Messiah: Special Concert

Messiah: Special Concert

A beloved holiday tradition returns. Experience the power, beauty and joy of the season with Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Music Director Michael Francis, featuring The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. This timeless masterpiece has captivated audiences for generations as a cherished holiday tradition. From the soaring Hallelujah Chorus to the intimate arias that stir the soul, Messiah is a moving celebration of hope and renewal.

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah (Oratorio in Three Parts)

PART I
1. Sinfonia
2. Accompagnato Comfort ye, my people
3. Air Ev’ry valley
4. Chorus And the Glory of the Lord
5. Accompagnato Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
6. Air But who may abide the day of His coming
7. Chorus And He shall purify
Recitative Behold, a virgin shall conceive
8. Air and Chor O Thou that tellest, good tidings to Zion
9. Accompagnato For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
10. Air The people that walked in darkness
11. Chorus For unto us a Child is born
12. Pifa (Sinphonia pastorale)
Recitative There were shepherds abiding in the field
13. Accompagnato And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them
Recitative And the angel said unto them
14. Accompagnato And suddenly there was with the angel
15. Chorus Glory to God in the highest
Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
17. Duet He shall feed His flock
18. Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light

Intermission

PART II
19. Chorus Behold the Lamb of God
20. Air He was despised
21. Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows
22. Chorus And with His stripes we are healed
23. Chorus All we like sheep, have gone astray
24. Accompagnato All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
25. Chorus He trusted in God
26. Accompagnato Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
27. Arioso Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
28. Accompagnato He was cut off out of the land of the living
29. Air But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
30. Chorus Lift up your heads
34a. Air How beautiful are the feet of them
36. Air Why do the nations so furiously rage together
37. Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder
Recitative He that dwelleth in heaven
38. Air Though shalt break them with a rod of iron
39. Chorus Hallelujah

PART III
40. Air I know that my Redeemer liveth
41. Chorus Since by man came death
42. Accompagnato Behold I tell you a mystery
43. Air The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be rais’d
46. Air If God be for us, who can be against us
47. Chorus Worthy is the Lamb; Amen

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