tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post7030411753902762740..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Don't stand during the MessiahBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-29287763675476124422009-12-09T14:23:31.233-05:002009-12-09T14:23:31.233-05:00It was all in English so would have been entirely ...It was all in English so would have been entirely familiar to you - but you would not have been able to sing along.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-47336608786018541882009-12-09T11:24:48.919-05:002009-12-09T11:24:48.919-05:00"All we like sheep have gone astray" - ..."<i>All we like sheep have gone astray</i>" - I wonder how the oratorio sounds in German. I only ever heard it in English, at the annual "Messiah" audience sing-along at the Kennedy Center, with professional soloists, the opera orchestra and a 200 member choir. Very moving, year after year, and it's free.<br /><br />.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-24820570439820135302009-12-09T06:02:10.177-05:002009-12-09T06:02:10.177-05:00No you are quite right and I am quite wrong and I ...No you are quite right and I am quite wrong and I should have looked at the program. The problem is that I can't always (well never actually) tell the difference between the voices. I bow to your research on this matter. It sounds like Google Wave may be useful only in summer but I will check and get back to you.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-11702920774368228742009-12-09T05:32:46.897-05:002009-12-09T05:32:46.897-05:00Delightful to meet you and Cate last night and tha...Delightful to meet you and Cate last night and thanks very much for the plug. You've saved me the trouble of writing a review of this concert for my Blog with your fine words.<br /><br />I remain confused by some of the terminology though. Wikipedia (to which I bow in all matters of fact) tells me that Messiah is scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass. And those were the voices given in the printed programme as well. I didn't buy one as I had no money left after spending €10 on two small glasses of fizz, so I sneaked a few quick glances at the one of the woman sitting next to me. I would have thought the pregnant woman was the Soprano, the gangster the Bass (it's a shame the gangster wasn't the Soprano, that would have been quite funny) and the worried-looking bloke with the high-pitched voice the Alto (or countertenor, seeing as he was a man). But maybe that's just me.<br /><br />I have got Google Wave as well but I haven't worked out a use for it yet. It says in the introductory video that you can use it to organize a Barbecue, but I'm not planning one of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com