Thu, Dec 5, 2024 | 7:30pm
MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL

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North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Sarah Coburn, soprano
Aaron Crouch, tenor
North Carolina Master Chorale
    Dr. Alfred E. Sturgis, Music Director

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Selections from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Cantata I: On the First Day of the Festival of Christmas (The Nativity)
    1. Chorus: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage
    5. Chorale: Wie soll ich dich empfangen
Cantata II: On the Second Day of the Festival of Christmas (The Annunciation to the Shepherds)
    10. Sinfonia
    15. Aria: Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet
Cantata III: On the Third Day of Christmas (The Adoration of the Shepherds)
    24. Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
    28. Chorale: Dies hat er alles uns getan
Cantata IV: On New Year’s Day (The Feast of Circumcision)
    39. Aria: Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen
    41. Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
Cantata VI: On the Feast of the Epiphany (The Adoration of the Magi)
    57. Aria: Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen
    59. Chorale: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
    64. Chorale: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen

Intermission

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah
    1. Sinfonia
PART I
    2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people
    3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
          Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding
    13. Accompagnato (Soprano): And lo, the angel of the Lord
          Recitative (Soprano):  And the angel said unto them
    14. Accompagnato (Soprano): And suddenly, there was with the angel
    15. Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest
    16. Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
PART II
    34. Air (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet
    37. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
          Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in Heaven
    38. Air (Tenor): Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
    39. Chorus: Hallelujah

This concert is made possible in part by The E.T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Foundation Fund, in memory of E.T. Rollins, Jr.