Handel’s Messiah

The full Messiah will not be performed on this concert, but about 75-80 minutes of the work will be featured including most of the Christmas sections (part 1). The movements currently scheduled to be performed on the concert (subject to change without notice) are listed here.

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Soloists Sarah Brailey, soprano & Dann Coakwell, tenor
Bass soloist TBA

Movements scheduled to be performed will be

From Part 1
1. Sinfony

2. Comfort ye my people
3. Ev’ry valley shall be exalted
4. And the glory of the Lord
5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts
7. And he shall purify the sons of Levi
8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive
9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
12. For unto us a child is born
13. Pifa – The Pastoral
14. There were shepherds abiding in the field
15. And the angel said unto them
16. And suddenly there was the angel
17. Glory to God
18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

From Part 2
22. Behold the Lamb of God
24. Sure he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows
25. And with his stripes we are healed
26. All we like sheep have gone astray
27. All they see him laugh to scorn
28. He trusted in God the he would deliver him
29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart
30. Behold and see if there be any sorrow
31. He was cut off
32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell
44. Hallelujah

From Part 3
46. Since by man came death
47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
48. The trumpet shall sound
53. Worth is the Lamb and Amen

https://www.chorusofwesterly.org/messiah-november-2019-movements