'Hallelujah Chorus' performed by East Norway Lake Lutheran choir (VIDEO)

The song was performed to conclude worship at Easter sunrise worship on Sunday, April 9 at East Norway Lake Lutheran church. Video further below features the final 11 minutes of worship, with the choir's 'Hallelujah Chorus' performance from George Fredric Handel's Messiah beginning at about the 6-minute mark. Photos from ENL's Easter sunrise worship were published on page 5 of the April 13 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

Prior to writing the 260-page Messiah in 1741, Handel was nearly forced into debtor's prison. He began composing the masterpiece on August 22 of that year and finished it in just 24 days. To read in an in-depth history of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, click on the following link: https://bit.ly/40aflA2.

Lyrics to Handel's "Hallelujah" Chorus:

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

(For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth)

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth

(Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah)

Hallelujah

The kingdom of this world;

is become the kingdom of our Lord,

and of His Christ

and of His Christ

And He shall reign forever and ever

And he shall reign forever and ever

And he shall reign forever and ever

And he shall reign forever and ever

King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah

and Lord of lords forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah

King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah

and Lord of lords forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah

King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah

and Lord of lords

King of kings and Lord of lords

And he shall reign

And he shall reign

And he shall reign

He shall reign

And he shall reign forever and ever

King of kings forever and ever

and Lord of lords hallelujah hallelujah

And he shall reign forever and ever

King of kings and Lord of lords

King of kings and Lord of lords

And he shall reign forever and ever

Forever and ever and ever and ever

(King of kings and Lord of lords)

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah!