Holy City Messiah
Event Details
December 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
INTRO
“Hallelujah!” Few excerpts are familiar to as many, and Messiah remains Handel’s best-known work. There is no better time of year to enjoy Handel’s sacred oratorio that has long been associated with good will and charity.
Join the CSO for this glorious holiday tradition, Holy City Messiah, with the CSO Chamber Chorus and four guest soloists at three beautiful churches in the Charleston area.
PROGRAM
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah, HWV 56
No. 1 Sinfonia
No. 2 Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor Recit/Aria)
No. 3 Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor Aria)
No. 4 And The Glory Of The Lord (Chorus)
No. 5 Thus Saith The Lord (Bass Recit)
No. 6. But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming? (Alto Air, version 1)
No. 7 And He Shall Purify (Chorus)
No. 8 Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Alto Recit)
No. 9 O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (Alto Air, Chorus)
No. 10 For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass Recit)
No. 11 The People That Walked in Darkness (Bass Aria)
No. 12 For Unto Us A Child Is Born (Chorus)
No. 14a There Were Shepherds In The Field (Soprano Recit)
No. 14b And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord (Soprano Recit)
No. 15 And The Angel Said Unto Them (Soprano Recit)
No. 16 And Suddenly There Was With The Angel (Soprano Recit)
No. 17 Glory To God (Chorus)
No. 18 Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion! (Soprano Air, version 1)
No. 27 All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn (Tenor recit)
No. 28 He Trusted In God (chorus)
No. 29 Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor recit)
No. 30 Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow (Tenor Air)
No. 31 He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living (Soprano recit)
No. 32 But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell (Soprano Air)
No. 40 Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage (Version1 = Bass Air)
No. 41 Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (Chorus)
No. 44 Hallelujah (Chorus)
No. 45. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano Air)
No. 47 Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass recit)
No. 48 The Trumpet Shall Sound (Section A only [mm1-156], no B recit and no Da Capo) (Bass Aria)
No. 53 Worthy Is The Lamb….Amen (Chorus)
ARTISTS
Ryo Hasegawa, Conductor
Soloists TBD
CSO Chamber Chorus (Nicholas Quardokus, Director)