Members of a flash mob perform the Hallelujah Chorus in the food court at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Over 75 singers from choirs around the region took part in the event.

The fifth annual Hallelujah Chorus flash mob brought holiday cheer Saturday morning to several locations in Lancaster city, beginning at 9 a.m. Dozens of carolers sang Handel’s “Hallelujah ...

George Frideric Handel's oratorio the “Messiah” was first performed in Dublin in 1741, and its majestic finale, the “Hallelujah Chorus,” has been exciting audiences ever since.