POWAY COMMUNITY CHOIR

Fauré Requiem & Messiah Selections Holiday Concert - November 19, 2019

Westview High School Performing Arts Center | San Diego, California

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Use the music players to listen to audio from this concert.  Video from this concert coming soon!

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Accompanied by Dr. Steven Gray on continuo.  Performed in conjunction with a full chamber orchestra, including Jorge Soto, violin; Alyze Dreiling, viola/violin; Paula Simmons, viola; Gordon Grubbs & Lorie Kirkell, cello; R. Park Carmon, bass; Cynthia McGregor & Michael Button, horn; Jay Posteraro, trumpet; Andrew Kreysa, timpani; and Heidi Taylor Fleischbein, harp.

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Gabriel Fauré, Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48

I.     Introït et Kyrie

II.    Offertoire  (Anthony Whitson-Martini, baritone)

III.   Sanctus

IV.   Pie Jesu  (Allyson Power, soprano)

V.    Agnus Dei

VI.   Libera me  (Anthony Whitson-Martini, baritone)

VII.  In Paradisum

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George Frideric Handel, Messiah, HWV 56, edited by John Rutter

Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord"

Recitative: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"

(Anthony Whitson-Martini, baritone)

Aria: "The people that walked in darkness"

(Anthony Whitson-Martini, baritone)

Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born"

Pifa [pastoral symphony]

Recitative: "There were shepherds abiding in the field"

(Allyson Power, soprano)

Recitative: "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them"

(Allyson Power, soprano)

Recitative: "And the angel said unto them"

(Allyson Power, soprano)

Recitative: "And suddenly there was with the angel"

(Allyson Power, soprano)

Chorus: "Glory to God"

Recitative: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd"

(Allyson Power, soprano)

Aria: "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"

(Allyson Power, soprano)

Chorus: "Hallelujah"

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