Handel's Messiah 2024 - Kauffman Center, Kansas City, MO

Handel's Messiah performed by the Spire Chamber Ensemble in Helzberg Hall at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri on December 11, 2024. For more information about Spire Chamber Ensemble, visit: https://www.spirechamberensemble.org/ Overture PART ONE THE PROPHECY AND BIRTH OF CHRIST OUR REDEMPTION Sinfony Comfort Ye My People (John Grau) Ev'ry Valley Shall be Exalted (John Grau) And the Glory of the Lord Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Sam Kreidenweis) But Who May Abide in the Day of His Coming (Clara Osowski) And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi (Chorus) Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (Kim Leeds) O thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Kim Leeds) For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (David Newman) The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (David Newman) For Unto Us, A Child is Born (Chorus) Pifa Angel Recits. (Youth Chorus of Kansas City) Glory to God in the Highest (Chorus) Rejoice Greatly, O daughter of Zion (Hannah De Priest) Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened (Clara Osowski) He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Clara Osowski & Linh Kauffman) His Yolk is Easy INTERMISSION PART TWO REDEMPTION’S COST: THE PASSION OF THE SCORNED, SUFFERING LAMB; HIS RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION Behold the Lamb of God (chorus) He was Despised and Rejected of Men (Patricia Thompson) Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs and Carried our Sorrows (chorus) And With His Stripes, We Are Healed (chorus) All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray (chorus) All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Steven Bradshaw) He Trusted in God (chorus) Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (David Adams) Behold, and See, if There Be Any Sorrow (David Adams) He Was Cut Off (David Adams) But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (David Adams) Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (chorus) How Beautiful Are the Feet (Kayleigh Aytes) Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together (Sumner Thompson) Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (chorus) He That Dwelleth in Heaven (Sumner Thompson) Thou Shalt Break Them (Nate Widelitz) Hallelujah (chorus) PART THREE REDEMPTION FULFILLED; THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEFEAT OF DEATH I Know that My Redeemer Liveth (Arwen Myers) Since by Man Came Death (chorus) Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Brian Chu) The Trumpet Shall Sound (Brian Chu) Then Shall Be Brought to Pass/O Death, Where is Thy Sting? (Elizabeth Johnson Knight & Steven Bradshaw ) But Thanks Be to God (chorus) If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Alyssa Nance ) Worthy is the Lamb/Amen (chorus) #handel #messiah #handelmessiah #messiahconcert #messiahperformance #music #christmasmusic #christmasmusic2024 #messiah2024