One aria in this work features the composer's only ever tempo marking of Prestissimo in its depiction of the "refiner's fire.
One aria in this work features the composer's only ever tempo marking of Prestissimo in its depiction of the "refiner's fire." A brief instrumental interlude in this piece gets its title from a rustic wind instrument. That movement is a "pastoral symphony" called "Pifa," and other movements of this piece are the arias "But who may abide" and "I know that my redeemer liveth." Its libretto, compiled by Charles Jennens, consists mostly of texts from the King James Bible. Featuring the "Hallelujah" chorus, for 10 points, name this oratorio about the life of Christ by George Frideric Handel.
One aria in this work features the composer's only ever tempo marking of Prestissimo in its depiction of the "refiner's fire.
Messiah