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Oratorium Jephtha

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Oratorium Jephtha --- 1999

Live recording during Klosterkonzerte at Maulbronn Monastery 26-27 September 1998

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Ouverture

Act I

Recitative (Zebul): It Must Be So - Aria (Zebul): Pour Forth No More Unheeded Prayers

Chorus: No More To Ammon's God And King

Aria (Jephtha): Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace

Aria (Storgè): In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn

Aria (Hamor): Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish

Aria (Iphis): Take The Heart You Fondly Gave

Duetto (Iphis, Hamor): These Labours Past, How Happy We!

Recitative (Jephtha): What Means These Doubtful Fancies Of The Brain? - If, Lord, Sustain'd By Thy Almighty Power

Chorus: O God, Behold Our Sore Distress

Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha): Such, Jephtha, Was The Haughty King's Reply

Chorus: When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke

Act II

Recitative (Hamor): Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis

Chorus: Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms

Aria (Hamor): Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending

Aria (Iphis): Tune The Soft Melodious Lute

Aria (Jephtha): His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow, Dispers'd

Chorus: In Glory High, In Might Serene

Sinfonia

Solo (Iphis): Welcome As The Cheerful Light - Chorus, Soprani: Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire

Aria (Jephtha): Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb

Recitative (Storgè): First Perish Thou, And Perish All The World!

Arioso (Storgè): Let Other Creatures Die!

Aria (Hamor): On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal

Quartetto (Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha): Oh, Spare Your Daughter!

Recitative (Iphis): Such News Flies Swift - I've Heard The Mournful Cause

Aria (Iphis): Happy They! This Vital Breath With Content I Shall Resign

Recitative (Jephtha): Deeper, And Deeper Still, Thy Goodness, Child

Chorus: How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees

Act III

Arioso & Recitative (Jephtha): Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun, In Clouds

Aria (Jephtha): Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies

Recitative (Iphis): Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne'er Yet Were Stain'd - Aria (Iphis): Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods

Chorus Of Priests: Doubtful Fear, And Reverend Awe

Recitative (Angel): Rise, Jephtha. And Ye Reverend Priests - Aria (Angel): Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live

Arioso (Jephtha): For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name

Chorus: Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise

Recitative: (Zebul): Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn - Aria (Zebul): Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train

Recitative (Storgè): Oh, Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arms - Aria (Storgè): Sweet As Sight To The Blind

Quintetto: (Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephta, Zebul): All That Is In Hamor/Iphis Mine, Freely I To Heaven Resign

Chorus: Ye House Of Gilead, With One Voice, In Blessings Manifold Rejoice

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By Kyle Larson