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Handel’s Messiah (Easter Concert) | The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra

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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

View a program of the concert: https://bit.ly/3thiiP8

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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