Sun, Dec 7, 2025 | 3pm
MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL

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North Carolina Symphony
Katharina Wincor, conductor
Rachele Gilmore, soprano
Taylor Raven, alto
Aaron Crouch, tenor
Weston Hurt, bass
North Carolina Master Chorale
    Dr. Alfred E. Sturgis, Music Director

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah
PART I
    1. Sinfonia
    2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people
    3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
    5. Accompagnato (Bass): Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts
    6. Air (Alto): But who may abide the day of His coming
    7. Chorus: And he shall purify /
    Recitative (Alto): Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    8. Air and Chorus (Alto): O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    9. Accompagnato (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    10. Air (Bass): The people that walked in darkness
    11. Chorus: For unto us a Child is Born
    12. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the field
    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
    Recitative (Alto): Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd
    17. Duet (Alto, Soprano): He shall feed his flock like a shepherd

Intermission

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah
PART II
    21. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
    22. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    23. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
    24. Accompagnato (Tenor): All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
    25. Chorus: He trusted in God
    32. Air (Alto): Thou art gone up on high
    36. Air (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously rage
    37. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
    39. Chorus: Hallelujah

PART III
    41. Chorus: Since by man came death
    42. Accompagnato (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mystery
    43. Air (Bass): The trumpet shall sound
    46. Air (Soprano): If God be for us
    47. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain