«Мессия», Георг Фридрих Гендель
Messiah (HWV 56)
A Sacred Oratorio
Журнал наш называется «Вопросы философии и культуры», но мы в течении длительного времени игнорировали культурный компонент. Теперь размещаем здесь ораторию Георга Фридриха Генделя, одного из лучших немецких композиторов эпохи Барокко, под названием «Мессия». Гендель (род. 1685) был ровесником не менее известного композитора И. С. Баха, но практически во всем был ему противоположен. «Мессия» - одно из поздних, зрелых произведений Генделя (1741 г.), состоит из 52 номеров. Оратория написана на английском языке, текст взят из знаменитого англоязычного перевода Библии Короля Якова (King James Bible) и т.н. Book of Common Prayer. Впервые исполнена в Дублине, 13 апреля 1742 года.
(часть I)
(часть II)
PART I
OVERTURE
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Tenor) 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. 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.
AIR (Tenor) Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low,
the crooked straight and the rough places plain.
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.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Bass) Thus saith the Lord of Hosts:-Yet once a little
while and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land; and
I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. 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.
AIR (Bass) But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He
appeareth? For He is like a refiner`s fire.
CHORUS And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord
an offering in righteousness.
RECITATIVE. (Alto) Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall
call his name Emmanuel, God with us.
AIR (Alto) and CHORUS O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into
the high mountain: O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy
voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
Behold you God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon thee.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Bass) For Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and His glory
shall be seen upon thee, and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to
the brightness of thy rising.
AIR (Bass) The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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.
PASTORAL SYMPHONY
RECITATIVE. (Soprano) There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Soprano) And lo! the angel of the Lord cam upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
RECITATIVE. (Soprano) And the angel said unto the, Fear not; for behold I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is
born this day in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:-
CHORUS Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, goodwill towards men.
AIR. (Soprano) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem! behold, thy King cometh unto thee! He is the righteous Saviour, and
He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
RECITATIVE. (Alto) Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of
the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of
the dumb shall sing.
AIR (Alto) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: and He shall gather the
lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are
with young.
AIR Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He will give you
rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of
heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
CHORUS His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.
PART II
CHORUS Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.
AIR (Alto) He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
CHORUS Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows! He was wounded
for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of
our peace was upon Him. And with His stripes we are healed.
CHORUS All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full
of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man,
neither found He any to comfort Him.
AIR. (Tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Soprano) He was cut off out of the land of the
living; for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken.
AIR (Soprano) But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer
Thy Holy One to see corruption.
CHORUS Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors,
and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the King of Glory? The Lord strong
and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye
lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the
King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
RECITATIVE. (Tenor) Unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My
Son, this day have I begotten Thee?
CHORUS Let all the angels of God worship Him.
AIR. (Bass) Thou art gone up on high; Thou hast led captivity captive, and
received gifts for men, yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might
dwell among them.
CHORUS The Lord gave the word, great was the company of the preachers.
AIR. (Soprano) How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
CHORUS Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of
the world.
AIR (Bass) Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and who do the people
imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take
counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed.
CHORUS Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.
RECITATIVE (Tenor) He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the
Lord shall have them in derision.
AIR (Tenor) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel.
CHORUS Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this
world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign
for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!
Part III
AIR (Soprano) I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body yet, in my flesh
shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, the firs-fruits of them
that sleep.
CHORUS Since by man came death,
CHORUS By man came also the resurrection of the dead.
CHORUS For as in Adam all die,
CHORUS Even so in Christ shall all be made alive
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Bass) Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trumpet.
AIR. (Bass) The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality.
RECITATIVE (Alto) Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written;
Beats is swallowed up in victory!
DUET (Alto and Tenor) O death, where is thy sting? O grave! where is thy
victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
CHORUS But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
AIR (Soprano) If God be for us, who can be against us? who shall lay anything to
the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth?
It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again, who is at the right
hand of God, who makes intercession for us.
CHORUS Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His
blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and
glory and blessing. Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.
