D G D G For unto us a Child is born D G D G For unto us a Child is born G A Unto us a Son is given Bm A Unto us a Son is given / A And His name shall be called / D Wonderful, Counselor D The. This is an episode in the Nativity of Jesus described in the Bible in Luke 2, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus. He marked them as "da lontano e un poco piano" (from afar and somewhat quietly) and originally planned to place them offstage (in disparte), to create the effect of distance. And the government shall be upon his shoulder And the government shall be upon his shoulder And his name And his name shall be called. … George Handel Part 12 - For unto us a Child is born. More Versions. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? April 1742 in Dublin uraufgeführt. The orchestra scoring is simple: oboes, strings and basso continuo of harpsichord, violoncello, violone and bassoon. To emphasise the movements in which the oboes and the rarely used trumpets play, the summary below does not mention the regular basso continuo and the strings in movements. The choir concludes the scene, telling the news of Christmas, the birth of a son, "For unto us a Child is born", in Isaiah's words (Isaiah 9:6). "For Unto Us A Child is Born" Here is one of the most favorite movements from Handel's Messiah. The libretto by Jennens is drawn from the Bible: mostly from the Old Testament of the King James Bible, but with several psalms taken from the Book of Common Prayer. [8], The chorus picks up the idea in the fugue "And he shall purify", with coloraturas on "purify", which may stand for a purifying fire. lullaby). By 1741, Handel’s pre-eminence in British music was evident from the honours he had accumulated, including a pension from the court of … Details on the development of keys, different tempo markings and times within a movement are given in notes on the individual movements. Revision mind map including analysis of set work and individual elements of music (harmony, melody, texture, instrumentation and rhythm). The Air for soprano, alto, or bass, as a human reaction to the words of God, shows the trembling in the expectation of the Lord's appearance twofold in a dramatic scene. The movements marked "Recitative" are "secco", accompanied by only the continuo, whereas the recitatives marked "Accompagnato" are accompanied by additional string instruments. Description. Winter sale: Pro Access 80% OFF. The only true scene of the oratorio is the annunciation to the shepherds which is taken from the Gospel of Luke. Isaiah 9:6. There is a QR code linking to a … [2][3] Regarding the text, Jennens commented: "...the Subject excells every other Subject. It is the first music in a swinging 6/8 time. Åî”İ#{¾}´}…ı€ı§ö¸‘j‡‡ÏşŠ™c1X6„�Æfm“��;'_9 œr�:œ8İq¦:‹�ËœœO:ϸ8¸¤¹´¸ìu¹éJq»–»nv=ëúÌMà–ï¶ÊmÜí¾ÀR 4 ö Part I begins with the prophecy of the Messiah and his virgin birth by several prophets, namely Isaiah. 4015. the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Wonderful Counsellor The Mighty God The Everlasting Father The Prince of Peace No. The voice illustrates the exaltation by long coloraturas, whereas "plain" is depicted with a long note. The text is compiled from Zechariah (who saw God's providential dealings), Isaiah's oracle of salvation for Israel, and his vision of the Shepherd (seen fulfilled by the Evangelist Matthew). Episode 4500. The words "for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it" are set as a cantus firmus of solemn and repeated long notes, which appear first in single voices, and then after a long rest, conclude the movement in affirmative homophony. Light and easy-going is the theme of a fugue, drawn from the duet for two sopranos "Quel fior che all’alba ride" (HWV 192, July 1741). Mai 2010. 0. days: 04. hrs: 43. min: 06. sec. In three movements, five consecutive verses from the Book of Isaiah are treated—foretelling the return to Jerusalem (Isaiah 40:1–5) following the Babylonian captivity. The words "and the government shall be upon his shoulders" appears in stately dotted rhythm, culminating in the names "Won-derful", "Coun-selor", "The Mighty God", "The Everlasting Father", "The Prince – of Peace", with the shimmering coloratura in the strings. The soprano sings the same melody, but elevated by a fourth from F major to B flat major. This very prophecy is quoted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1:23). A second and third round of the development from the tender "child is born" to the proclamation "Prince of Peace" is crowned by the fourth round, with the theme in the bass and the countersubject in soprano and alto in parallel thirds. Part II covers the Passion, death, resurrection, ascension, and the later spreading of the Gospel. His birth is still rendered in words by Isaiah, followed by the annunciation to the shepherds as the only scene from a Gospel in the oratorio, and reflections on the Messiah's deeds. Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts. The upward fourth, followed by a rest, stresses the phrases "for behold", "good tidings", "for unto you" and ultimately "which is Christ". For Unto Us a Child is Born is taken from the prophecy in Isaiah 9, verse 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, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace’ (King James version).. A prestissimo postlude concludes the dramatic scene. Recitative Soprano. In great contrast, "goodwill towards men" is sung in a fast sequence of entries in imitation, with the word "goodwill" on another upward fourth. Disjunct – This is not a smooth melody with many extreme jumps. (Isaiah 9: 6) 13. Simon Heighes, for The Sixteen recording, Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder", "Text of pre-concert talk on Handel's Messiah", "G. F. Handel's Compositions HWV 101–200", International Music Score Library Project, Georg Friedrich Händel / Messiah (1742) / A Sacred Oratorio / Words by Charles Jennens, George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) / Messiah, Agrippina condotta a morire or Dunque sarà pur vero, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn / Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, Sing Unto God/Anthem for the Wedding of Frederick, Prince of Wales, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Messiah_Part_I&oldid=1003252079, Articles with International Music Score Library Project links, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, D minor (alto and bass) / A minor (soprano), This page was last edited on 28 January 2021, at 03:04. Singing more fourths and rests on "And suddenly" and "praising God", the music is supported by an even more vibrant accompaniment of the violins. Conductor's score and parts on hire - chamber orchestra version. flag. Der Messias) ist ein Oratorium von Georg Friedrich Händel auf Bibeltexte in einer englischsprachigen Zusammenstellung von Charles Jennens für vier Soli (SATB), Chor und Orchester. The bass begins the accompagnato: "Thus saith the Lord". Scene 1 deals with general prophecies of salvation. The alto begins, the other voices answer (mostly homophonically), and gradually the music grows to a denser texture. There are two major systems of numbering the movements of Messiah: the historic Novello edition of 1959 (which is based on earlier editions and contains 53 movements), and the Bärenreiter edition of 1965 in the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Handel rewrote this dramatic scene in London in 1750 for the castrato Gaetano Guadagni, after he had initially set the text as a recitative for bass. 4415. Ver 1. Forces or Category: SATB & keyboard/chamber orchestra/orchestra. Scene 2 speaks in three movements of the apparition of God. Handel saved the soprano solo voice until this point in the narration, exactly as Bach had done in his Christmas Oratorio. The movement is a parody of Quel fior che all'alba ride (HWV 192, July 1741).[9][10]. With "And the angel said unto them", the soprano delivers in simple recitative the message "Fear not". The prophecy continues in two movements. The next occurrence of "darkness" is a broken downward melisma. "Behold, thy King cometh unto thee" is given in dotted rhythm and is reminiscent of the French overture. The phrases “a Child is born,” and “a Son is given,” appear to us as a classic case of Hebraic parallelism which characterizes much of Hebrew writing. Es vertont die christliche Glaubenslehre bezüglich des Messias auf Basis der King-James-Bibel und des Book of Common Prayer. An accompagnato is based on the words of the prophet Haggai, dealing with the splendor of the temple, and of Malachi who foretold the coming messenger. In this session we will attempt to understand what these words meant at the time when they were written, as well as how they came to take on new meanings when they were read by subsequent generations of believers. Dealing solely with the "nativity story," Unto Us A Child Is Born [2008] inspects the account by arranging the gospels as a single narrative. Even polyphonic movements typically end on a dramatic long musical rest, followed by a broad homophonic conclusion. The key of E minor has been interpreted as creating "a mood without hope".