wildly popular oratorio, The Messiah<\/a>, does get played. EVERY. YEAR.) and they do, in fact, write pieces about the life of Christ. And if you really think about the story, there is a lot of dramatic stuff there (man gets crucified, etc…) that a composer can really play with to make this music really quite powerful. So what I’m saying here is that this ain’t your daddy’s contemporary christian rock record. This is music that (I feel) transcends it’s purely religious connotations, to the point where everyone can enjoy it as incredible music.<\/p>\nFirst stop\u00e2\u20ac\u201dMessiaen’s La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur J\u00c3\u00a9sus-Christ,or as translated by wikipedia: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The story that Messiaen is trying to depict isn’t so important\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbasically Christ goes up on a mountain, is confirmed as the son of God, and the light of heaven shines on him. Very exciting things. But just the way Messiaen sets this! It’s this huge orchestra and chorus, with enough power to bulldoze ten houses. And the whole piece (which is really quite long) ends with this radiant, powerful, and beautiful chorale-<\/p>\n
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