Handel's Messiah (Easter Concert) | The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra
For additional ways to enhance your Easter celebrations, visit www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist For more information about Handel’s Messiah: thetabernaclechoir.org/messiah Messiah Music Score: bit.ly/3pcMetx Messiah, Complete Oratorio CD: bit.ly/2dnjtsz Messiah Highlights CD: bit.ly/2dNtKgQ View a program of the concert: 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. MUSIC George Frideric Handel LIBRETTIST Charles Jennens 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) 1. Overture (0:00:56) Orchestra 2. Comfort Ye My People, Tenor 3. Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted, Tenor 4. And the Glory of the Lord (0:10:33) Chorus 5. Thus Saith the Lord, Bass 6. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?, Mezzo-Soprano 7. And He Shall Purify, Chorus 8. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, Mezzo-Soprano 9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion, Mezzo-Soprano & Chorus 10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth, Bass 11. The People That Walked in Darkness, Bass 12. For unto Us a Child Is Born (0:34:27) Chorus 13. 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 15. And the Angel Said unto Them, Soprano 16. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel, Soprano 17. Glory to God (0:43:30) Chorus 18. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion!, Soprano 19. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened, Mezzo-Soprano 20. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (0:50:23) Mezzo-Soprano & Soprano 21. His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light, Chorus PART II (0:59:30) 22. Behold the Lamb of God, Chorus 23. He Was Despised, Mezzo-Soprano 24. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs, Chorus 25. And with His Stripes We Are Healed, Chorus 26. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray, Chorus 27. All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn, Tenor 28. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him, Chorus 29. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart, Tenor 30. Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow, Tenor 31. He Was Cut Off out of the Land of the Living, Tenor 32. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell, Tenor 33. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, Chorus 34. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time, Tenor 35. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him, Chorus 36. Thou Art Gone Up on High, Bass 37. The Lord Gave the Word, Chorus 38. How Beautiful Are the Feet, Soprano 39. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands, Chorus 40. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?, Bass 41. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder, Chorus 42. He That Dwelleth in Heaven, Tenor 43. Thou Shalt Break Them, Tenor 44. Hallelujah (1:48:37) Chorus PART III (1:53:40) 45. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (1:54:17) Soprano 46. Since by Man Came Death, Chorus 47. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery, Bass 48. The Trumpet Shall Sound (2:03:25) Bass 49. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass, Mezzo-Soprano 50. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?, Mezzo-Soprano & Tenor 51. But Thanks Be to God, Chorus 52. If God Be for Us, Who Can Be against Us?, Soprano 53. 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. #Messiah #Hallelujah #HearHim #TabChoir #Easter #ComeUntoChrist #StartingToday #HolyWeek #GeorgeFridericHandel #HandelsMessiah 2021 Messiah Concert.
