George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Behold, I tell you a mystery?The trumpet shall sound
(from the oratorio Messiah) (1742)
Text: Charles Jennens, after the New Testament
Original Key/Recorded Key (aria): D Major
Teach-Track begins: m. 1 of recitative
Accompaniment Track begins: m. 1 of recitative
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality.
The trumpet. . . da capo