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Hallelujah
Chorus
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
The kingdom of this world is become
the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ,
and of His Christ;
and He shall reign for ever and ever
and He shall reign for ever and ever
and He shall reign for ever and ever
and He shall reign for ever and ever
King of Kings,
for ever
and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
and Lord of Lords,
for ever
and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
King of Kings,
for ever
and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
and Lord of Lords,
for ever
and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
King of Kings,
for ever
and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
and Lord of Lords,
for ever
and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords,
and He shall reign for ever and ever
and He shall reign for ever and ever
King of Kings
for ever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
and He shall reign for ever and ever,
for ever
and ever,
King of Kings,
and Lord of Lords,
King of Kings,
and Lord of Lords,
and He shall reign for ever and ever,
King of Kings,
and Lord of Lords.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
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here it will be found in majestic splendor, pathos and
finality.
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-As Handel was described by his
servants:
"He was praying, or he was
weeping, or he was staring into eternity" -late summer, 1741
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Introduction
to first word book:
"And without controversy, great is
the mystery of Godliness: God was manifested in the Flesh,
justified by the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached among
the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in
glory."
-- I Timothy 3:16
"In
whom are hid all the treasures of Wisdom andnowledge."
--Colossians 2:3
Handel's friend, Charles Jennens, who compiled
the Scripture passages of Messiah,
prefaced the first such edition with the above verses.
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Ludwig Von Beethoven (1770-182 7), in his own hand, copied every
word and note of the Messiah, so much did he
desire to absorb every detail and nuance. It is my desire
that you have the matchless experience of reading the
Holy Scriptures of the libretto, aloud to yourself, and
then to someone else. You will enter into an intimate
fellowship with Handel and Beethoven. And then, hearing,
or participating in, the great performances of this saga
of redemption will bring new thrills for your spirit.
Beethoven was reputed to have first picked up Handel's
Messiah with these words, "Here is a different
fellow" and proceeded to play the most interesting
looking passages. On another occasion he is said to have
remarked, "Handel is the greatest composer that ever
lived", and spoke of the oratorio as having "sublimity
of language". The music of Messiah so permeated
Beethoven's being that on his deathbed he is reputed to
have quoted from The Messiah stating that if there were a
physician that could help him "His name shall be
called Wonderful". (more at The Karpeles Manuscript Library)
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Handel, upon reading
these Scriptures from the Old and New Testaments (compiled
by a friend) (August, 1741) was overcome by their power.
The music began dancing and exploding within him. He
immediately shut himself in and worked night and day,
often forgetting to eat. The servants could, from time to
time, hear his sobs as he labored over the inspired text.
He finished the original libretto and score in twenty-four
days. A complete musical performance requires nearly
three hours; the Scripture texts, thirty minutes. Read
these as Handel did and you will experience God and
eternity.
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Handel was quite tall with large
features, both physically and spiritually. He endured
much opposition from church and peers, but his generous,
forgiving heart just grew in its expansive love. He was
buried in Westminster Abbey (1759) . His tomb reads:
"I Know That
My Redeemer Liveth."
