Sing-along 'Messiah' returns to St. Philip's on Sunday

The music is almost 300 years old, and it’s been at least 20 years since it’s been performed at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Wrangell, but George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” is timeless and the community is invited to a sing-along Sunday, Dec. 1.

“We decided to try to revive it,” Bonnie Demerjian said of the community sing-along event.

“We’re just going to sing along with the recording” of “Messiah” by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, she explained. “They’re our backup.”

It’s “classical (music) karaoke.”

It will be a much shorter version than the full “Messiah,” which runs more than two hours. The sing-along will include the Hallelujah chorus and maybe one other chorus, Demerjian said. “It will depend on how much people want to do.”

There are no practice sessions and the sing-along will be informal. The organizers will have some copies of the music available to share if people don’t have their own to bring.

The community is invited to come listen; singing is optional.

The sing-along will start soon after a short service at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. Light refreshments will be served after the music.

 

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