[2]. The middle section tells in mellow movement "He is the righteous Saviour and he shall speak peace unto the heathen"—with "peace" repeated several times as a long note. Performed in the first act, this piece for chorus demands a flexible and nimble voice. Sign up Log in. Forceful downward runs, leaps and trills of the voice are accompanied by fiery figuration in the strings. [5][6] The imagery of shepherd and lamb features prominently in many movements, for example: in the aria "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (the only extended piece to talk about the Messiah on earth), in the opening of Part II ("Behold the Lamb of God"), in the chorus "All we like sheep", and in the closing chorus of the work ("Worthy is the Lamb"). Flag this item for. n»3Ü£ÜkÜGݯz=Ä•[=¾ô„=ƒBº0FX'Ü+œòáû¤útøŒûG”,ê}çïé/÷ñ¿ÀHh8ğm W 2p[àŸƒ¸AiA«‚Nı#8$X¼?øAˆKHIÈ{!7Ä. The statement returns a final time after a rest, marked Adagio, giving the soloist the opportunity to express it in a cadenza. Here it is by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge: Malachi's words are continued in an aria and a chorus. Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd. 7–8 In stark contrast, the bass sings the continuation in an accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Isaiah 60:2–3) on a background of the strings playing mysterious repeated motifs in major and minor seconds, until the text switches to "but the Lord shall arise" (which the voice presents as a melisma of two measures), followed by coloraturas on "glory" and an upward octave leap to proclaim in the end "and kings [to the brightness of thy rising]". [6][8] The music in C major and swinging 12/8 time gently rises and falls like a cradle song (i.e. In prophetic words of Isaiah, the alto (originally soprano) recitative relates the Saviour's actions: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd ... and the tongue of the dumb shall sing" (Isaiah 35:5–6). George Frideric Handel For Unto Us A Child Is Born (from Messiah) sheet music arranged for Easy Piano and includes 3 page(s). Handel and Jennens quote several verses from Isaiah 7 and 9 in Messiah. Catalog SKU number of the notation is 104431. These are as follows: (a) “For unto us a child is born” – sopranos bb. The following table is organized by movement numbers. Marked piano, the sopranos enter a fugue first, singing a delicate theme with many rests. Title of the Piece: For Unto us a Child is Born Composer: Handel Birth/Death (if applicable): 1685–1759 Composition Date/Year: 1741. a. melodic characteristics (conjunct/disjunct) Conjunct – This is a smooth melody with few extreme jumps in the melody. The aria is not da capo, but follows exactly the two verses from the Old Testament poetry, where the second verse typically parallels the thought of the first. George Handel Part 22 - Behold the Lamb of God. Listen to the opening of "For Unto us A Child is Born": (Hogwood -- Disk 1, Track 8) 3) Fugue Chorus: This type of chorus has a more dense and intricate texture than the others. Hear how the mother of “God manifest in the flesh” was considered a criminal! Marked piano, the sopranos enter a fugue first, singing a delicate theme with many rests. The Old Testament part "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Isaiah 40:11), is sung by the alto in music in 12/8 time which is reminiscent of the Pifa, but moving first down, then up. Handel often stresses a word by extended coloraturas, especially in several movements which are a parody of music composed earlier on Italian texts. George Handel Part 21 - His yoke is easy! This article covers Part I and describes the relation of the musical setting to the text. for clarinet and piano) - Matt Johnson 1st. Live-Aufführung in der Jesuitenkirche, Wien 1 (Österreich), am Dienstag, 4. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings "For Unto Us A Child Is Born." It is, as its name suggests, a chorus in which the voices each introduce the subject(s) of a fugue. Messiah differs from Handel's other oratorios in that it does not contain an encompassing narrative, instead offering contemplation on different aspects of the Christian Messiah: Messiah is not a typical Handel oratorio; there are no named characters, as are usually found in Handel’s setting of the Old Testament stories, possibly to avoid charges of blasphemy. The Air begins with the pensive question "But who may abide" and continues, in a sharp shift of time and tempo "Prestissimo", with the statement "For He is like a refiner's fire". Handel waited until the angels' song "Glory to God" to introduce the trumpets. Not counting some short recitatives as separate movements, there are therefore 47 movements. [Preached … Christmas Devotionals First Presidency Music Christmas Devotionals Jesus Christ. The arias are called Airs or Songs, and some of them are in da capo form, but rarely in a strict sense (repeating the first section after a sometimes contrasting middle section). The music then suddenly calms to an unaccompanied line on the words of the prophet Malachi: "The Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple" (Malachi 3:1). Part III concentrates on Paul's teaching of the resurrection of the dead and Christ's glorification in heaven. An upward fourth followed by a rest accents "Rejoice", and further repeats of the word are rendered as seemingly endless coloraturas. EMBED. Their countersubject to the tenors' entry is a shimmering coloratura for more than three measures. 