Handel’s Messiah (Easter Concert) | The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
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Messiah Music Score: https://bit.ly/3pcMetx
Messiah, Complete Oratorio CD: http://bit.ly/2dnjtsz
Messiah Highlights CD: http://bit.ly/2dNtKgQ
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The live concerts by The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square have been cancelled due to COVID-19. However, the previously-recorded 2018 Messiah performance by the Choir and Orchestra, with world-class soloists, has been refreshed for a new premiere experience on YouTube. Plan your own Messiah sing-along in your own home or enjoy playing the performance on-demand on Easter Sunday.
CONDUCTOR
Mack Wilberg
ORGANISTS
Andrew Unsworth and Brian Mathias
SOLOISTS
Amanda Woodbury, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Tyler Nelson, tenor
Tyler Simpson, bass-baritone
PART I (0:00:00)
- Overture (0:00:56) Orchestra
- Comfort Ye My People, Tenor
- Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted, Tenor
- And the Glory of the Lord (0:10:33) Chorus
- Thus Saith the Lord, Bass
- But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?, Mezzo-Soprano
- And He Shall Purify, Chorus
- Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, Mezzo-Soprano
- O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion, Mezzo-Soprano & Chorus
- For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth, Bass
- The People That Walked in Darkness, Bass
- For unto Us a Child Is Born (0:34:27) Chorus
- Pastoral Symphony (0:38:57) Orchestra
14a. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field, Soprano
14b. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came upon Them, Soprano
- And the Angel Said unto Them, Soprano
- And Suddenly There Was with the Angel, Soprano
- Glory to God (0:43:30) Chorus
- Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion!, Soprano
- Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened, Mezzo-Soprano
- He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (0:50:23) Mezzo-Soprano & Soprano
- His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light, Chorus
PART II (0:59:30)
- Behold the Lamb of God, Chorus
- He Was Despised, Mezzo-Soprano
- Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs, Chorus
- And with His Stripes We Are Healed, Chorus
- All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray, Chorus
- All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn, Tenor
- He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him, Chorus
- Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart, Tenor
- Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow, Tenor
- He Was Cut Off out of the Land of the Living, Tenor
- But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell, Tenor
- Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, Chorus
- Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time, Tenor
- Let All the Angels of God Worship Him, Chorus
- Thou Art Gone Up on High, Bass
- The Lord Gave the Word, Chorus
- How Beautiful Are the Feet, Soprano
- Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands, Chorus
- Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?, Bass
- Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder, Chorus
- He That Dwelleth in Heaven, Tenor
- Thou Shalt Break Them, Tenor
- Hallelujah (1:48:37) Chorus
PART III (1:53:40)
- I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (1:54:17) Soprano
- Since by Man Came Death, Chorus
- Behold, I Tell You a Mystery, Bass
- The Trumpet Shall Sound (2:03:25) Bass
- Then Shall Be Brought to Pass, Mezzo-Soprano
- O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?, Mezzo-Soprano & Tenor
- But Thanks Be to God, Chorus
- If God Be for Us, Who Can Be against Us?, Soprano
- Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain (2:16:35) Chorus
This musical masterpiece by George Frideric Handel, first performed in the spring of 1742, has become one of the world’s most beloved musical works. To celebrate the Easter Season, The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will present Handel’s beloved oratorio Messiah. This Messiah tradition continues to be a wonderful way to celebrate the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ with people all over the world.
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