I sing in a fifty strong black male chorus (me being the only white man in the group)and we sing the Hallelujah Chorus following the arrangement from the Soul Messiah. Powerful stuff... complicated for our Chorus, which mostly does simpler, older black gospel, but very exciting when we get it.. And yes, I've heard the album... bought it when it came out. I didn't appreciate it as much at the time as I do now..

Jerry