Discovery Orchestra Chorus

Discovery Orchestra Chat 62 – Text Painting

Composers drive home the meaning of words by composing appropriate musical settings.

Hallelujah! Thrill to Handel’s most well-known chorus as you follow our listening guide!

Can you sing a fast melisma? Listen to The Discovery Orchestra Chorus breeze through the melismas of this chorus from Handel’s Messiah.

Can this melody be sung…. or not?