One of the greatest musical thrills I get to experience, year after year, is when I conduct Kenosha’s Sing Along Messiah at First United Methodist Church in Kenosha. This year’s Messiah is coming up on Sunday night, December 20th at 6 p.m. Here is a sampling of the night’s tenor soloist, Nick Huff, singing the opening recitative and aria “Comfort ye …. Every Valley.”
The aria is a superb example of Handel’s imaginative use of Word Painting, in which the meaning of the text is given almost literal depiction in the music. It’s a formidable challenge for any singer and I am so proud of my former voice student for the brilliant and expressive way he sings this.