Judges Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Ceelo Green, Adam Levine, and the contestants of season three of The Voice pay tribute to the Connecticut shooting with a moving, serene performance of “Hallelujah.” Let us commemorate those who lost their lives to this tragedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO64urOFNaY Details of the victims are shared in the article “Connecticut Shooting Victims’…
Jeff Buckley is one of my personal favourite artists. Before his untimely death in 1997 he wrote many hauntingly beautiful songs. Although he did not write the following song, “Hallelujah” was a perfect symbol of his undeniable talent and passion. [youtube y8AWFf7EAc4]
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer of exponential talent, composing many operas, oratorios and concertos. Handel’s works are most famously attributed to his use of word painting, a technique used in music to have the melody mimic the literal meaning of the lyrics. Handel’s Messiah interprets the Christian view of the Messiah, or…