FULL Handel’s Messiah Reimagined Nelson 2025 Carleen Ebbs, Grace Burt, Saul Gibney, Joel Amosa

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Handel's Messiah Reimagined or Messias  
• Composer: Handel George Frideric aka Händel Georg Friedrich  
• Libretto: Charles Jennens  
• Venue & Opera Company: Nelson Center of Musical Arts NCMA, Nelson, New Zealand  
• Recorded: November 22 & 23, 2025
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Carleen Ebbs, Grace Burt, Saul Gibney, Joel Amosa
• Conductor: Jason Balla  
• Orchestra: Nelson Symphony Orchestra  
• Chorus: Nelson Civic Choir  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Nelson Civic Choir NZ  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Whether you knew and loved Handel’s MESSIAH, or were hearing it for the first time, this refreshing new arrangement, compiled by Music Director Jason Balla, offered a unique way to experience one of the world’s greatest choral masterpieces. The production presented this much-loved work from the perspective of the composer and the individuals involved in its creation and its first performance in Dublin in 1742.

PART I
0:00:45 Sinfonia (Overture) – Orchestra
0:06:08 Comfort ye my people – Tenor
0:08:52 Every valley shall be exalted – Tenor
0:12:45 And the glory of the Lord – Chorus
0:15:46 Thus saith the Lord – Bass
0:17:27 But who may abide the day of this coming? – Alto
0:24:32 Behold, a virgin shall conceive – Alto
0:29:09 O thou that tallest good tidings to Zion – Alto/Chorus
0:31:02 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth – Bass
0:33:25 The people that walked in darkness – Bass
0:36:59 For unto us a child is born – Chorus
0:44:21 Pifa (‘Pastoral Symphony”) – Orchestra
0:47:21 There were shepherds abiding in the field – Soprano
0:47:55 And the angel said unto them – Soprano
0:48:27 And suddenly there was with the angel – Soprano
0:48:47 Glory to God – Chorus
0:51:07 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion – Soprano

PART II
0:57:06 Behold the Lamb of God – Chorus
0:59:57 He was despised – Alto
1:09:00 Surely he hath borne our griefs – Chorus
1:11:04 All they that see him laugh him to scorn – Chorus
1:11:50 He trusted in God – Chorus
1:14:38 He was cut off out of the land of the living – Tenor
1:15:02 But thou didst not leave his soul in hell – Tenor
1:17:36 How beautiful are the feet – Soprano
1:20:35 Why do the nations so furiously rage together? – Bass
1:24:01 He that dwelleth in heaven – Tenor
1:24:17 Thou shall break them – Tenor
1:28:44 Hallelujah – Chorus

PART III
1:33:27 I know that my redeemer liveth – Soprano
1:40:00 Since by man came death – Chorus
1:42:05 Behold, I tell you a mystery – Bass
1:42:42 The trumpet shall sound – Bass
1:48:50 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain – Chorus
1:49:52 Blessing and honour – Chorus
1:51:35 Amen – Chorus

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