Pólýfónkórinn og kammersveit – Messías

**Pólýfónkórinn og kammersveit – Messías, tónleikar 1977** er þreföld hljómplata með upptöku af óratóríunni *Messíasi* eftir Händel í Háskólabíói 22. júní 1977. Platan er gefin út af Pólýfónkórnum í desember 1978. Flytjendur eru Pólýfónkórinn, kammersveit undir forystu Rutar Ingólfsdóttur, einsöngvararnir Kathleen Livingstone, Ruth L. Magnússon, Neil Mackie og Michael Rippon. Stjórnandi er Ingólfur Guðbrandsson. Hljóðritun: Ríkisútvarpið. Frágangur tónbands fyrir skurð og pressun: Tryggvi Tryggvason. Prentun á umslagi/öskju: Kassagerð Reykjavíkur. 

Kórfélagar Pólýfónkórsins í flutningi *Messíasar* voru um 130 talsins og kammersveitina skipuðu um 30 hljóðfæraleikarar. Daginn eftir tónleikana héldu kór, einsöngvarar og hljómsveit í söngferð til Ítalíu og fluttu þar *Messías*, ásamt *Gloriu* eftir Vivaldi og *Magnificat* eftir Bach. 

## Um verkið
Óratórían *Messías* var samin árið 1741 af Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759). Textinn er tekinn saman af Charles Jennens úr textum Biblíunnar. Óratórían var frumflutt í Dublin árið 1742 og sungin á ensku.    

## Messías - kaflaheiti
Í uppfærslu kórsins 1977 er eftirfarandi köflum sleppt; 34-36 og 51. 
# Sinfony 
# Comfort ye my people (tenór)
# Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenór)
# And the glory of the Lord (kór) - 
# Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bassi)
# But who may abide the day of His coming (alt)
# And he shall purify the sons of Levi (kór)
# Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alt)
# O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alt og kór)
# For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bassi)
# The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bassi)
# For unto us a child is born (kór) - 
# Pifa ("pastoral symphony")
# a. There were shepherds abiding in the fields (sópran) og b. And lo, the angel of the Lord (sópran)
# And the angel said unto them (sópran)
# And suddenly there was with the angel (sópran)
# Glory to God in the highest (kór)
# Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (sópran)
# Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (sópran)
# He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alt and sópran)
# His yoke is easy (kór)
# Behold the Lamb of God (kór)
# He was despised and rejected of men (alt)
# Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (kór)
# And with his stripes we are healed (kór)
# All we like sheep have gone astray (kór)
# All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenór)
# He trusted in God that he would deliver him (kór)
# Thy rebuke hath broken his heart 
# Behold and see if there be any sorrow 
# He was cut off 
# But thou didst not leave his soul in hell 
# Lift up your heads, O ye gates (kór)
# Sleppt
# Sleppt
# Sleppt
# The Lord gave the word (kór)
# How beautiful are the feet (sópran)
# Their sound is gone out (kór)
# Why do the nations so furiously rage together (bassi)
# Let us break their bonds asunder (kór)
# He that dwelleth in heaven (tenór)
# Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenór)
# Hallelujah (kór) 
# I know that my Redeemer liveth (sópran)
# Since by man came death (kór)
# Behold, I tell you a mystery (bassi)
# The trumpet shall sound (bassi)
# Then shall be brought to pass (alt)
# O death, where is thy sting (alt og tenór)
# Sleppt
# Worthy is the Lamb (kór) - 
# Amen (kór)