Category: Handel, George F. (1685-1759)

Luke 2:8

⁸ And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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There were shepherds abiding in the field (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Jone Martínez, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Coro de la OSG

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Isaiah 9:6

⁶ 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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For unto us a child is born (chorus), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by American Bach Soloists, American Bach Choir

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Isaiah 9:2

² The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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The people that walked in darkness (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Philippe Sly, Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra

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Isaiah 60:2-3

² For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

³ And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Pablo Acosta Martínez

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