“Hallelujah Chorus”

Cultural  

1. The most famous movement of the oratorio Messiah, by George Frederick Handel, often sung at Christmas.

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Example Sentences

Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” rose from the crowd outside the government palazzo where he handed in his resignation to end his third and final term as premier, a leadership tenure spaced out over 17 years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Handel’s “Messiah” — specifically, the “Hallelujah Chorus” — is one of the highlights of the winter concert series, especially at the Kennedy Center.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

And as the chief justice just reminded us - by way of an opinion that has the biggest private-school advocates singing the “Hallelujah Chorus” - it’s certainly not a requirement.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2020

But, I may go running through the streets singing the “Hallelujah Chorus” when the trains start running again, when my daughter goes back to school, and when I can go back to work.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2010

Finally, with the sun beginning to decline behind the Olympic flame, a choir of thousands dressed in white rose en masse and began to sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown