Handel: Messiah

Described by librettist Charles Jennens with typical English understatement as “a fine entertainment”, Handelʼs Messiah was initially controversial as a biblical oratorio written…

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Songs

  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 1, Overture (Sinfony)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 2, Accompagnato "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" (Tenor)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 3, Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 4, Chorus "And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed"
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 5, Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord" (Bass)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 6, Air "'But who may abide the day of his coming!" (Mezzo-soprano)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 7, Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 8, Recitative "Behold! A virgin shall conceive" (Mezzo-soprano)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 9, Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Mezzo-soprano and Chorus)
  • Messiah, HWV 56: No. 10, Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)