UMS Concert Program, December 1, 1973: Messiah -- George Frederick Handel

Concert: 2
Complete Series: 3855
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University Musical Society
of
The University of Michigan
Presents
George Frederick Handel
RUTH FALCON, Soprano JOHN SANDOR, Tenor
MURIEL GREENSPON, Contralto SAVERIO BARBIERI, Bass DONALD BRYANT, Conductor
University Choral Union Members of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Robert Clark, Organist Marilyn Mason, Harpsichordist
Saturday Evening, December 1, 1973, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
In order that the continuity of the work be maintained, it is requested that the audience refrain from applause until the end of each part of the program.
SlNFONIA
Tenor--Comfort ye, My people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardon'd. 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.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
Chorus--And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Bass--Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: Yet once a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, e'en the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
But who may abide the day of His coming and who shall stand when He appeareth For He is like a refiner's fire.
Chorus--And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Contralto and Chorus--Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Emmanuel: God with us. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thec up into the high mountain! Lift up thy voice with strength! Lift it up, be not afraid! Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come; and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee!
Chorus--For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
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Soprano--There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. 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.
And 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.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:
Chorus--Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth, good will toward men.
Soprano--Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
Contralto--Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.
Contralto and Soprano--He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that arc with young. Come unto Him, all ye that labor and arc heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Chorus--His yoke is easy, His burthen is light.
INTERMISSION
Contralto--He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
Chorus--Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our trangressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
And with His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned ev'ryone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Tenor--All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,
Chorus--He trusted in God that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.
Tenor--Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him.
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.
He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken.
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell, nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.
Chorus--Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Who is this King of glory The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.
Chorus--The Lord gave the word. Great was the company of the preachers.
Contralto--How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
Bass--Why do the nations so furiously rage together Why do the people imagine a vain thing The kings of earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed.
Chorus--Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.
Tenor--He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Chorus and Audience--Hallelujah I for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Soprano--I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And tho' worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God! For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
Chorus--Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Bass--Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Chorus--Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wis?dom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Blessing and honor, glory and power, be unto Him that sittcth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever. Amen.
The University Choral Union invites the audience to join with them in singing the "Hallelujah Chorus." Unless you wish to keep it, please leave the music at the door when leaving.
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION Donald Bryant, Conductor Nancy Hodge, Accompanist
FIRST SOPRANOS
Austin, Patricia Bittncr, Susan Bond, Jerri Bradstreet, Lola Brown, Karen Calvo, Margo Cox, Elaine Dworkin, Anita Fenelon, Linda Fox, Estclle Gabrielse, Laurel Gallas. Carole Gierman, Susann Gockel, Barbara Goodyear. Cynthia Gretka, Christine Hanson, Gladys Hayes, Ruth Hisgins, Clara Holdgate, Claire Hoover, Joanne Hunt, Sherri Keeler, Ann Klepack, Karen Lahodny, Lillian Luecke, Doris Martinez, Leslie Mather, Dianne McLeod, Leslie Newman. Judith Nissen, Elizabeth Norris, Margaret Pack, Beth Parkllan, Darcy Pearson, Agnes Phillips, MaryAnn Pritchard, Karen Schilt, Margaret Schneider, Alice Schuler, Ann Simon, Susan Skiba, Mary Ann Smith, Karen Stockhorst, Eva Swartzcntruber, Anne Teichert, Janice Thompson, Kathleen Ware. Norma Watson, Deborah
