The Messiah

George Frederick Handel's 'The Messiah' The London Philharmonic Orchestra Walter Susskind Conducting Frederick Jackson choirmaster Part The First Overture Comfort ye my people Every valley shall be exalted Thus saith the Lord of Hosts But who may abide the day of His coming And He shall purify the sons of Levi Behold a virgin shall conceive O Thou that tells good tidings toward Zion For behold, darkness shall cover the earth The people that walked in darkness For unto us a child is born Pifa There were shepherds abiding in the fields Glory to God in the Highest Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened He shall feed His flock like a shepherd His yoke is easy, His burden is light Part The Second Behold the Lamb of God He was despised and rejected Surely, He has borne our griefs And with His stripes, we are healed All we like sheep have gone astray All they that see Him, laugh him to scorn He trusted in God that He would deliver Him Thy rebuke hath broken His heart Behold and see if there be any sorrow He was cut off out of the land of the living But Thou did not leave His soul in hell Lift up your heads, o ye gates How beautiful are the feet of them Why do the nations so furiously rage Let us break thy bonds asunder He that dwelleth in Heaven Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron Hallelujah Part The Third I know that my Redeemer Lives Since by man came death Behold I tell you a mystery The trumpet shall sound Worthy is the Lamb that was slain -Amen