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Handel’s Messiah
December 19-21, 2024
Program

Messiah, HWV 56

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Anthony Parnther, conductor
Jennifer Lindsay, soprano
Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano
Orson Van Gay II, tenor
Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone 
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Regent University Theatre, Virginia Beach
Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 7:30pm

First Baptist Church of Newport News
Friday, December 20, 2024 at 7:30pm

Harrison Opera House, Norfolk
Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 7:30pm


Part I:

1. Sinfony

2. Recit - Comfort ye me people

3. Aria - Every valley shall be exalted

4. Chorus - And the glory of the Lord

5. Recit - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts

6. Aria - But who may abide the day of His coming

7. Chorus - And He shall purify the sons of Levi

8. Recit - Behold a virgin shall concieve

9. Aria & Chorus - O Thou that tellest

12. Chorus - For unto us a Child is born

13. Pifa (Sinphonia pastorale)

14. Recit - There were shepherds abiding in the fields:

16. Recit - And suddenly

18. Aria - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

19. Recit - Then shall the eyes of the blind

20. Aria - He shall feed His flock

21. Chorus - His yoke is easy, HIs burdens is light


-- intermission--


Part II:

24. Chorus - Surely, He hath borne our griefs

25. Chorus - And with His stripes we are healed

26. Chorus - All we like sheep have gone astray

27. Recit - All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn

28. Chorus - He trusted in God that He would deliver Him

40. Aria - Why do the nations so furiously rage

41. Chorus - Let us break their bonds asunder

42. Recit - He that dwelleth in heaven

43. Aria - Thou shalt break them

44. Chorus - Hallelujah


Part III:

45. Aria - I know that my Redeemer liveth

46. Chorus - Since by man came death

47. Recit - Behold I tell you a mystery

48. Aria - The trumpet shall sound

53. Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain -- Amen

Program Notes
Libretto

Georg Frideric Händel 

MESSIAH HWV 56 (1742)

A Sacred Oratorio

Text: Charles Jennens