George Frederic Handel - Overture to "The Messiah"
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Thank God the world if full of three things:
Air - for us to breath
Artists - to inspire us
Arseholes - those who think they're artists but are full of air.
Peace! :-)
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After listening to this, I can die in peace...
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One of youtube's most entertaining features is the comments section on videos featuring baroque music. It would seem that every person is an expert on stylistic baroque playing!
To me, this is an interesting take on the work. I can appreciate it is slower than other versions, but surely the LPO went through some sort of deliberate decision making process to choose this tempo - not simply saying 'it's too hard to play fast, we'll slow it down'
Calm down, respect artistic decisions & enjoy music
3 months ago 3
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@Luverxmusicx me too Orchestra Hall right
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it could be a tiny bit faster not to fast though cause then it takes the beauti from the music
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i was about ten when i played this with my orchestra in downtown chicago
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You should know that the work is called "Messiah."
Not 'The Messiah'
5 months ago 2
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Tempi in the Baroque era for slower movements were faster than today because the baroque bow has difficulty with holding long notes. You can't even hear the dotted rythm clearly! Plus, you would never ever start a Baroque opera or oratorio with a "largo molto" tempo.
Clearly, nobody here knows much about music of this period.
Beecham and his orchestra perform this in a post-nineteenth century style, without any real knowledge of the aesthetic of the period.
HARMONICO101 2 years ago 33
this tempo is way too slow
eckid1 1 year ago 10