He Shall Feed His Flock from Handel's Messiah

Then shall the eyes of the blind ... He shall feed His flock like a shepherd

from George F. Handel's 1741 masterwork "the Messiah" performed by Boston's Baroque Orchestra and Chorus in 1992

The collection of slides from the middle 1700s to early 1800s come from England. Some are of King George II. Some are Handel himself. Others are of great abolitionists and those yearning to be free. Still others are paintings from the late medieval to early modern period (1300s-1700s) portraying the Madonna and Child. Finally there are those representing the contemporary Christmas experience in Italy, Mexico and North America. Thematically the slides do not fit together in any historical sense, but should be taken emotionally and spiritually with the tenor of the rich music. They express timeless desires and a yearning for God.

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• religion
• God
• Handel
• Messiah
• 1741
• Jesus
• Christ
• England
• slavery
• freedom
• Christmas
• holiday
• baroque
• Enlightenment
• classical

[petsally]

Beautiful song.

I'm acutally using "He Shall Feed his Flock" in an audition for college on Friday.

[mdonnelly1971]

petsally: I hope you take first prize. Good luck.

[shazzer1976]

Who are teh soloists?

[mdonnelly1971]

shazzer1976: If you do a Google search for the CD, which is shown at the beginning of this video, it's pretty easy to find the information. Thanks for your interest.

[Belcutied]

So " baroque" . Love the sound of baroque piano. Hendel had mental illness before. But God uses Him to show His " greatness". This is what should be called "magnum opus"

[mdonnelly1971]

Belcutied: "Mental illness" is sometimes characterized by extreme sensitivity. It's all relative. In the 18th Century, anyone who objected to public executions was considered frail and mentally unbalanced.

[Glenmed]

Peaceful, evocative, optimistic ... Beautiful!

[flyingfairydust]

i love Handel's Messiah. it's very beautiful. my AS music class went to hear the Messiah in the Waterfront Hall just before christmas, and it was astounding (although my friends and i did get a bit of a shock when there was a counter-tenor instead of an solo alto). thank you for uploading this; it's a beautiful version.

[swbmaniac]

Thanks, MDonnelly, for this beautiful video and recording. You and I share a sense of what Christ had to say about all forms of oppression.

[settemor]

very beautiful songed ,I will sing this in december in sandby in denmark with an other singer Im the alto ,she is soprano

[Belcutied]

Thanks for letting me know ,mdonnelly. :+>