UMS Concert Program, May 21, '86: Grand Annual Concert -- Choral Union

Season: 1885-1886
Complete Series: LXX

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C. B. CADY, Director.
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FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2 1, '86.
te Oratorio,
FULL CHORUS ASSISTED BY
MTS8 GRACE HILTZ, Soprano.
MRS. MARY TILDEN, Contralto.
MR. C. V. SLOCUM, Tenor.
, MR. A. D. EDDY, Basso.
ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT BY A DOUBLE STRING QUARTETT FROM DETROIT.
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} Pianists. MR. F. L. YORK, J
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Concert begins at 7:30, Standard Time, Sharj).
figySymphony Concert under the Auspices of the Class of '86, Monday Evening of
Commencement Week. W
PART THE FITIST.
KECIT. cmnipmiiccl.--(Tenor.)
Comfort ye. comfort ye my people, saith your fiod; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her. that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned."
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.
AIR--Tenoh)
Every valley shall be exalted, and every, mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and tlie rough places plain.
CHORUS.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,and all llesh shall see it together; for tlie mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
RKCIT. Accompanied.--(Bass.)
Thus saith the Lord of Hosts:--Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens and the eartli, tin1 sea and the dry laud; and 1 will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come.
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.
AIR-.Bass.)
But who may abide the day of HM coining and who shall stand when he appeareth For He is like a refiner's fire.
RECIT.--(Contralto.)
Behold! a Virgin shall conceive and hear a Son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, God with us.
AIR (Contralto) and CHORUS.
RECIT. Accompanied.--(Bahs.)
For, behold, darkness shall cover tlie eartli. and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon then, and His glory shall lie seen upon Ihee and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of ttiy rising. AIR.-(Bass.)
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath tlie light shined.
CH0RU3
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and tlie government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor The -Mighty God. Tlie Everlasting Father, The Prince of l'eace.
RECIT.--(Soprano.)
There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
RECIT. Accompanied,--(Soprano )
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;
KECIT.-(SOPIIANO.)
Arid 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.
KKCIT. Acmmpanicd.--(Soprano.)
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying:
CHOKU.-t.
Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men. AIR.--(Soprano.)
Kejoice greatly. 0 daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, thy King eonieth unto thee!
He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. K EC1T. --(Coxtra lto. )
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.
AIR.--(Contralto.)
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with nis arm. and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
AIR.--(Soprano.)
Come unto Him. all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon yni. and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, anil ye shall find rest unto your souls.
PAET THE SECOND.
CHORUS.
Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Allt.-Contralto.;
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. ¦ .
chouus.
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows! He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upou Him.
CHORU.
:¦ Ml 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.
RECIT. AcenmiKiiilcd,--(Tknor.)
Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him. A1K.--(Tenor )
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow. UKf'IT. Accmnixtnkd,--JSopkano).
He was cut off out oE the land of the living; for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken.
AIR.-(jUPRANO)
But. Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer .Thy Holy One to see corruption.
CHORUS.
Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in.
who is the King of Glory
The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads. () ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come In.
¦Who is the King of Glory
The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
AIR.--(Bass.)
Why ilo the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing'.'
The kings of the earth rise up, and the riders take counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed.
CH01UTS
Let us break their bonds asunder, and east away their yoke Irom us. RI£CIT.--(Tenor.)
Up that dwelletli in heaven shall lmigli them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. .
AIR.-(Tenor.)
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou filialt dasli them in nieces like a potter's vessel.
PART THE THIRD.
AIR.--(Soprano.)
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my llesli shall 1 see God.
For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
QUARTETTE, . '
Since by man came deatti, ' '
CHORUS.
By man came also the resurrection of the dead.
QUARTETTE. . ,
For as in Adam all die,
CHORUS.
Even so in Christ shall all he made alive.
RECIT. womjaiiied--(Bass.).
Behold! I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall bechanced in a moment, m the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet
AIR--(Baps.) . ... .
The trumpet shall sound, and-the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
CHORUS.
Hai.lkmmah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. KiNii of Kings, and Lord op Lords. Hallelujah I
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