1, Part 1 Belshazzar (HWV 61) 1. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square perform "For Unto Us a Child Is Born," from Messiah, by George Frideric Handel. For Messiah, Handel used the same musical technique as for those works, namely a structure based on chorus and solo singing. [6], For behold, darkness shall cover the earth. Chorus – “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.” George Frideric Handel Edited by Clifford Bartlett For unto us a Child is born from Messiah. another example of melisma is in the chorus For Unto Us a Child is Born, when the soprano has a run of 57 notes on the word ‘born’ Handel uses motifs. The movement is based on the first section of Handel's Italian cantata No, di voi non vo' fidarmi (HWV 189, July 1741),[9][10] which had "originally expressed a distinctly secular kind of joy".[4]. The chorus enters the work for the first time, and joined by the oboes, announces the revelation of God's glory: "And the glory, the glory of the Lord". It is a common subject of Christian art and of Christmas carols. share. The birth and death of Jesus are told in the words of the prophet Isaiah (the most prominent source for the libretto). In the second verse of the text, the gloom of the beginning is intensified by similar unsupported figures on "shadow of death", but once more relieved by "upon them has the light shined", again with the voice singing independently. Handel used four voice parts, soprano, alto, tenor and bass in the solo and choral movements. Handel's Choruses for the Organ Alt ernative. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them. Like a da capo, the pensive question is repeated, but in a short version, giving way once more to a prestissimo section. Download. GET SPECIAL OFFER. After the rather general introduction, Scene 3 addresses Isaiah's specific prophecy about the virgin birth of a Messiah by expanding more verses from different chapters of the prophet. There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. The first vocal movement (a tenor accompagnato) is based on three verses—the words of God beginning with "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people". The Air for tenor expands the words "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted", which are frequently heard during Advent (preparing a way for the Lord). ultimate guitar com. With "And suddenly there was with the angel", the soprano continues to tell of the arrival of "a multitude of the heav'nly host". More word painting occurs in a low note for "low" and a complicated figure for "crooked". The arrangement code for the composition is EPF. Title Choruses, selected and arranged for the organ from the full score by W. T. Best. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Zechariah 9:9–10) is usually performed as a virtuoso coloratura aria of the soprano which might express any kind of great joy—as seen in an opera—although the original version is an utterly charming Baroque dance in 12/8 time. Although the text "The people that walked in darkness" is taken from a different chapter of Isaiah (Isaiah 9:2), Handel treats the aria as a continuation of the accompagnato by similar motifs. The texture is polyphonic. None [force assignment] Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 130 choruses Vol. By the time Handel composed Messiah in London he was already a successful and experienced composer of Italian operas, and had created sacred works based on English texts, such as the 1713 Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate, and numerous oratorios on English libretti. The style of the score is Classical. Two trumpets and timpani highlight selected movements, for example in Part I the song of the angels Glory to God in the highest. Occasionally verses from different biblical sources are combined into one movement, however more often a coherent text section is set in consecutive movements, for example the first "scene" of the work, the annunciation of Salvation, is set as a sequence of three movements: recitative, aria and chorus. The wordbook (also called libretto or text) was supplied by Charles Jennens. George Handel Part 17 - Glory to God . (Isaiah 9:6) He uses a cantus firmus on long repeated notes especially to illustrate God's speech and majesty, for example "for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it" in movement 4.