home | about us | concert series | recordings | support | news  
 


2007-2008 Season

of time and season

Christmas with Choral Arts Ensemble

Messiah, Pts II & III

Hail, Minnesota!

Annual Benefit

   A Singing Valentine

Rosemary and Meredith Willson
Harmony For Mayo
Program




Handel's Messiah, Parts II and III

March 15, 2008– 7:30 pm
Pre-concert Lecture – 7:00 pm
Lourdes Chapel, Assisi Heights

Part Two: The Suffering Lamb Who Redeems

Scene One: The Sacrificial Lamb Heals His Wayward Flock
Behold the Lamb of God –Chorus
He was despised —Aria for Alto
Surely He hath borne our griefs — Chorus
And with His stripes we are healed —Chorus
All we, like sheep, have gone astray — Chorus

Scene Two: The Abandoned Messiah Suffers Scorn
All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn — Accompanied Recit. for Tenor
He trusted in God that He would deliver Him — Chorus
Thy rebuke hath broken His heart — Accompanied Recit. for Tenor or Soprano
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow — Arioso for Tenor or Soprano
He was cut off out of the land of the living — Accompanied Recit. for Tenor or Soprano

Scene Three: Christ's Resurrection and Ascension
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell — Aria for Tenor or Soprano
Lift up your heads — Chorus
Unto which of the angels said He? — Recit. for Tenor
Let all the angels of God worship Him — Chorus
Thou are gone up on high — Aria for Alto

Scene Four: Spreading the Gospel
The Lord gave the word — Chorus
How beautiful are the feet — Aria for Soprano
Their sound is gone out into all lands — Chorus

Scene Five: The Heathen Revel Agains God's Gospel
Why do the nations so furiously rage together? — Aria for Bass
Let us break their bonds asunder — Chorus
He that dwelleth in heaven — Recit. for Tenor
Thou shalt break them — Aria for Tenor
Hallelujah — Chorus

Part Three: Thanksgiving for the Defeat of Death
Prologue: The Redeemer Lives
I know that my Redeemer liveth — Aria for Soprano

Scene One: The Expectation of Our Own Resurrection
Since by man came death — Chorus
Behold, I tell you a mystery — Accompanied Recit. for Bass
The trumpet shall sound — Aria for Bass

Scene Two: Celebration and Thanks for Victory Over Death
Then shall be brought to pass — Recit. for Alto
O death, where is thy sting? — Recit. for Alto and Tenor
But thanks be to God — Chorus

Scene Three: The Final Judgement By the Lamb
If God is for us, who can be against us? — Aria for Soprano
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain — Chorus
Amen Chorus — Chorus

Concert sponsors Carlson Capital Management and Wells Fargo

Ticket Information
Venue Information

Choral Arts Ensemble | 1001 14th St. NW | Rochester, MN 55901| 507-252-8427 | info@choralartsensemble.org

home | about us | concert series | recordings | support | news