HOLIDAY 2025/26 HANDEL’S MESSIAH WITH YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY
TAYLOR MARTIN, conductor DUAIN WOLFE, creative director ANNA CHRISTY, soprano KELLEY O’CONNOR, mezzo soprano DEREK CHESTER, tenor ANDREW GARLAND, baritone COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, Mary Louise Burke, associate director Friday, December 19, 2025 at 7:30pm Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 7:30pm Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 1:00pm 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 Pifa: 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 And suddenly there was with the angel Glory to God Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Then shall the eyes of the blind be open’d He shall feed his flock Come unto Him His yoke is easy
— INTERMISSION — Friday’s concert is sponsored by Duaine Wolfe COLORADO SYMPHONY IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY
SOUNDINGS 2 0 2 5/ 2 6
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