George Frederick Handel wrote the most powerful oratorio ever written in my estimation. It is called The Messiah and was originally composed for Easter. The highlight of Handel’s Messiah is the now famous “Hallelujah Chorus.” The words are profound and yet few in number. The entirety of the Hallelujah chorus is as follows: Hallelujah! For the Lord [...]
WHO Radio put up a video clip of the accordion players from Monday morning. I put a belated hyperlink in that posting but if you receive this by email you might not ever know it’s there. If a picture is worth a thousand words then this video of 13 accordion players doing their thing must surely be [...]
Most of you probably didn’t know that today is the 154th anniversary of the first accordion patent. Nary a one of you even cares. But I do. I have one. And today I was chaperoned to the WHO Radio Studio in Des Moines to join 12 other accordion aficionados to celebrate this important day. See the [...]
In my opinion one of the greatest hymns ever written, in terms of the text, is William Cowper’s 18th century song titled: “God Moves in A Mysterious Way.” Though I have never much liked the original tune the words are profoundly moving. Recently Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace Ministries wrote a new tune to this [...]
