~ Jesus Christ Superstar Original Cast ~
The Temple
~ The Movie Soundtrack ~
The chorus is in 7/4, an unusual time signature. At 1:25 the orchestra enters in a different key, and it’s a miraculous moment of dissociation. Jesus looks absolutely overwhelmed. He scatters the moneychangers. Upon calming down, the musical material for Jesus’ short aria is a preview of the Gethsemane aria that comes later. It’s a brilliant flash-forward, a tip of the hat to Mahler.
Arias
These two videos should have been kept together. Mary Magdalene calms things down with a short reprise of her earlier aria as a preface to her big hit aria for the opera. Andy unashamedly steals from Mendelssohn and goes all commercial. Have a box of tissues ready for the end.