Colorado Symphony 2017/18 Season Presenting Sponsor:
HOLIDAY • 2017/18 HANDEL'S MESSIAH COLORADO SYMPHONY BRETT MITCHELL, conductor LAYLA CLAIRE, soprano JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO, mezzo-soprano JOHN TESSIER, tenor TIMOTHY JONES, bass-baritone COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, DUAIN WOLFE, director Saturday's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wigod
Friday, December 8, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
HANDEL Messiah PART I Overture Comfort ye, my people Ev’ry valley shall be exalted And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed Thus saith the Lord But who may abide the day of his coming? And he shall purify Behold! A virgin shall conceive O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion For behold, darkness shall cover the earth The people that walked in darkness For unto us a child is born Pastoral symphony There were shepherds abiding in the field And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them And the angel said unto them
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