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Program
(R=Recitative)
- Comfort Ye Tenor R
- Every Valley shall be exalted Tenor
- And the Glory Chorus
- Thus Saith The Lord Bass R
- But who may Abide...His coming Alto
- And He shall purify Chorus
- Behold, a Virgin shall conceive Alto R
- O thou that tellest good tidings Alto &
Chorus
- For behold, darkness shall cover the earth Bass
R
- The people that walked in darkness Bass
- For unto us a Child is born Chorus
- There were shepherds Soprano R
- And lo, the angel Soprano R
- And the angel said Soprano R
- And suddenly there was with the Angel Soprano
R
- Glory to God Chorus
- Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Soprano
- Then shall the eyes of the blind... Alto R
- He shall feed His flock Alto & Soprano
- His yoke is easy Chorus
- II Behold the Lamb
of God Chorus
- He was despised Alto
- Surely He has borne our griefs Chorus
- And with His stripes Chorus
- All we like sheep Chorus
- All they that see him laugh... Tenor R
- He trusted in God Chorus
- Thy rebuke has broken His Heart Tenor R
- Behold and see...sorrow Tenor
- He was cut off Soprano R
- But Thou didst not leave His soul... Soprano
- Lift up your heads, O ye gates Chorus
- Unto which of the angels Tenor R
- Let all the angels worship Chorus
- Thou art gone up on high Alto
- The Lord gave the word Chorus
- How beautiful are the feet Soprano
- Their sound is gone out Chorus
- Why do the nations rage Bass
- Let us break their bonds Chorus
- He that dwelleth in Heaven Tenor R
- Thou shalt break them Tenor
- Hallelujah Chorus
- III I know that my
Redeemer liveth Soprano
- Since by man came death Chorus
- Behold, I show you a mystery Bass R
- The trumpet shall sound Bass
- Then shall be brought to pass... Alto R
- O death, where is thy sting Alto & Tenor
- But Thanks be to God Chorus
- If God be for us Soprano
- Worthy is the Lamb -Amen- Chorus
Handel's
Messiah
Comfort Ye
Isaiah 40: 1 - 3
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith
your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto
her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity
is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand
double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
straight in the desert a highway for our God
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill
shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough places plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the
mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Haggai 2: 6,7
For thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Yet
once, it is a little while and I will shake the heavens,
and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will
shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall
come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the
Lord of Hosts.
Malachi 3: 1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and
he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye
seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He
shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Malachi 3: 2
But who may abide the day of His coming?
and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a
refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Malachi 3: 3
And He shall sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi,
and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
Son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
Isaiah 40: 9
O thou that bringest good tidings to
Zion, get thee up upon the high mountain; O thou that
bringest good tidings to Jerusalem,
lift up thy voice with strength; lift
it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
Isaiah 60: 1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come,
and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60: 2,3
For, behold, the darkness shall cover
the earth, and gross darkness the people:
but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and
His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall
come to Thy light, and kings to the brightness of Thy
rising.
Isaiah 9: 2
The people that walked in darkness have
seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the
shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 9: 6
For unto Us a Child is born, unto Us a
Son is given: and the government shall be upon His
shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.
Luke 2: 8
And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their
flocks by night.
And , lo, the Angel
of the Lord came
Luke 2: 9
And, lo. the angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were sore afraid.
And the Angel said
unto them
Luke 2: 10,11
And the angel said unto them, Fear not:
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which
shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in
the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And suddenly there
was with the Angel
Luke 2: 13
And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God
Luke 2: 14
Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.
Rejoice greatly, O
Daughter of Zion
Zechariah 9: 9,10
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh
unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and
riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the
horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off:
and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his
dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the
river even to the ends of the earth.
Then shall the eyes
of the blind
Isaiah 35: 5,6
Then the eyes of the blind shall be
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then
shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the
dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out,
and streams in the desert.
He shall feed his
flock like a shepherd
Isaiah 40: 11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:
he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in
his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with
young.
Matthew 11: 28, 29
Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
His yoke is easy
Matthew 11: 30
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.
Behold the lamb of
God
John 1: 29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world.
He was despised
Isaiah 53: 3
He is despised and rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as
it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we
esteemed him not.
Isaiah 50: 6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my
face from shame and spitting.
Surely He hath
borne our griefs
Isaiah 53: 4,5
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.
And with His stripes we are healed
Isaiah 53: 5
But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep
have gone astray
Vocal (mp3)
Isaiah 53: 6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we
have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all.
All they that see
him laugh him to scorn
Psalm 22: 7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn:
they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
He trusted in God
Psalm 22: 8
He trusted on the Lord that he would
deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in
him.
Thy rebuke has
broken His heart
Psalm 69: 20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am
full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity,
but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Behold, and see if
there be any sorrow
Lamentations 1: 12
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass
by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my
sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath
afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
He was cut off out
of the land of the living
Isaiah 53: 8
He was taken from prison and from
judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he
was cut off out of the land of the living: for the
transgression of my people was he stricken.
