0:00  Orchestral ritornello.   
0:20  Voice alone.  Ev’ry valley
   Orchestra imitates voice.   
   Ascending rapid notes on exalted.  Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
0:54  High tone on mountain.
   Low tone on low.
   Wavy melody on crooked.
   Legato melody on plain.
   Orchestra alone, cadence.
   New word painting on  Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight, and the rough places plain. The crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
1:37  exalted, mountain, low. crooked, plain.
2:46  Slow, ornamented vocal cadence. Orchestral ritornello.