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2008 Dec 17, 18, 19, 20 / Subscription Season / Koopman

ID:
9830
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  • New York Philharmonic
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"S" = Soloist
"A" = Assisting Artist
Works
  • Handel / Messiah
    • Sinfonia (Overture)
    • Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye my people
    • Air (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
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  • Handel / Messiah
    • 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
    • "And lo, the angel of the Lord," Arioso (Soprano)
    • 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
  • Intermission
    • Handel / Messiah
      • 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
      • Chorus: He Trusted in God
      • Air (Tenor): They rebuke hath broken His heart
      • 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
      • 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!
      • 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
      • Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
      • Chorus: Amen
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    Dates / Event Types / Venues
    • Dec 17, 2008 / 7:30PM / Subscription Season / Avery Fisher Hall / Manhattan, NY
    • Dec 18, 2008 / 7:30PM / Subscription Season / Avery Fisher Hall / Manhattan, NY
    • Dec 19, 2008 / 8:00PM / Subscription Season / Avery Fisher Hall / Manhattan, NY
    • Dec 20, 2008 / 8:00PM / Subscription Season / Avery Fisher Hall / Manhattan, NY
    Notes
    Project Funder
    • Leon Levy Foundation
    Preferred Citation
    Concert program, 17 Dec 2008, Program ID 9830, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
    https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/a62b001a-eae9-42ec-80fc-12a6376c3432-0.1