But Thou didst not
leave His soul in hell
Psalm 16: 10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Lift up your heads,
O ye gates
Psalm 24: 7 - 10
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory
shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong
and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads,
O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and
the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of
Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
Unto which of the
angels said He at any time
Hebrews 1: 5
For unto which of the angels said He at
any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?
And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to
me a Son?
Let all the angels
of God worship Him
Hebrews 1: 6
And again, when He bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, He saith, "And let all
the angels of God worship Him."
Thou art gone up on
high
Psalm 68: 18
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast
led captivity captive: Thou hast received gifts for men;
yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might
dwell among them.
The Lord gave the
word
Psalm 68: 11
The Lord gave the word: great was the
company of those that published it.
How beautiful are
the feet
Romans 10: 15
And how shall they preach, except they
be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things!
Their sound is gone
out
Romans 10: 18
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes
verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their
words unto the ends of the world.
Why do the nations
so furiously rage together?
Psalm 2: 1,2
Why do the heathen rage, and the people
imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against
the Lord, and against His anointed, (saying,)
Let us break their
bonds assunder
Psalm 2: 3
Let us break their bands asunder, and
cast away their cords from us.
He that dwelleth in
heaven
Psalm 2: 4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall
laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision
Thou shalt break
them
Psalm 2: 99.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of
iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel
Hallelujah
organ Midi
Revelation 19: 6
And I heard as it were the voice of a
great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as
the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Revelation 11: 15
And the seventh angel sounded; and
there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms
of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 19: 16
And He hath on His vesture and on His
thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS.
I know that my
redeemer liveth
Job 19: 25, 26
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and
that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And
though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I see God.
1Corinthians 15: 20
But now is Christ risen from the dead,
and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Since by man came
death
1Corinthians 15: 21, 22
For since by man came death, by man
came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Behold I tell you a
mystery
1Corinthians 15: 51, 52
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shallall be changed, In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
The trumpet shall
sound
1Corinthians 15: 52 - 54
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. For this corruptable must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.
Then shall be
brought to pass
1Corinthians 15: 54
So when this corruptible shall have put
on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death where is
thy sting?
1Corinthians 15: 55 ,56
O death, where is thy sting? O grave
where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the
strength of sin is the law.
But Thanks be to
God
I Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
If God be for us
Romans 8: 31, 33, 34
What shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against us? Who shall lay
any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that
died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Worthy is the Lamb
Revelation 5: 12, 13
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and
wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth,
and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all
that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour,
and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Amen
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THE FIRST PERFORMANCE
"For relief of the Prisoners in the several Gaols,
and for the support of Mercer's Hospital in Stephen's
Street, and of the Charitable Infirmary on the Inns Quay,
on Monday the 12th of April, will be performed
at the Musick Hall on Fishamble Street Mr. Handel's new
Grand Oratorio, call'd the MESSIAH, in which the
Gentlemen of the Choirs of both Cathedreals will assist,
with some Concertoes on the Organ, by Mr. Handell. "
Dublin Journal, 27 March, 1742
"On Tuesday last [13 April, 1742] Mr. Handel's
Sacred Grand Oratorio, the MESSIAH, was performed at the
New Musick-Hall in Fishamble-street; the best Judges
allowed it to be the most finished piece of Musick. Words
are wanting to express the exquisite Delight it afforded
to the admiring crouded Audience. The Sublime, the Grand,
and the Tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestick
and moving Words composed to transport and charm the
ravished Heart and Ear. It is but justice to Mr. Handel
that the World should know, he generously gave the Money
arising from this Grand Performance to be shared by the
Society for relieving Prisoners, the Charitable Infirmary,
and Mercer's Hospital, for which they will ever
gratefully remember his Name.... There were about 700
people in the Room [built for 600] and the sum collected
for that Noble and Pious Charity amounted to about 400l.
out of which 127l. goes to each of the three great and
pious Chairities."
Dublin Journal, 17 April, 17
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