PROGRAM for
The Spring Concert of the Red Rock String Ensemble, with
the Gallup Community Choir and the Rehoboth Cantabile,
in a performance of Easter sections of Handel's Messiah, "Messiah…………………………………………………..………………….G.F. Handel (1685-1759)"
Part II Behold the Lamb of God – ChorusHe was despised – Alto airSurely he hath borne our griefs – ChorusAnd with His stripes we are healed – Chorus
PROGRAM for
The Spring Concert of the Red Rock String Ensemble, with
the Gallup Community Choir and the Rehoboth Cantabile,
in a performance of Easter sections of Handel's Messiah,
"Messiah…………………………………………………..………………….G.F. Handel (1685-1759)"
Part II
Behold the Lamb of God – Chorus
He was despised – Alto air
Surely he hath borne our griefs – Chorus
And with His stripes we are healed – Chorus
All we like sheep – Chorus
All they that see him – Tenor Recitative
He trusted in God – Chorus
Thy rebuke hath broken His heart – Tenor Recitative
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow – Tenor Arioso
He was cut off out of the land of the living – Tenor Recitative
But thou didst not leave his soul in Hell – Tenor Air
Lift up your heads – Chorus
Unto which of the angels – Tenor Recitative
Let all the angels of God worship Him – Chorus
Thou art gone up on high – Alto Air
The Lord gave the word – Chorus
How beautiful are the feet – Soprano Air
Their sound is gone out – Chorus
Why do the nations? – Bass air
Let us break their bonds asunder – Chorus
He that dwelleth in heaven – Tenor Recitative
Thou shall break them – Tenor Air
Hallelujah – Chorus
Part III
I know that my Redeemer liveth – Soprano Air
Behold I tell you a mystery – Bass Recitative
The trumpet shall sound – Bass Air
Worthy is the lamb . . . Amen – Chorus
Part II
Chorus
Behold, the lamb of God, that taketh away the sins of the world . . .John 1:29
Alto air
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief . . .
Isaiah 53:3
Chorus
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows . . . Isaiah 53:4
. . . He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him Isaiah 53:4,5
Chorus
And with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
Chorus
All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
Tenor Recitative
All they that see him laugh him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying: Psalm 22:7
Chorus
He trusted in God that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he delight in him
Psalm 22:8
Tenor Recitative
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.
Psalm 69:20
Tenor Arioso
. . . Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow. . . Lamentations 1:12
Tenor Recitative
. . . He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of thy people was he stricken Isaiah 53:8
Tenor Air
But thou didst not leave his soul in Hell, nor didst thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption Psalm 16:10
Chorus
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Psalm 24:7
Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Psalm 24:8
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up. Ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in. Psalm 24: 9
Who is the King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory
Psalm 24:10
Tenor Recitative
. . . Unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee? Hebrews 1:5
Chorus
. . . Let all the angels of God worship Him . . . Hebrews 1:6
Alto air
Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive; and received gifts for men; yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them
Psalm 68:18
Chorus
The Lord gave the word; great was the company of preachers. Psalm 68:11
Soprano Air
. . . How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Romans 10:15
Chorus
. . . Their sound is gone out unto all the lands, and their words unto the ends of the world
Romans 10:18
Bass Air
Why do the nations so furiously rage together . . . why do the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalm 2:1
The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against the Anointed . . . Psalm 2:2
Chorus
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us
Psalm 2:3
Tenor recitative
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision. Psalm 2:4
Tenor air
Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel Psalm 2:9
Chorus
Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Revelation 19:6
. . . The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:15
. . . King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16
Part III
Soprano Air
. . . I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. Job 19:25
And though . . . worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God
Job 19:26
For now is Christ risen from the dead . . . the first fruits of them that sleep.
I Corinthians 15:20
Bass Recitative
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
I Corinthians 15:51
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet.
