Handel’s Messiah is certainly one of the best-known of all classical music compositions. And the “Hallelujah” chorus from that work is the most well-known part of the entire work. Nonetheless, for the 37th year, the Los Angeles Master Chorale is offering up the Messiah Sing-Along at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
So if you want to be prepared for the concert, be sure you get the words for the entire Messiah. Here’s a cheat sheet of the different sections:
| Part the First | |||
| 1. | Sinfonia | (Overture) | |
| 2. | Recitative | Comfort ye my people | Joseph Lopez |
| 3. | Aria | Ev’ry valley shall be exalted | Joseph Lopez |
| 4. | Chorus | And the glory of the Lord | |
| 5. | Recitative | Thus saith the Lord | John Buffett |
| 6. | Aria | But who may abide | John Buffett |
| 7. | Chorus | And He shall purify | |
| 8. | Recitative | Behold, a virgin shall conceive | Jessie Shulman |
| 9. | Aria/Chorus | O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | |
| 10. | Chorus | For unto us a child is born | |
| 11. | Pifa | Pastoral Symphony | |
| 12. | Recitative | There were shepherds abiding in the field | Emma-Grace Dunbar |
| Recitative | And lo, the angel of the Lord | Emma-Grace Dunbar | |
| 13. | Recitative | And the angel said unto them | Emma-Grace Dunbar |
| 14. | Recitative | And suddenly, there was with the angel | Emma-Grace Dunbar |
| 15. | Chorus | Glory to God in the highest | |
| 16. | Aria | Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | Emma-Grace Dunbar |
| 17. | Recitative | Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened | Jessie Shulman |
| 18. | Aria | He shall feed his flock | Jessie Shulman |
| 19. | Chorus | His yoke is easy | |
| — intermission — | |||
| Part the Second | |||
| 20. | Chorus | Behold the Lamb of God | |
| 21. | Aria | He was despised | Jessie Shulman |
| 22. | Chorus | Surely He hath borne our griefs | |
| 23. | Chorus | And with His stripes | |
| 24. | Chorus | All we like sheep | |
| 25. | Recitative | All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn | Jospeh Lopez |
| 26. | Chorus | He trusted in God | |
| 27. | Recitative | He that dwelleth in heaven | Joseph Lopez |
| 28. | Aria | Thou shalt break them | Jospeh Lopez |
| 29. | Chorus | Hallelujah | |
| Part the Third | |||
| 30. | Aria | I know that my Redeemer liveth | Emma-Grace Dunbar |
| 31. | Chorus | Since by man came death | |
| Chorus | By man came also | ||
| Chorus | For as in Adam all die | ||
| Chorus | Even so in Christ | ||
| 32. | Recitative | Behold, I tell you a mystery | John Buffett |
| 33. | Aria | The trumpet shall sound | John Buffett |
| 34. | Chorus | Worthy is the Lamb | |
| Chorus | Amen | ||
