Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Pt. I: Symphony
Pt. I: Accompagnato: Comfort ye my people, saith your God (Tenor)
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Pt. I: Aria: Every valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
Pt. I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)
Pt. I: Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
Pt. I: Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)
Pt. I: And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus) – Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son [Alto]
Pt. I: Aria: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)
Pt. I: Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people (Bass)
Pt. I: Aria: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (Bass)
Pt. I: For unto a child is born (Chorus)
Pt. I: Pifa – Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field (Soprano)
Pt. I: Accompagnato: And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Soprano) – Recitative: And the angel said unto them: Fear not [Soprano]
Pt. I: Accompagnato: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
Pt. I: Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
Pt. I: Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano) - Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened [Alto]
Pt. I: Duet: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Alto, Soprano)
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Pt. I: His yoke is easy and His burthen is light (Chorus)
Pt. II: Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
Pt. II: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)
Pt. II: Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows! (Chorus)
Pt. II: And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
Pt. II: All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
Pt. II: Accompagnato: All they that see Him Laugh Him to scorn (Tenor)
Pt. II: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)
Pt. II: Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
Pt. I: Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)
Pt. II: Accompagnato: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor)
Pt. II: Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell (Tenor)
Pt. II: Lift up your heads (Chorus) - Unto which of the angels said He at any time [Tenor]
Pt. II: Let all the angels of God worship Him (Chorus)
Pt. II: Aria: Thou art gone up high (Bass)
Pt. II: The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
Pt. II: Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace (Soprano)
Pt. II: Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus)
Pt. II: Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
Pt. II: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus) - He hath dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn [Tenor]
Pt. II: Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)
Pt. II: Hallelujah! (Chorus)
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Pt. III: Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)
Pt. III: Since by man came death (Chorus)
Pt. III: Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
Pt. III: Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass) - Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written [Alto]
Pt. III: Duet: O Death, where is thy sting (Alto, Tenor)
Pt. III: But thanks be to God (Chorus)
Pt. III: Aria: If God be for us, who can be against us? (Soprano)
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Pt. III: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)
Pt. III: Amen (Chorus)