Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Ed. W. Shaw) Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & Edward Polochick

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (Ed. W. Shaw):
• 1 No. 1, Overture 03:01
• 2 No. 2, Comfort Ye My People 02:39
• 3 No. 3, Every Valley Shall Be Exalted 03:20
• 4 No. 4, And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed 02:26
• 5 No. 5, Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts 01:27
• 6 No. 6, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? 04:03
• 7 No. 7, And He Shall Purify 02:05
• 8 No. 8, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive 00:28
• 9 No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion 04:57
• 10 No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth 01:50
• 11 No. 11, The People That Walked in Darkness 03:29
• 12 No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born 03:44
• 13 No. 13, Pifa "Pastoral Symphony" 01:01
• 14 No. 14, There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field 00:41
• 15 No. 15, And the Angel Said unto Them 00:52
• 16 No. 16, And Suddenly There Was with the Angel 00:15
• 17 No. 17, Glory to God in the Highest 01:40
• 18 No. 18, Rejoice Greatly 04:34
• 19 No. 19, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd 00:32
• 20 No. 20, He Shall Feed His Flock like a Shepherd 05:16
• 21 No. 21, His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light 02:05
• Pt. 2 (Ed. W. Shaw):
• 22 No. 22, Behold the Lamb of God 02:38
• 23 No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of Men 10:07
• 24 No. 24, Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs 01:33
• 25 No. 25, And with His Stripes We Are Healed 01:32
• 26 No. 26, All We like Sheep Have Gone Astray 03:34
• 27 No. 27, All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn 00:42
• 28 No. 28, He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him 01:50
• 29 No. 29, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart 02:15
• 30 No. 30, Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow 01:32
• 31 No. 31, He Was Cut Off out of the Land of the Living 00:25
• 32 No. 32, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell 02:07
• 33 No. 33, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates 02:55
• 34 No. 34, Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time 00:17
• 35 No. 35, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him 01:09
• 36 No. 36, Thou Art Gone Up on High 02:52
• 37 No. 37, The Lord Gave the Word 02:04
• 38 No. 38, How Beautiful Are the Feet 02:12
• 39 No. 39, Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands 01:18
• 40 No. 40, Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together 02:51
• 41 No. 41, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder 01:31
• 42 No. 42, He That Dwelleth in Heaven 00:12
• 43 No. 43, Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron 01:52
• 44 No. 44, Hallelujah! 03:29
• Pt. 3 (Ed. W. Shaw):
• 45 No. 45, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 05:49
• 46 No. 46, Since by Man Came Death 02:14
• 47 No. 47, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery 00:37
• 48 No. 48, The Trumpet Shall Sound 09:01
• 49 No. 49, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying 00:18
• 50 No. 50, O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? 01:03
• 51 No. 51, But Thanks Be to God 02:16
• 52 No. 52, If God Be for Us 04:24
• 53 No. 53, Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain 07:49
• Total Runtime 02:14:53

Info for Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Ed. W. Shaw)

Of all English oratorios Handel’s Messiah has always been the most overwhelmingly popular. It is the least theatrical of his oratorios and the most purely sacred in its choice of subject matter. The vivid choral writing- there are more choruses in Messiah than in any other Handel oratorio- coupled with the expressive density of the solo arias, have ensured its status as one of the greatest choral masterpieces in the Western canon. Since winning the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Award and conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, Edward Polochick has attracted international attention as an orchestral, operatic, and choral conductor. He is the founding Artistic Director of Concert Artists of Baltimore since 1987. He is also in his 20th season as Music Director of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra in Nebraska. From 1979-1999 he was the Director of the Baltimore Symphony Chorus, and since 1979 he has been at the Peaboedy Conservatory as Associate Conductor of the Orchestra, Director of Choral Ensembles, and Opera Conductor.

Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Edward Polochick, conductor

Concert Artists of Baltimore (CAB)
Founded by Edward Polochick 31 years ago, Concert Artists of Baltimore (CAB) consists of a professional chamber orchestra and a professional chamber chorus. The mission of CAB is to present classical music performances of wellknown and lesser-known composers by an elite professional chorus and chamber orchestra. In 2015 CAB was one of 20 Baltimore arts organisations chosen by the DeVos Institute to participate in Capacity Building Baltimore. In 2015 CAB produced a groundbreaking collaboration with the Baltimore Rock Opera Society at 2640 Space, a partnership that continued into 2016 at the Light City Baltimore festival. The full ensembles are featured in The Maestro Series, with performances in venues throughout the Baltimore area. CAB also offers chamber music, The Mansion Series, with performances at The Engineers Club at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. When larger forces are needed, such as for this recording of Messiah with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the chorus expands to the Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO)
For over a century, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has been recognised as one of America’s leading orchestras and one of Maryland’s most significant cultural institutions. Under the direction of music director Marin Alsop, the orchestra is internationally renowned and locally admired for its innovation, performances and recordings, and educational outreach initiatives including OrchKids. Launched by Marin Alsop and the BSO in 2008, OrchKids provides children with educational resources and fosters social change through the power of music in some of Baltimore’s most underserved communities. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs annually for more than 350,000 people throughout the State of Maryland. Since 1982, the BSO has performed at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. In 2005, with the opening of The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD, the BSO became the nation’s first orchestra with year-round venues in two metropolitan areas.

Edward Polochick
Since winning the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Award, Edward Polochick has attracted international attention as an orchestral, operatic, and choral conductor. His appearances have included the Baltimore, Houston, Chautauqua, Omaha and Jacksonville symphony orchestras, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, the Daejeon Philharmonic in Korea, the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra in Russia, and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra. Polochick has been the artistic director of Concert Artists of Baltimore since 1987. He is also in his 20th season as music director of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra in Nebraska. From 1979 to 1999 he was on the staff of the Baltimore Symphony as director of the Symphony Chorus, and since 1979 he has been at the Peabody Conservatory as associate conductor of the orchestra, director of choral ensembles, and opera conductor. An accomplished pianist and harpsichordist, he has appeared as piano soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and is the harpsichordist on this recording.

Booklet for Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Ed. W. Shaw)