THE MESSIAH-LISTEN AND PRACTICE: 2025 VERSION!

Assigned: Oct 3

Practice Tracks: 

Hey singers! Here are 2 practice resources to help you internalize your Messiah part.

Once you have a favourite of the two, review the following: 

#4: And the Glory

#7: Purify

#9: Oh thou that tellest

#12: For Unto Us

#17: Glory to God

#21: His yoke is easy

#22: Behold,

#24-Surely

#25-And With His Stripes

#26-All We like Sheep

#28-He trusted in God.

#41: Let us Break Their Bonds

#44: Hallelujah

#53: Worthy is the Lamb

Messiah learning helper sites online:

VOCES8: Early music instrument version:

Use the timestamps to find the movement you'd like to hear!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjQ77ol2DI

Choral Bass - entirely electronic tracks, with option to highlight whichever part you need, but no actual voice/words:

• http://cyberbass.org/Major_Works/Handel_GF/Handel_Messiah.htm

  • select the number (song, e.g. 4: And the glory of the Lord) and then voicepart (e.g. tenor).

Chord Perfect youtube site - has actual voices singing the parts, with words, but the voices can be a bit annoying sometimes:

• SOP PLAYLIST 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkCWJzbrpi0&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VMO7H_PPCq_jD0TTa-jkWBP

• ALTO PLAYLIST

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTV5FV5KwlU&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VN-W9401lwPSruikVPrsKSx

• TENOR PLAYLIST

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-djvRC22IvQ&list=PLa3ZBVWX19VO1HvejJUbAbUyCDVtuV833

• BASS PLAYLIST

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYh3jqZthk4