It's been too long since I've sung this in a choir.
What a wonderful experience that is!
And what an amazing setting of such an important and hopeful text.
Isaiah 40:4-5
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
One of the most enjoyable experiences I have ever had in music was playing horn in the Billings Symphony Orchestra for Messiah. I did it my junior and senior years of college. It was truly the best ensemble experience I had while I played, and I always wanted to sing it too. During movements such as this when the (majority of the) brass sat out, it was hard to resist singing along. (Verboten behavior by the orchestra, unfortunately to sing along with the choir in that particular setting!)
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