At least once in your lifetime. It's very uplifting. But you'll enjoy it even if you're not religious. And it has none of that *GD* filler material you often get in classical works. Heck, you'll even enjoy it if you don't like classical music (hard as that is to believe). They usually play it around Christmastime. But if you want to start out the way I did c. 30 years ago, get the excerpts first. And trust me, you'll just love it.
so many threads are just a youtube link with absolutely no commentary from the poster. and now here we have commentary, but the link is missing.
I just wanted to recommend people see the piece. It's a couple of hours long. I obviously can't share the whole thing. What part did you want me to share?
I don't mean to be indelicate. But I fail to see the relevance that has either. And yes this is a late reply.
obviously i can't tell you which part i wanted you to share when i'm not even familiar with the piece.
