In Change Your Tune, we’re all about recognisable pieces of choral music and there aren’t many that are more famous than The Hallelujah Chorus.
But why has this one part of Handel’s Messiah become so well-known, what makes it special and why is it a tradition to stand up during performances of it? We get some answers with the help of top comedian, football pundit and classically-trained singer, Lloyd Griffith, who also tells us why his audiences can’t believe their ears when he sings in the middle of his stand-up routines.
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