Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 1 Sinfony (Overture)

“And without Controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the Flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
– 1 Timothy 3:16

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 2 Recitative

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
– Isaiah 40:1–3

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 3 Air

“Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.”
– Isaiah 40:4

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 4 Chorus

“And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”
– Isaiah 40:5

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 5 Recitative

“For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.”
-Haggai 2:6-7

“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”
-Malachi 3:1

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 6 Air

“But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap.”
-Malachi 3:2

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 7 Chorus

“And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness."
-Malachi 3:3

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!

Handel’s sacred oratorio known simply as, Messiah, tells the biblical story of God's redemptive work through Jesus Christ. Since its first debut in 1742, the Messiah continues to minister to audiences globally and is regularly performed during Christmas and Easter.

Join us this Advent season as we draw upon the music and biblical lyrics of Handel’s Messiah to help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Each song of Messiah features bible passages drawn primarily from the King James Version of the Bible.

No. 8 Recitative

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
-Isaiah 7:14

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
-Matthew 1:23

This recording is provided courtesy of The Falls Church Anglican Choir under the musical direction of Simon Dixon. Audio mastering by Andrew Schooley.

Please visit www.cslewisinstitute.org/messiah for a full Advent Calendar featuring daily devotions from November 28th through Christmas day!