Handel’s Messiah: Bass Excerpts

Messiah by, Handel [BASS SELECTIONS]

No. 5. Thus saith the Lord (recitative)
No. 6. But who may abide the day of His coming? (aria)
No. 10. For, behold, darkness shall cover the Earth (recitative)
No. 11. The people that walked in darkness (aria)
No. 36. Thou art gone up on high (aria)
No. 40. Why do the nation so furiously rage (aria)
No. 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (recitative)
No. 48. The trumpet shall sound (aria)

Thus saith the Lord

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But who may abide the day of His coming?

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For, behold, darkness shall cover the Earth

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The people that walked in darkness

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Thou art gone up on high

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Why do the nation so furiously rage

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Behold, I tell you a mystery

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The trumpet shall sound

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