Word: maccabeus
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...surplice stood the Rev. R. Anderson Jardine awaiting the greatest moment in his life. Hollow-eyed, the Duke of Windsor stepped in a moment later, accompanied by his elegantly groomed best man, Major Edward Dudley ("Fruity") Metcalfe. While Organist Marcel Dupre played the march from Handel's Judas Maccabeus, entered (Bessie) Wallis Warfield (Spencer) (Simpson) on the arm of the faithful Herman Rogers. She wore a dress that most U. S. department stores were soon to feature: soft blue crepe with a tight, buttoned bodice, a halo-shaped hat of the same color. At her throat was a tremendous...
...Christmas trees, and the chorus praising, "God, who doth make Intercession for us" is as mercifully timely as ever. A Week of Music Back Society Orchestra: Sanders Theatre Saturday 12/11, 8:30 (Chamber Music 8:00) Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra: Sanders Theater Sunday 12/12, 7.30 Collegium Musicuum: Judas Maccabeus Sanders Theater Sunday 12/12, 7:30 Currier Singers: Currier Fishbowl Sunday 12/12, 8:00 Harvard Glee Club-Radcliffe Choral Society Sanders Theater Monday 12/13, 8:15 University Choir: Memorial Church Monday 12/13, 8:30 "Lessons and Carols" Tuesday 13/14, 2:30, 8:30 Messiah Sing-In Dunster Dining Hall Wednesday 12/15...
Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabeus chronicles the rise of the revolutionaries to save the Hebrews from Greek and Syrian interlopers in post-Biblical times, it's also a momentous enough piece to knock a chorus and audience out for the rest of the night, what with trumpets bells, and victory chants...