I Corinthians 15:52
Bass Air
. . . The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. I Corinthians 15:52
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and the mortal must put on immortality
I Corinthians 15:53
Chorus
. . . Worthy is the lamb that was slain . . . Revelation 5:12
. . . And hath redeemed us to God by his blood . . . Revelation 5:9
. . . To receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Revelation 5:12
". . . Blessing, and honor and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Revelation 5:13"
. . . Amen. Revelation 5:14
Soloists
Soprano Jennifer Lazarz
Alto Amanda Penaloza
Tenor Curtis Storm
Bass Chris Dyer
Jennifer Lazarz has been singing professionally since 2005 with organizations such as the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Opera Tampa, Opera on the James and others. She studies with Victoria Livengood and is a graduate of the UNC School of the Arts Fletcher Opera Institute. She works for the City of Gallup.
Amanda Penaloza is a Gallup native and holds a degree in Vocal Music Education from New Mexico State University. She has studied voice with Dr. Martha Rowe, Heather Dials, and Peter & Lisa Strummer.
Curtis Storm is a graduate voice student at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Chris Dyer studied voice at the University of Arizona Department of Music and as a member of the Bach and Madrigal Society, Scottsdale and with the Colegium Musicum, Arizona State University. He is a professor of Anthropology at UNM Gallup.
Red Rock String Ensemble
Violin Kimberly Robinson Hayes Oboe Kristen Cochrane
Esther Koops Juan Hernandez
Sarah Jones
Bill Krzymowski Bassoon John Mezoff
Elizabeth Ketner
Eva Carpenter Trumpet Keith Cochrane
Tyler Slamkowski
Viola Maria Gutierrez
Emmanuel Lalunio Timpani Pat Neff
Cello Kelly Arendsen Organ Jay Vink
Doug Mason
Hans Freuden Keyboard Ann Jarvis
Bass Thomas Breece Conductor Sam Pemberton
Friends
Curtis Storm is a graduate student in voice at UNM.
Keith and Kristen Cochrane play professionally in Albuquerque.
Hans Freuden is the cello instructor at San Juan College in Farmington.
Tyler Slamkowski and Jose Hernandez are students at UNM in Albuquerque.
Gabriel Deyarmond, tenor, finished his graduate degree at UNM in Albuquerque.
This concert was made possible by support from:
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital and
The Gallup Independent
The Gallup Community Choir
Soprano Alto
Katrina Brown Edith Barber
Cristina Brasinikas Jessie Bay
Anna Christensen Cheryl Farnsworth
Angie Damon Amanda Freeland
Gladys Hielkema Cathrine Halford
Heidi Howerzyl Lois Harvey
Betty Kamps Melissa Kadinger
Jeanne Kamps Susan Krzymowski
Jennifer Lazarz Ruthie Mulvaney
Kate Poortenga Erin Neilson
Eunice Salim Heidi Norton
Rachel Sluis Amanda Penaloza
Carrie Starr Kris Pikaart
Jenny Tamminga Nicole Steiger
Judy Luranc Sweeney
Connie Viekman
Karen Zollinger
Tenor Bass
David Batchelor Christopher Dyer
Anna Bowman Bob Ippel
Gabriel Deyarmond Bob Jonkman
Scott MacLaren Rob Koops
Mary Lou Mraz Rob Louis
Gerald Robertson Dennis Michalski
Curtis Storm John Mraz
Don Tamminga Dave Philips
Dan VandeRiet
Dick Viekman
The Rehoboth Cantabile
Allen West Jalen Boyd
Aleya Bia Kendra Henry
Graciela Silva AJ Acosta
Alexia Acosta Liz Howard
Tiana Becenti Emerald Toddy
Hannah Thomas Natasha Laiwakete
Jayme Rich Daya Choudrie
Kora Zylstra Daniel DeMol
John Barriga Keidis Begay
Micah Sowers Douglas MacLaren
Mark Delgado Horizon Gillson
Aidan Pete Pete Garcia
Choir Director – Jack Ippel
Rehoboth Cantabile Director – Bob Ippel
Accompanist – Ann Jarvis
Recorded by Rachel Kaub and Ivah Benally for KGLP, Gallup Public Radio, on Sunday, April 14, 2019 of this performance in Gallup, New Mexico's First United Methodist Church, scheduled for broadcast on KGLP, 91.7 FM, at 3pm MDT on April 21st.
