Г. Ф. Гендель. Мессия

ПЕРВАЯ ЧАСТЬ

Сцена 1. Пророчество Исайи о спасении

1. Ouverture
2. Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
3. Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (tenor)
4. And the glory of the Lord (chorus)

Сцена 2. Пророчество о Судном дне

5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass)
6. But who may abide the day of His coming (bass)
7. And he shall purify the sons of Levi (chorus)

Сцена 3. Пророчество о рождении Христа

8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto)
9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto and chorus)
10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
11. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass)
12. For unto us a child is born (chorus)

Сцена 4. Явление ангелов пастухам

13. Pifa (“pastoral symphony”: instrumental)
14a. There were shepherds abiding in the fields (soprano)
14b. And lo, the angel of the Lord (soprano)
15. And the angel said unto them (soprano)
16. And suddenly there was with the angel (soprano)
17. Glory to God in the highest (chorus)

Сцена 5. Чудеса Христовы на земле

18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)
19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto)
20. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto and soprano)
21. His yoke is easy (chorus)

ВТОРАЯ ЧАСТЬ

Сцена 1. Принесение в жертву, бичевание и крестные муки

22. Behold the Lamb of God (chorus)
23. He was despised and rejected of men (alto)
24. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (chorus)
25. And with his stripes we are healed (chorus)
26. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus)
27. All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor)
28. He trusted in God that he would deliver him (chorus)
29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor)
30. Behold and see if there be any sorrow (tenor)

Сцена 2. Смерть и воскресение Христово

31. He was cut off (tenor)
32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (tenor)

Сцена 3. Вознесение

33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (chorus)

Сцена 4. Христа принимают на небесах

34. Unto which of the angels (tenor)
35. Let all the angels of God worship Him (chorus)

Сцена 5. Начало проповедничества

36. Thou art gone up on high (alto)
37. The Lord gave the word (chorus)
38. How beautiful are the feet (soprano)
39. Their sound is gone out (chorus)

Сцена 6. Мир отвергает Евангелие

40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together (bass)
41. Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus)
42. He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor)

Сцена 7. Триумф Господа

43. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor)
44. Hallelujah (chorus)

ТРЕТЬЯ ЧАСТЬ

Сцена 1. Обещание вечной жизни

45. I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
46. Since by man came death (chorus)

Сцена 2. Судный день

47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass)
48. The trumpet shall sound (bass)

Сцена 3. Победа над грехом

49. Then shall be brought to pass (alto)
50. O death, where is thy sting (alto and tenor)
51. But thanks be to God (chorus)
52. If God be for us, who can be against us (soprano)

Сцена 4. Прославление Иисуса Христа

53. Worthy is the Lamb (chorus)
Amen (chorus)