HughFromAlice's video: Handel Messiah: Why Do The Nations Rage Brilliantly Sung By Robert Hale J E Gardiner - Cond

Why rage? Our national & tribal squabbles seem so petty compared to the vastness of the universe. One of Handel's best songs set to powerful images contrasting our pettiness to this vastness. Puts things in perspective! You might also like: Beautiful Music Of Steam Elgar http://youtu.be/rL2gyP_yKqo Beethoven said that Handel was a big favourite of his. That Handel did so much with so little! Robert Hale - love that gospel voice and all that it adds to this brilliant baroque aria. Conducted by the equally brilliant John Eliot Gardiner. I love the driving force of this song. It rushes on yet evokes a feeling of timelessness! I've put images with it. From the Hubble Deep Field to our tribal/national squabbles and back. A bit of perspective perhaps. Have you ever wondered why people can be so horrible to each other - even their best friends? How love can turn to hate? My tribe or yours? So easy to lose sight of the big picture. My reminder to myself!!! This is a perspective on the human condition beyond the confines of a single nation or religion. How petty our arguments & wars compared to the vastness of our universe. When I look up at the sky I hope that humanity can be inspired by its hugeness to rise above its parochial weaknesses and fulfil its amazing potential. Robert Hale brings so much to this solo. He was also an Opera singer & had an alternative in Gospel singing. John Eliot Gardiner does a great job conducting with the Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque soloist in this 1982 recording from Philips. When George Handel - a German who settled in the UK - wrote this about 250 years ideas from science were becoming increasingly influential in the way people thought about the world. Handel was a great musician. Beethoven reckoned he was 'the man'. Handel wrote a lot of pieces - particularly oratorios, the 'musicals' of the day. I love this solo piece from his famous oratorio Messiah. Handel's Messiah was one of his greatest. (I love many of his other oratorios too - Solomon, Saul and so on). Please check these photo and video quotation sources out. Give them more hits. (To do later)/ This video has been made for non profit educational and recreational use only. No copyright has been intentionally infringed. (to complete this later)