The Messiah in Midsummer

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The Essence of Baroque Choral Music in Midsummer Handel’s timeless masterpiece Messiah returns in the Seoul Metropolitan Chorus’s summer program, The Messiah in Midsummer. A masterpiece of its century and a pinnacle of the Baroque choral repertoire, Messiah has long proven both its artistic depth and broad appeal, with this production selling out year after year. In the height of the summer heat, audiences are invited to relish the grandeur and emotional resonance of choral music in this special performance. [PROGRAM] Part the first 1. Symphony 2. Accompagnato Comfort ye, comfort ye my people (Tenor) 3. Air Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor) 4. Chorus And the glory, the glory of the Lord 5. Accompagnato Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts (Bass) 6. Air But who may abide the day of His coming (Countertenor) 7. Chorus And He shall purify Recitative Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Countertenor) 8. Air and Chorus O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Countertenor) 10. Air The people that walked in darkness (Bass) 11. Chorus For unto us a Child is born Recitative There were shepherds abiding in the field (Soprano) 13. Accompagnato And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Soprano) Recitative And the angel said unto them (Soprano) 14. Accompagnato And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano) 15. Chorus Glory to God in the highest 16. Air Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano) 18. Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light Part the second 21. Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows 22. Chorus And with His stripes we are healed 23. Chorus All we like sheep, have gone astray 26. Accompagnato Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor) 27. Arioso Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor) 28. Accompagnato He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor) 29. Air But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Tenor) 32. Air Thou art gone up on high (Countertenor) 36. Air Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass) 37 주최: 세종문화회관