Handel’s Messiah
Dec 21, 2019
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Grant Gershon, Conductor
Colburn School of Performing Arts; Zipper Hall
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The perennially popular Handel’s Messiah jubilantly conducted by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, and sung by the Los Angeles Master Chorale is a Christmas concert experience not to be missed.
Grant Gershon, conductor
48 voices, chamber orchestra
48 voices, chamber orchestra
April Amante, soprano
Callista Hoffman-Campbell, mezzo-soprano
Todd Strange, tenor
Chung Uk Lee, bass
PROGRAM NOTES
| Title | Composers/Arranger | Guest Artists |
|---|---|---|
| Messiah | George Frideric Handel | |
| 1. Overture | George Frideric Handel | |
| 2. Comfort ye my people | George Frideric Handel | |
| 3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted | George Frideric Handel | |
| 4. And the glory of the Lord | George Frideric Handel | |
| 5. Thus saith the Lord | George Frideric Handel | |
| 6. But who may abide | George Frideric Handel | |
| 7. And He shall purify | George Frideric Handel | |
| 7a. Behold, a virgin shall conceive | George Frideric Handel | |
| 8. O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | George Frideric Handel | |
| 9. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | George Frideric Handel | |
| 10. The People Who Walked in Darkness | George Frideric Handel | |
| 11. For unto us a child is born | George Frideric Handel | |
| 12. Pastoral Symphony | George Frideric Handel | |
| 12a. There were shepherds abiding in the field | George Frideric Handel | |
| 13. And lo, the angel of the Lord | George Frideric Handel | |
| 13a. And the angel said unto them | George Frideric Handel | |
| 14. And suddenly, there was with the angel | George Frideric Handel | |
| 15. Glory to God in the highest | George Frideric Handel | |
| 16. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | George Frideric Handel | |
| 16a. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened | George Frideric Handel | |
| 17. He shall feed his flock | George Frideric Handel | |
| 17. Come unto Him | George Frideric Handel | |
| 18. His yoke is easy | George Frideric Handel | |
| 19. Behold the Lamb of God | George Frideric Handel | |
| 20. He was despised | George Frideric Handel | |
| 21. Surely He hath borne our griefs | George Frideric Handel | |
| 22. And with His stripes | George Frideric Handel | |
| 23. All we like sheep | George Frideric Handel | |
| 24. All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn | George Frideric Handel | |
| 25. He trusted in God | George Frideric Handel | |
| 26. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart | George Frideric Handel | |
| 27. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow | George Frideric Handel | |
| 28. He was cut out of the land of the living | George Frideric Handel | |
| 29. Why do the nations so furiously rage together | George Frideric Handel | |
| 30. Let us break their bonds asunder | George Frideric Handel | |
| 36. Why do the nations so furiously rage together | George Frideric Handel | |
| 37. Let us break their bonds asunder | George Frideric Handel | |
| 37a. He that dwelleth in heaven | George Frideric Handel | |
| 38. Thou shalt break them | George Frideric Handel | |
| 39. Hallelujah | George Frideric Handel | |
| 40. I know that my Redeemer liveth | George Frideric Handel | |
| 41. Since by man came death | George Frideric Handel | |
| 42. Behold, I tell you a mystery | George Frideric Handel | |
| 43. The trumpet shall sound | George Frideric Handel | |
| 47. Worthy is the Lamb | George Frideric Handel | |
| 47. Amen | George Frideric Handel |
Handel’s Messiah
The perennially popular Handel’s Messiah jubilantly conducted by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, and sung by the Los Angeles Master Chorale is a Christmas concert experience not to be missed.
Grant Gershon, conductor
48 voices, chamber orchestra
48 voices, chamber orchestra
April Amante, soprano
Callista Hoffman-Campbell, mezzo-soprano
Todd Strange, tenor
Chung Uk Lee, bass
PROGRAM NOTES
| Title | Composers/Arranger | Guest Artists |
|---|---|---|
| Messiah | George Frideric Handel | |
| 1. Overture | George Frideric Handel | |
| 2. Comfort ye my people | George Frideric Handel | |
| 3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted | George Frideric Handel | |
| 4. And the glory of the Lord | George Frideric Handel | |
| 5. Thus saith the Lord | George Frideric Handel | |
| 6. But who may abide | George Frideric Handel | |
| 7. And He shall purify | George Frideric Handel | |
| 7a. Behold, a virgin shall conceive | George Frideric Handel | |
| 8. O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | George Frideric Handel | |
| 9. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | George Frideric Handel | |
| 10. The People Who Walked in Darkness | George Frideric Handel | |
| 11. For unto us a child is born | George Frideric Handel | |
| 12. Pastoral Symphony | George Frideric Handel | |
| 12a. There were shepherds abiding in the field | George Frideric Handel | |
| 13. And lo, the angel of the Lord | George Frideric Handel | |
| 13a. And the angel said unto them | George Frideric Handel | |
| 14. And suddenly, there was with the angel | George Frideric Handel | |
| 15. Glory to God in the highest | George Frideric Handel | |
| 16. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | George Frideric Handel | |
| 16a. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened | George Frideric Handel | |
| 17. He shall feed his flock | George Frideric Handel | |
| 17. Come unto Him | George Frideric Handel | |
| 18. His yoke is easy | George Frideric Handel | |
| 19. Behold the Lamb of God | George Frideric Handel | |
| 20. He was despised | George Frideric Handel | |
| 21. Surely He hath borne our griefs | George Frideric Handel | |
| 22. And with His stripes | George Frideric Handel | |
| 23. All we like sheep | George Frideric Handel | |
| 24. All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn | George Frideric Handel | |
| 25. He trusted in God | George Frideric Handel | |
| 26. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart | George Frideric Handel | |
| 27. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow | George Frideric Handel | |
| 28. He was cut out of the land of the living | George Frideric Handel | |
| 29. Why do the nations so furiously rage together | George Frideric Handel | |
| 30. Let us break their bonds asunder | George Frideric Handel | |
| 36. Why do the nations so furiously rage together | George Frideric Handel | |
| 37. Let us break their bonds asunder | George Frideric Handel | |
| 37a. He that dwelleth in heaven | George Frideric Handel | |
| 38. Thou shalt break them | George Frideric Handel | |
| 39. Hallelujah | George Frideric Handel | |
| 40. I know that my Redeemer liveth | George Frideric Handel | |
| 41. Since by man came death | George Frideric Handel | |
| 42. Behold, I tell you a mystery | George Frideric Handel | |
| 43. The trumpet shall sound | George Frideric Handel | |
| 47. Worthy is the Lamb | George Frideric Handel | |
| 47. Amen | George Frideric Handel |
