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2006 Dec 20, 21, 22, 23 / Subscription Season / Bicket

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9542
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Orchestras
  • New York Philharmonic
Conductors
Soloists
"S" = Soloist
"A" = Assisting Artist
Works
  • Handel / Messiah
    • Part I
    • Sinfonia (Overture)
    • Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye my people
    • Air (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    • Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
    • Recitative (Bass): Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
    • Air (Contralto): But who may abide the day of His coming?
    • Chorus: And He shall purify
    • Recitative (Contralto): Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    • Air (Contralto and Chorus): O thou that tellest
    • Recitative (Bass): For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    • Air (Bass): The people that walked in darkness
    • Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
    • Pifa ("Pastoral Symphony")
    • Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the field
    • Recitative (Soprano): And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them
    • Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them
    • Recitative (Soprano): And suddenly there was with the angel
    • Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    • Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
    • Recitative (Contralto): Then shall the eyes of the blind
    • Duet (Soprano and Contralto): He shall feed His flock
    • Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
    • Part II
    • Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    • Air (Contralto): He was despised
    • Chorus: Surely, He hath borne our griefs
    • Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    • Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
    • Recitative (Tenor): All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn
    • Air (Tenor): Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    • Recitative (Tenor or Soprano): He was cut off out of the land of the living
    • Air (Tenor): But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
    • Chorus: Lift up your heads
    • Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    • Air (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet of them
    • Air (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
    • Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
    • Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in heaven
    • Air (Tenor): Thou shallt break them with a rod of iron
    • Chorus: Hallelujah!
    • Part III
    • Air (Soprano): I know that my Redeemer liveth
    • Chorus: Since by man came death
    • Recitative (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mystery
    • Air (Bass): The trumpet shall sound
    • Recitative (Alto): Then shall be brought to pass
    • Air (Soprano): If God be for us
    • Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
    • Chorus: Amen
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Dates / Event Types / Venues
  • Dec 20, 2006 / 7:30PM / Subscription Season / Riverside Church / Manhattan, NY
  • Dec 21, 2006 / 7:30PM / Subscription Season / Riverside Church / Manhattan, NY
  • Dec 22, 2006 / 8:00PM / Subscription Season / Riverside Church / Manhattan, NY
  • Dec 23, 2006 / 8:00PM / Subscription Season / Riverside Church / Manhattan, NY
Notes
Project Funder
  • Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
Concert program, 20 Dec 2006, Program ID 9542, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/7bf1b725-fffd-47dd-a317-42739a3f0106-0.1