Boston Baroque - "Rejoice greatly" from Handel's Messiah with soprano Maya Kherani

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Soprano Maya Kherani performs "Rejoice greatly" from Handel's Messiah, led by Music Director Martin Pearlman. Recorded December 11, 2021. Calderwood Studio at GBH.

[@123brickett1]

Such marvelous singing, and then, too, that smile! We do indeed rejoice.

[@MollyMaryMahoney]

Coloratura on fire! 🔥

[@Ettenyl56jioni]

Oh my dear, Maya! You brought me to tears with such superbly beautiful and artistically executed redition of "Rejoice Greatly"! Handel, himself, must be rejoicing!

[@fredbaumann5726]

Brilliant. In both senses: style and quality.

[@ChezFeroce]

Brought me to tears. I truly wish you a bountiful career, Maya. Your voice sounds like right when summer turns into autumn.

[@OgemaryNweke]

What a voice! Beautiful lady too 😍👏👏

[@emilyyangyu7125]

Wow, so effortless and beautiful!

[@williamoates1754]

Beautiful, powerful voice, a vision soaring on a magic carpet. Bravo

[@infinitum5425]

Well its clear to hear that this aria is not a 'walk in the park' to sing but Maya handles it ( no pun intended! ) wonderfully from start to end! Marvellous performance!👏👏👏👏👏

[@angiestone1553]

Beautiful performance

[@OlgaSyniakova]

Maya, brava! 😍🤗👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dianeg4873]

Maya, I heard you perform last night in.Portland, OR. Thanks you so much for sharing your beautiful voice with us!!!

[@krisk4129]

Lovely lovely!

[@eensio]

We can rejoice your splendid singing!

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

Beautiful & powerful voice. Glad to have found you. Must check out your website for full Messiah.

[@henhenstoll]

Bravaaaaaaaa ❤️

[@mdievend]

(Mrs. Mark) Oh my goodness! I have listened to dozens of performances of this piece and I cannot ever remember hearing a more beautiful one! Absolutely wonderful!

[@francisdenis8804]

Magnifique interprétation !

[@redbunnyclassic]

Beautiful

[@alaskafan21]

Very Baroque. She has a lovely voice.

[@blm5971]

¡¡Bravo!!

[@kelvinmbati3100]

Excellent

[@joshuaweedman4595]

Everything here is stunning!

[@ayeshamorgan5793]

Excellent rendition

[@jessicacwo]

Wow. I’m so impressed to see this beautiful Desi lady be so accomplished in western classical. Gonna find her ok insta and see if she has her own channel!

[@vickygri5]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@gutbeta1]

Lovely

[@danielfryer9693]

Fabulous!

[@danielfryer9693]

Such a rich and flexible voice

[@Lexy_Meier]

Very impressive.

[@venkateshwarraochittinani2826]

Qudos Vow

[@pamelademonterayalagrande7422]

Muy bien cantado si señor

[@NN-df7hl]

Wow, beautiful. But is she being amplified by the mic and speakers? Or that's just for recording purposes? Her voice has plenty of power naturally, so please no electronic boosting.

[@MayaKherani]

Thank you for your kind comments! I was not amplified in the space, but the mics were there to capture the audio for the digital stream.

[@kathrynwhitbeck9798]

@@MayaKheraniare you putting all the melismas in a very high place¿ like even the lower ones up in full head voice

[@MayaKherani]

​@@kathrynwhitbeck9798 No, I'm using a mixed mechanism for the middle and low registers.

[@kathrynwhitbeck9798]

@@MayaKherani thanks for getting back. I sang messiah soprano solo in December. Couldn’t take a tempo this fast but I got through it lol

[@JeffSpencer-vb6ot]

It falls apart at the end, a bit. The last children of Jerusalem, seems like she's chewing on the words, but overall good

[@iancaldeian]

Technically beautiful. Now she needs to get rid to the libretto and embody the spirit of the aria.

[@mirpopolos6209]

I like to imagine that Handel would really have enjoyed this, unless of course he was "gay", which has been suggested.

[@sydneyanderson1940]

Why on Earth would he not have enjoyed this if he was gay?

[@mirpopolos6209]

@@sydneyanderson1940 That's a very naive question ! Of course, if it was an LP or CD, he might or might not have preferred this performance to others. But this is a VIDEO, and heterosexual men are liable to REALLY enjoy this (I did say "really", that is "exceptionally") for visual reasons which you don't seem to appreciate. Apart from anything else, she has what is sometimes called a great "stage presence". When she cries out to the sister of Jerusalem, you get the feeling that she really is one, although apparently she isn't.

[@Ettenyl56jioni]

What difference would that have made? 🤨

[@ayeshamorgan5793]

Excellent rendition!!!