Unfinished movements

Here are the movements that we did not accomplish, and the plans I had envisioned:

#26 chorus: All We Like Sheep. I had hoped to sing this very difficult chorus with a quartet, including two professional guest soloists during one of the summer services. Alas, our schedules are not cooperating.

#34 recit: Unto Which of the Angels. This brief recitative leads to Let All the Angels of God Worship Him, which we played as a string quartet.

#41-43: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (chorus), He That Dwelleth in Heaven (tenor recit), Thou Shalt Break Them (tenor aria). These often omitted movements were difficult to program. I had hoped to have the recit and aria done during the summer by a professional tenor, but was again thwarted by the schedule. The chorus was difficult and hard to program liturgically. Does the fact that we did #44 three times make up for these lapses? :)

#49-50 : Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (alto recit) and O Death, Where is thy Sting? (alto/tenor duet). My original plan was to present these two on May 3rd- when a bluegrass band was here to play for worship. The big idea was that they band would do Ralph Stanley's O Death and then we would follow with the Handel O Death, Where is thy Sting? Events of May 3rd did not go as planned.

#51: But Thanks be to God (chorus). As noted previously, we scheduled this one for Christ the King Sunday, but found ourselves too busy to learn it completely.

#52a: Amen (chorus). The majestic final chorus of Messiah was scheduled for the close of the school year- June 14 or 21 - but with our recent losses, it will be too much for the choir to tackle.