[7]. In "and I will shake all nations", the "shake" is rendered several times in downward coloraturas of more than a measure, and in "and the desire of all nations shall come" the word "desire" is rendered once in upward coloraturas of more than two measures, accompanied by exited repetitions in the strings and continuo. Typically a "scene" of recitative(s) and aria(s) is concluded with a choral movement. Handel found various ways to use the format freely to convey the meaning of the text. Messiah (HWV 56, dt. Handel’s Messiah – Advent –Part 3 – “For Unto Us A Child is Born” #1 Background. Handel: Messiah: For unto us a child is born (A. Davis) Audio Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. In the table below, the Novello number (Nov) is given first and is the index for the notes to individual movements in the "movements" section, then the Bärenreiter number (Bär). "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (Isaiah 7:14) is rendered in a short alto recitative, to be "called Emmanuel", translated to "God – with us", sung with a rest after "God". 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. (A melody is often disjunct if it is difficult to sing…) Conjunct. Chorus, For unto us a child is born, G major, Isaiah 9, 6 This is another example of a duet chorus, and again the source for the music is one of Handel's Italian duet cantatas. Handel originally wrote the entire aria for soprano solo in B flat. [6][7] In this initial appearance the trumpets appear without the regular timpani. For unto us a Child is born The choir concludes the scene, telling the news of Christmas, the birth of a son , "For unto us a Child is born", in Isaiah's words ( Isaiah 9:6 ). Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Like many of Handel’s most effective choral movements, ‘For unto us a child is born’ consists of a weaving together of a number of musical ideas each associated with a particular line of text throughout. Scene 5 summarizes the deeds of the Messiah on earth and the response of man. George Handel Part 17 - Glory to God . For Unto Us A Child Is Born. Handel received critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712. The florid melody is sung at some point by each voice part. The New Testament part, in the Gospel words of Jesus, are changed to the third person "Come unto Him, all ye that labour" (Matthew 11:28–29). Graphic Violence ; Graphic Sexual Content ; audio. Pifa ("Pastoral Symphony") 14a. Orchestration: Chamber orchestra: 2 ob, bn, kbd cont, str Orchestra: 2 ob, 2 tpt, bn, timp, str, hpd or org Unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given, He shall reign in all the earth; hell be called Emmanuel, Angel's voices sing Halleluiagh ring for today in bethleham the love of ggod as come to men the savour of the world is jesus christ. Tabs Articles Forums Wiki + Publish tab Pro. Search. The shepherds are introduced by an instrumental Pastorale, the Pifa, which takes its name from the shepherd-bagpipers, or pifferai, who played in the streets of Rome at Christmas time. [9][10] "His yoke" is again set as an upward fourth, and "easy" is a playful coloratura. The popular Part I of Messiah is sometimes called the "Christmas" portion[1] as it is frequently performed during Advent in concert, sing-along, or as a Scratch Messiah. Finally, a da capo seems to begin, but only the first entry of the voice is exactly the same, followed by even more varied coloraturas and embellishments to end the aria. "For Unto Us a Child is Born" (Handel's Messiah) Kinetic Typography -- Used at Springs of Grace Baptist Church (Shreveport, LA); Christmas 2009. Coloraturas accent the words "mountain" and "glory", and the words "God" and "Lord" are set in long notes. A large-scale semidramatic work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, it is the source of the Only two movements in Messiah are purely instrumental: the overture (written as "Sinfony" in Handel's autograph) and the Pifa (a pastorale introducing the shepherds in Bethlehem); and only a few movements are a duet or a combination of solo and chorus. After the song the angels disappear, diminuendo, gradually thinned out in instrumentation, with more and more rests, and always rising. As if the good news was spreading, the solo alto begins "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Isaiah 40:9), and is taken over by the chorus. Handel's setting of the famous words is strikingly simple and effective: "Glory to God, glory to God in the highest" is sung by the high voices (soprano, alto and tenor), whereas "and peace on earth" is given to the low voices of tenor and bass in unison, with the bass dropping an octave for "on earth". 