General Editor Watkins Show
| No. | Text | |||
| PART ONE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinfonia (Overture) | 1 | ||
| 2 | Recit. | Comfort ya my people | 4 | Isaiah xl, 1-3 |
| 3 | Air | Ev'ry valley shall be exalted | 6 | Isaiah xl, 4 |
| 4 | Chorus | And the glory of the Load | 11 | Isaiah xl, 5 |
| 5 | Recit. | Thus saith the Lord | 19 | Haggai ii, 6-7; Malachi iii, 1 |
| 6 | Air for Alto | But who may abide the day of his coming? (Version I) | 21 | Malachi iii, 2 |
| Transposed for Soprano | (Version II) | 28 | ||
| 7 | Chorus | And he shall purify | 35 | Malachi iii, 3 |
| 8 | Recit. | Behold, a virgin shall conceive | 41 | Isaiah vii, 14; Matthew i, 23 |
| 9 | Air and Chorus | O thou that tellest good tidings Zion | 41 | Isaiah xl, 9; Isaiah lx, 1 |
| 10 | Recit. | For behold, Darkness shall cover the earth | 50 | Isaiah lx, 2-3 |
| 11 | Air | The people that walked in darkness | 51 | Isaiah ix, 2 |
| 12 | Chorus | For unto us a child is born | 55 | Isaiah ix, 6 |
| 13 | Pifa('Pastoral Symphony') | 65 | ||
| 14(a) | Recit. | There wee shepherds abiding in the field | 66 | Luke ii, 9 |
| (b) | Recit. | And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them | 66 | |
| 15 | Recit. | And the angel said unto them | 67 | Luke ii, 10-11 |
| 16 | Recit. | And suddenly there was with the angel | 67 | Luke ii, 13 |
| 17 | Chorus | Glory to God | 68 | Luke ii, 14 |
| 18 | Air | Rejoice greatly, Odaughter of Zion (Version I) | 73 | Zechariah ix, 9-10 |
| 19 | Recit. | Then shall the eyes of the blind | 79 | Isaiah xxxv, 5-6 |
| 20 | Air for soprano | He shall feed his flock (Version I) | 80 | Isaiah xl, 11; Matthew xi, 28-29 |
| Transposed for A. and S. | (Version II) | 81 | ||
| 21 | Chorus | His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light | 86 | Matthew xi, 30 |
| PART TWO | ||||
| 22 | Chorus | Behold the Lamb of God | 91 | John i, 29 |
| 23 | Air | He wa despised | 94 | Isaiah liii, 3; Isaiah l, 6 |
| 24 | Chorus | Surely he hath borne our griefs | 98 | Isaiah liii, 4-5 |
| 25 | Chorus | And with his stripes we are healed | 102 | Isaiah liii, 5 |
| 26 | Chorus | All we like sheep have go astray | 106 | Isaiah liii, 6 |
| 27 | Recit. | all theythat see him laugh him to scorn | 114 | Psalm xxii, 7 (Book of common prayer) |
| 28 | Chorus | He trusted in God | 115 | Psalm xxii, 8 (Book of common prayer and A.V.) |
| 29 | Recit. | Thy rebuke hath broken his heart | 122 | Psalm lxix, 21 (Book of common prayer) |
| 30 | Air | Behold, and see if there be any sorrow | 123 | Lamentations i, 12 |
| 31 | Recit. | He was cut off out of the land of the living | 124 | Isaiah liii, 8 |
| 32 | Air | But thou didst not leave his soul in hell | 124 | Psalm xvi, 10 |
| 33 | Chorus | Lift up your heads, O ye gates | 127 | Psalm xxiv, 7-10 |
| 34 | Recit. | Unto which of the angels said he at any time | 134 | Hebrews i, 5 |
| 35 | Chorus | Let all the angels of God worship him | 134 | Hebrews i, 6 |
| 36 | Air for Alto | Thou art gone up on high (Version I) | 138 | Psalm lxviii,18 (Book of common prayer) |
| Transposed for Soprano | (Version II) | 142 | ||
| 37 | Chorus | The Lord gave the word | 146 | Psalme lxviii, 11 (Book of common prayer) |
| 38 | Air | How beautiful art the feet (Version I) | 149 | Romans x, 15 |
| 39 | Chorus | Their sound is gone out (Version I) | 151 | Romans x, 18 |
| 40 | Air | Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (Version I) | 155 | Psalm ii, 1-2 (Book of common prayer) |
| Air and Recit. | (Version II) | 155 | ||
| 41 | Chorus | Let us break their bonds asunder | 161 | Psalm ii, 3 |
| 42 | Recit. | He that dwelleth in heaven | 167 | Psalm ii, 4 (Book of common prayer) |
| 43 | Air | Thou shalt break them | 167 | Psalm ii, 9 |
| 44 | Chorus | Hallelujah | 171 | Rev. xix, 6; Rev. xi, 15; Rev. xix, 16 |
| PART THREE | ||||
| 45 | Air | I know that my redeemer liveth | 181 | Job xix, 25-26; Cor. xv, 20 |
| 46 | Chorus | Since by man came death | 186 | I Cor. xv, 21-22 |
| 47 | Recit. | Behold, I tell you a mystery | 189 | I Cor. xv, 51-52 |
| 48 | Air | The trumpet shall sound | 189 | I Cor. xv, 52-54 |
| 49 | Recit. | Then shall be bought to pass | 196 | I Cor. xv, 54 |
| 50 | Duet, A. and T. | O death, where is thy sting? | 196 | I Cor. xv, 55-57 |
| 51 | Chorus | But thanks be to God | 199 | |
| 52 | Air for Soprano | If God be for us (version I) | 205 | Romans viii, 31; Romans viii, 33-34 |
| Transposed for Alto | (Version II) | 211 | ||
| 53 | Chorus | Worthy is the lamb that was slain | 217 | Rev. v, 12-13 |
| Appendix | ||||
| 18 | Air | Rejois greatly, O daughter of Zion (Version II) | 231 | |
| 36 | Air for Bass | Thou art gone up on high (Version III) | 238 | |
| 38 | Air for Alto | How beautiful art the feet (Version II) | 243 | |
| [38] | Duet and Chorus | How beautiful art the feet ... Break forth into joy | 246 | |
| [39] | Air | Their sound is gone out (Version II) | 256 |