NON-SERIES CONCERT 2: Christmas in the Cathedral

Usher in Helena’s longest and greatest holiday tradition for an evening of reflection, celebration, and sounds of the season in the profoundly reflective Cathedral of St. Helena.

ALLAN R. SCOTT – Conductor
KELLY CURTIN – Soprano
LOGAN TANNER – Countertenor
WESLEY MORGAN – Tenor
CHARLES ROBERT STEPHENS – Baritone
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
HANDEL Messiah

PART I
Overture
Tenor Accompagnato: “Comfort ye my people”
Tenor Air: “Every valley shall be exalted”
Chorus: “And the glory of the Lord”
Bass Accompagnato: “Thus saith the Lord”
Bass Air: “But who may abide the day of His coming”
Chorus: “And He shall purify”
Alto Recitative: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive”
Alto Air & Chorus: “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion”
Bass Accompagnato: “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth”
Bass Air: “The people that walked in darkness”
Chorus: “For unto us a Child is born”
Pastoral Symphony
Soprano Recitative: Soprano Accompagnato: Soprano Recitative: Soprano Accompagnato: Chorus: Soprano Air: Alto Recitative: Alto and Soprano Duet: Chorus: “There were shepherds abiding in the field”
“And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them”
“And the angel said unto them”
“And suddenly there was with the angel”
“Glory to God in the highest”
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion”
“Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened”
“He shall feed His flock”
“His yoke is easy, His burthen is light”

–– INTERMISSION ––

PART II
Chorus: “Behold the Lamb of God”
Alto Air: “He was despised”
Chorus: “Surely, He hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows”
Chorus: “And with His stripes, we are healed”
Chorus: “All we like sheep, have gone astray”
Tenor Accompagnato: “All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn”
Chorus: “He trusted in God”
Tenor Accompagnato: “Thy rebuke hath broken His heart”
Tenor Air: “Behold, and see if there be any sorrow”
Tenor Recitative: “Unto which of the angels said He at any time”
Chorus: “Let all the angels of God worship Him”
Chorus: “The Lord Gave the Word”
Bass Air: “Why do the nations so furiously rage together”
Chorus: “Let us break their bonds asunder”
Tenor Recitative: “He that dwelleth in heaven”
Tenor Air: “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron”
Chorus: “Hallelujah”

PART III
Soprano Air: Chorus: Bass Accompagnato: Bass Air: “I know that my Redeemer liveth”
“Since by man came death”
“Behold, I tell you a mystery”
“The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be rais’d”
Thomas Lee, trumpet
Alto Recitative: “Then shall be brought to pass”
Alto and Tenor Duet: “O death, where is thy sting?”
Chorus: “But thanks be to God”
Soprano Air: “If God be for us, who can be against us”
Chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain”
Chorus: “Blessing and honor, glory, pow’r be unto Him”
Chorus: “Amen”

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