Work
George Frideric Handel Composer
Messiah, HWV56 (1754 Foundling Hospital Version)
Performances: 21
Tracks: 140
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Messiah, HWV56 (1754 Foundling Hospital Version)Year: 1754
Genre: Oratorio
Pr. Instrument: Voice
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Part 1
- 1.Sinfonia
- 2.Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people; 3.Aria (Tenor): Every valley shall be exalted
- 4.Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
- 5.Recitative (Bass): Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; 6.Aria (Bass): But who may abide
- 7.Chorus: And He shall purify
- 8.Recitative (Alto): Behold, a virgin shall conceive; 9.Aria (Alto) and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
- 10.Recitative (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth; 11.Aria (Bass): The people that walked in darkness
- 12.Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
- 13.Pifa: Pastoral Symphony
- 14.Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the fields; 15-16.Recitative and Arioso (Soprano): And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them; 17.Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them; 18.Recitative (Soprano): And suddenly there was with the angel; 19.Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
- 20.Aria (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
- 21.Recitative (Soprano): Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened; 22.Aria (Soprano): He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
- 23.Chorus: His yoke is easy, and His burden is light
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Part 2
- 24.Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God
- 25.Aria (Alto): He was despised and rejected of men
- 26.Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs; 27.Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
- 28.Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
- 29.Recitative (Tenor): All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn; 30.Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him
- 31.Recitative (Tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; 32.Aria (Tenor): Behold and see if there be any sorrow; 33.Recitative (Tenor): He was cut off out of the land of the living
- 34.Aria (Tenor): But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
- 35.Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
- 36.Recitative (Tenor): Unto which of the angels said He; 37.Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
- 38.Aria (Bass or Alto): Thou art gone up on high
- 39.Chorus: The Lord gave the Word
- 40.Aria (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet
- 41.Arioso (Tenor): Their sound is gone out into all lands
- 43.Aria (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously rage together?; 44.Chorus: Let us break our bonds asunder
- 45.Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in heaven; 46.Aria and Recitative (Tenor): Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
- 47.Chorus: Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ('Hallelujah Chorus')
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Part 3
- 48.Aria (Soprano): I know that my Redeemer liveth
- 49.Chorus: Since by man came death
- 50.Recitative (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mystery; 51.Aria (Bass): The trumpet shall sound
- 52.Recitative (Alto): Then shall be brought to pass; 53.Duet (Alto, Tenor): O death, where is thy sting?
- 54.Chorus: But thanks be to God
- 55.Aria (Alto): If God be for us
- 56.Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb was slain
- 57.Chorus: Amen
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