Messiah Highlights

Messiah, HWV 56: Epigraph "And without Controversy"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIV. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And suddenly there was with the Angel"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIII. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"

Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVII. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain", Chorus "Amen"