A Sacred Oratorio
Журнал наш называется «Вопросы философии и культуры», но мы в течении длительного времени игнорировали культурный компонент. Теперь размещаем здесь ораторию Георга Фридриха Генделя, одного из лучших немецких композиторов эпохи Барокко, под названием «Мессия». Гендель (род. 1685) был ровесником не менее известного композитора И. С. Баха, но практически во всем был ему противоположен. «Мессия» - одно из поздних, зрелых произведений Генделя (1741 г.), состоит из 52 номеров. Оратория написана на английском языке, текст взят из знаменитого англоязычного перевода Библии Короля Якова (King James Bible) и т.н. Book of Common Prayer. Впервые исполнена в Дублине, 13 апреля 1742 года.
(часть I)
(часть II)
PART I
OVERTURE
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Tenor) 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. 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.
AIR (Tenor) Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low,
the crooked straight and the rough places plain.
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.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Bass) Thus saith the Lord of Hosts:-Yet once a little
while and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land; and
I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. 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.
AIR (Bass) But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He
appeareth? For He is like a refiner`s fire.
CHORUS And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord
an offering in righteousness.
RECITATIVE. (Alto) Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall
call his name Emmanuel, God with us.
AIR (Alto) and CHORUS O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into
the high mountain: O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy
voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
Behold you God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon thee.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Bass) For Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and His glory
shall be seen upon thee, and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to
the brightness of thy rising.
AIR (Bass) The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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.
PASTORAL SYMPHONY
RECITATIVE. (Soprano) There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Soprano) And lo! the angel of the Lord cam upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
RECITATIVE. (Soprano) And the angel said unto the, Fear not; for behold I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is
born this day in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:-
CHORUS Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, goodwill towards men.
AIR. (Soprano) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem! behold, thy King cometh unto thee! He is the righteous Saviour, and
He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
RECITATIVE. (Alto) Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of
the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of
the dumb shall sing.
AIR (Alto) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: and He shall gather the
lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are
with young.
AIR Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He will give you
rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of
heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
CHORUS His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.
PART II
CHORUS Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.
AIR (Alto) He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
CHORUS Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows! He was wounded
for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of
our peace was upon Him. And with His stripes we are healed.
CHORUS All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full
of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man,
neither found He any to comfort Him.
AIR. (Tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Soprano) He was cut off out of the land of the
living; for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken.
AIR (Soprano) But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer
Thy Holy One to see corruption.
CHORUS Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors,
and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the King of Glory? The Lord strong
and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye
lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the
King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
RECITATIVE. (Tenor) Unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My
Son, this day have I begotten Thee?
CHORUS Let all the angels of God worship Him.
AIR. (Bass) Thou art gone up on high; Thou hast led captivity captive, and
received gifts for men, yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might
dwell among them.
CHORUS The Lord gave the word, great was the company of the preachers.
AIR. (Soprano) How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
CHORUS Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of
the world.
AIR (Bass) Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and who do the people
imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take
counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed.
CHORUS Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.
RECITATIVE (Tenor) He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the
Lord shall have them in derision.
AIR (Tenor) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel.
CHORUS Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this
world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign
for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!
Part III
AIR (Soprano) I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body yet, in my flesh
shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, the firs-fruits of them
that sleep.
CHORUS Since by man came death,
CHORUS By man came also the resurrection of the dead.
CHORUS For as in Adam all die,
CHORUS Even so in Christ shall all be made alive
RECITATIVE. (Accompanied - Bass) Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trumpet.
AIR. (Bass) The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality.
RECITATIVE (Alto) Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written;
Beats is swallowed up in victory!
DUET (Alto and Tenor) O death, where is thy sting? O grave! where is thy
victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
CHORUS But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
AIR (Soprano) If God be for us, who can be against us? who shall lay anything to
the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth?
It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again, who is at the right
hand of God, who makes intercession for us.
CHORUS Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His
blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and
glory and blessing. Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.