Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
December 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM – The Music Center at Strathmore
December 21, 2025 at 3 PM – The Music Center at Strathmore
Sarah Hayashi, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass-baritone
PROGRAM
George Frideric Handel, Messiah, HWV 56
Part I
Symphony
Accompagnato (Comfort Ye, My People)
Air (Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted)
Chorus (And The Glory Of The Lord)
Accompagnato (Thus Saith The Lord)
Air (But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming)
Chorus (And He Shall Purify) - Recitative (Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive)
Air and Chorus (O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion) - Chorus
Accompagnato (For Behold, Darkness)
Air (The People That Walked In Darkness)
Chorus (For Unto Us A Child Is Born)
Pifa - Recitative (There Were Shepherds)
Accompagnato (And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord) - Recitative (And The Angel Said Unto Them)
Accompagnato (And Suddenly There Was With The Angel)
Chorus (Glory To God)
Air (Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion!) - Recitative (Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind)
Duet (He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd)
Chorus (His Yoke Is Easy And His Burthen Is Light)
Part II
Chorus (Behold The Lamb Of God)
Air (He Was Despised)
Chorus (Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs)
Chorus (And With His Stripes We Are Healed)
Chorus (All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray)
Accompagnato (All They That See Him)
Chorus (He Trusted In God)
Air (But Thou Didst Not Leave)
Chorus (Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him)
Air (Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together?)
Chorus (Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder) - Recitative (He That Dwelleth In Heaven)
Air (Thou Shalt Break Them) - Recitative
Chorus (Hallelujah)
Part III
Air (I Know That My Redeemer Liveth)
Chorus (Since By Man Came Death)
Accompagnato (Behold, I Tell You A Mystery)
Air (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
Air (If God Be For Us)
Chorus (Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain) - Chorus
This program will run approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
This concert was made possible in part by generous financial support from Season Sponsors Ed Brinker & Jane Liu and Kathleen Knepper.