SECOND SOPRANOS
Allen, Tracy Almuti, Gloria Aprill, Kathy Ayers, Meta Barden, Ann Berry, Kathy Brink, Kathleen Burr, Virginia Capalbo. Gina Carr, Nancy Christmas, Kathleen Cornell, Gail Dennis, Mary Enzmann. Jill Fox. Lynda Fromm. Elizabeth Greig, Laurie
Hackett, Marie Hiraga, Mary Horning, Alice Ingley, Mary Kolasa, Marilyn Kosarin, Stephanie Lurmee, Lynne Lawrence, Christina Leftridge, Sharon Lehmann, Judith Lifton, Janisse Lyman, Frances Maher, Cindy McCallum, Barbara Murray, Marilyn Owen, Margaret Oxendine. Jan Passias, Katherine I'etcoff, Susan Petti, Sara Poslon, Janet Pratt, Carolyn Prins, Barbara Randolph, Susan Reese, Virginia Sauchak, Jane Stacbler, Jo Ann StewartRobinson, Elizabeth Taylor, Susan Thurman, Eunice Tompkins, Patricia Wicken5, Linda Williams. Suzanne Wright, Deirdre Yoon. Soonyoung Zuelch, Mary
FIRST ALTOS
Abrams, Gloria Adams, Judith Anderson, Susan Ause, Martha Barker, Kathy Beam, Eleanor Birchett, Colleen Brace, Virginia Bramer, Kathryn Brown, Marion Cappaert, Lael Carpenter, Sally Evans, Daisy Fcldkamp, Lucy Finkbeiner, Marilyn Forsdlad, Ylva Freedman, Robin Gewanter, Ruth Gonczewski, Arlyne Goslce, Jeanne Greene, Kathryn Gross, Ellen Hall, Christine Ilalloran, Sylvia Hath, Judy Haviland. Naomi Hoexter, Margaret Hofmeister, Norma Ilollinshcad. Betsy Hovey, Wendy Kamin, Shelly
Karp, Nancy Kcppelman, Nancy Kevorkian, Kathleen Kratzmiller, Joann Kulenkamp, Nancy Landon, Joyce Lietz, Kirsten Linn, Diane Mann, Julie McCoy, Bernice Mclntire, Joan McMican, Ann Miller, Florence Murray, Virginia Nelson, Lois Petoskey, Barbara Rogers, Sally Santolucito, Marcia Schermerhorn, Karen Schneider, Gretchen Schugar, Marilyn Slee, Beth Stanley, Lynn Triplett, Janet Van Bolt, Jane Vlisides, Elena Wendt, Christine Weurding, Sharon Whelan, Katie White, Myra Wiedmann, Louise Wolfe, Charlotte Wortley, Carole
SECOND ALTOS
Anderson, Sandra Baird, Marjorie Bedell, Carolyn Clayton, Caroline Frank, Anne Gere, Anne Haab, Mary Hagerty, Joan Ham, Nancy Hannigan, Jayne Hosoya, Sachiko Johnson, Elizabeth Kayle, Hilary Lidgard, Ruth Lovelace, Elsie Mayman, Rosemary McKnight, Judith MessengerDibert, Rita Miller, Rene Nelson, Sandra Nisbctt, Susan Norris, Barbara Oliver, Cathy Olson, Constance Ray, Linda Rider, Hazel Rocger, Beverly Stebbins, Katie Thompson, Peg Vander Wai. Delores Wichtman. Stephanie Williams. Nancy Wilson, Johanna Valda, Christine
FIRST TENORS
Baker, Hugh Butler, Charles Cathey, Owen Cochrane, Alan Dombrowski, Tim Flessa, Steve Franke, Marshall Gross, Myron Krause, Thomas Krupa, Steve Lowry, Paul MacGregor, Robert Miller, Jerry Mitchell, Dennis Norris, David Sauser, Robert Setzer, Marc Ward, Kenneth
SECOND TENORS
Bartasavage, Thomas Blackford, William Chancey, Mark Chateau. Michael Clark, Harold Dailey, Joseph DeLong, Michael Etsweilcr, John Gabrielse, Richard Galbraith, Merle Girod, Albert Glover, Roy Golden, Neal Haworth, Donald Hellstedt, Peter Hmay, Thomas Jennings, James Kamesar, Daniel Klettke, Dwight Larsen, James Luker, Calvin McCarthy, David Melcher, Philip Moebs, Steve Pelachyk. John Pepin, Darryl Slotnick, Dennis Smith, Lawrence
Verschaeve, Mike Wahl, Jeff Warren, James Weamer, Alan Wortley, James
FIRST BASSES
Atkins, Anthony Ballard, Gary Beam, Marion Becvar, Thomas Berstis, Viktors Bohde, Matthew Bond, Craig Brueger, John Budday, Jeffery Burr, Charles Chateau, John Cipriano, John Dabos, Peter Damashek, Robert Datsko, Robert Eastman, John Ekdahl, Harvey Eklund, David Feldstein, Bruce Ferris, Robert Gaynor, Douglas Hagerty, Thomas Hamilton, Edgar Haviland, Robert Haynes, Jeff Heller, Leland Herren, Donald Holly, Tom Hopkins, John Hountras, John Howard, Timothy Jarrett, K. John Katterman, Lee Kays, J. Warren Kissel, Klair Lam, Samuel Lew, Dennis Linn, Tom Martinez, Douglas Meier, Sidney Muntz, Richard Olson, Steven
Ortland, David Pale, Michael Pearson, Raymond Regier, Steve Renger, Juergen Reutter, John Rieke, Thomas Robinson, Paul Rohrer, Thomas Roth, Michael Rozof, Robert Saslaw, Louis Schill, Thomas Schn, Jim Shalwitz, Robert Sheldon, Mark Spence, David Stanley, Steve Sutton, Wade Tajibnapis, William Tompkins, Terril Walker, Ben Wcadon, Mark White, Andrew Williams, Riley
SECOND BASSES
Beach, Thomas Chin, Gabriel Fillyaw, Harold Johnson, David Kallie, Lawrence Larrouy, David Lehmann, Charles Mclntire, John McMurtrie, James O'Connor. Alfonso Pierson, Phil Powell, Gregg Schick, Helmut Schonschack, Wallace Shaver, Neal Slee, Vergil Sommerfeld, Thomas Stewart, Arthur Van Bolt, John Weiner, Stuart Wickens, Christopher
MEMBERS OF INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA Byeon Hanson, Resident Conductor
FIRST VIOLIN
Driggs, Diane How, LiangPing Chung, MiHee Cardenes, Andres Preucil, William Batjer, Margaret Xagy, Edith Twu, HwciMinR Stone, Susan
SECOND VIOLIN
Granata, Grace Rockwood, Martha Nilsson, Jenny Hawley, Jane Hult, David Schulzc, Elizabeth Burns, Pamela
Burgstahler, Judith Yaskin, John
VIOLA
Chan, Susan Barondes, Vicki Giles, David Hoyt, Jeanette Levin, Harold Duff, Carol
CELIO
Borsodi, Theresa Whear, Alan Harrington, Diane Stone, Judith Kondonassis, John Ruhala, Barbara
DOUBLE BASS Hood, John Orr, Keith Durld, John Robinson, Michelle
OBOE
Aurand, Ruth Myers, Ruth
BASSOON Walker, Kim
TRUMPET
Enger, Susan Szor, Terry Hall, Bruce
TYMPANI Wiles, David