4159. 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. On "have seen a great light", the melody begins to leap, and finally reaches on the word "light" a long high note which the voice holds, while the celli continue their movement. This 79 minute sermon begins with the archangel Gabriel announcing the forthcoming Messiah and ends with Herod's mindless "slaughter of the innocents." There were shepherds abiding in the field. The oratorio's structure follows the liturgical year: Part I corresponding with Advent, Christmas, and the life of Jesus; Part II with Lent, Easter, the Ascension, and Pentecost; and Part III with the end of the church year—dealing with the end of time. The sequence is repeated, but this time all four voices sing "glory" and "peace", the first in a high register, then low again with the bass dropping an octave. The texture is intensified to the end, when all proclaim as a solemn statement "and His burden is light". No_Favorite. Messiah, oratorio by German-born English composer George Frideric Handel, premiered in Dublin on April 13, 1742, at Easter rather than at Christmastime, when it is popularly played in the present day. For unto us a child is born For unto us a child is born Unto us A son is given Unto us a child is born Unto us a son is given. The Sinfony, set for oboes and strings, is in two parts in the style of a French overture (a slow first part and a fugue). Aired December 13, 2015. The fugue subject is presented by the unaccompanied violins, which is a feature that returns in the final Amen of the oratorio. George Handel Part 22 - Behold the Lamb of God. Es wurde im Sommer 1741 komponiert und am 13. Concerto For Clarinet and Strings (arr. Vivid string accompaniment, as of wings in action, illuminates the accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" which is sung by the soprano. A summary of the Saviour's deeds is given in a compilation of words from both Isaiah and Matthew. The solos are typically a combination of recitative and aria. It is a meditation rather than a drama of personalities, lyrical in method; the narration of the story is carried on by implication, and there is no dialogue. Complete in two volumes Composer Handel, George Frideric: I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. The original text for this cantata was "No, di voi non vo'fidarmi" which calls for a strong stress on the first syllable. Again the words of the Lord, as told by the prophet Haggai (Haggai 2:6–7) are given to a single male voice. The choir voices enter in imitation, as if gathering, but soon sing together, starting with "arise" (Isaiah 60:1) on a pronounced "ascending fourth"—a signal observed by musicologist Rudolf Steglich as a unifying motif of the oratorio. He became a naturalised British subject in 1727. The darkness is illustrated by the bass and the celli in unison, starting with the seconds of the movement before and proceeding in uneven steps, carefully marked for irregular phrasing. In a short recitative, the soprano tells "There were shepherds abiding in the field". When performed in this way, it usually concludes with "Hallelujah" (chorus) from Part II as the finale. Scene 4 is the only real scene of the oratorio: the annunciation to the shepherds, and is taken from the Gospel of Luke, Luke 2:14. Movement George Handel Part 21 - His yoke is easy! 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The Subject is Messiah ...".[4]. Handel uses both polyphonic and homophonic settings to illustrate the text best. Concertos. 4608. George Frideric Handel (German: Georg Friedrich Händel; pronounced [ˈhɛndəl]) (born in Germany, 1685), became a prominent German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Matthew's gospel continues "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light", however for the closing choral movement of Part I, the words are changed to "His yoke is easy, His burden is light". The music proceeds through various key changes as the prophecies unfold, culminating in the G major chorus "For unto us a child is born", in which the choral exclamations (which include an ascending fourth in "the Mighty God") are imposed on material drawn from Handel's Italian cantata Nò, di voi non-vo'fidarmi.

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