise rabbit! lol But the tenors that end the baseball chant "The Lord of Hosts" right after 2:28
MrPfund 1 year ago
@MrPfund those are called altos at 2:28 dingbat.......
oonchee 1 year ago
I love this song!
My church is going to be singing it on Christmas Eve.
I can't wait!
Elisabethviolin 2 years ago
Absolutely beautiful! My school's chamber orchestra (which I am in) is playing this with our choir for our Christmas concert.
ShmeagolDwarf 2 years ago
listen to the tenors at 2:28 talk about ejaculatory splendour!
MrPfund 2 years ago
I like sincerely this music since this is the "Sursum corda" of "Messiah". I thanks a lot. This is one of the best performances.
jeanfrancoisk 2 years ago
beautiful voices
very neat and clean
klassicalkid90 2 years ago 2
awesome! love the voice controls.thanks for posting
minipa008 3 years ago