Chicago a cappella performs Jonathan Miller's wacky arrangement of two holiday classics at its "Holidays a cappella" concert at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Dec. 9, 2011. www.chicagoacappella.org
So effervescent, a perfect antidote to these sobering, reflective times. Thanks to Loyd Dillon for posting this humorous medley of joy during a this conflicting holiday season of 2021.
Oh you lovely people! I'm a singer with a cold, drinking steamy drinks, inhaling bowls-ful of salty water, hoping to be able to sing my Weihnachtsoratorium tomorrow and you have given me a delightful lift! What a blast it is to sing!!!
I'm with @jonmortensen. I'm sure Handel would have approved a little humour in festive times. "It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour." (Dickens)
Heard this for the first time last night at my niece's concert. I enjoyed it. No harm to Handel and his great work. If anything those might listen now to the true Hallelujah Chorus.
@DainGerrUsss If you insist on raising this debate (due to your apparent lack of humour), note that prior to King James, all three Abrahamic religions saw God as beyond any specific gender and made clear that God was in no way like a person, and that all physical descriptions of God were only metaphors. In Hebrew, grammatical gender is NOT an indicator of actual gender. Ruach Elohim (Genesis 1:2) and Shekhinah are both feminine. Elohim, El, Adonai both masculine. God, clearly, encompasses both.