‎Handel: Jephtha by James Gilchrist

Overture

Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp

5:05

Menuet

Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold

1:21

Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites (Zebul)

Audience, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi

1:37

Air. Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul)

Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist

4:57

No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus)

Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

4:01

Recitative. Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha (Storge)

Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Audience

4:31

Recitative. Happy This embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor)

Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson

3:07

Recitative. I go, my soul, inspir'd by thy command (Hamor)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:27

Duet. These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Mona Julsrud

4:26

Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent

4:48

Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storge)

Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi, Audience, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold

0:31

Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge)

Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi

3:56

Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries (Iphis, Storge)

Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

1:59

Recitative. Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha)

Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson

4:22

Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud

4:55

Recitative. Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens (Iphis)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

Audience, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

3:36

Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people (Jephtha)

Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:40

Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow (Jephtha)

Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

2:59

Symphony

Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:23

Air and Chorus. Welcome, as the cheerful light … Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire (Iphis, Chorus)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Fabio Biondi

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

Audience, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

0:27

Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold

3:09

Recitative. Why Is my brother thus afflicted? (Zebul, Jephtha)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Audience, James Gilchrist, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold

1:13

Accompagnato and Arioso. First perish thou, and perish all the world! - Let other creatures (Storge)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold

2:06

Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend (Hamor)

Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist

1:54

Quartet: O spare your daughter! (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent

3:08

Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child (Jephtha)

Audience, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist

3:02

How dark, O Lord, Are thy decrees! (Chorus)

Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

Fabio Biondi, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:23

Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies (Jephtha)

Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

4:33

Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne’er yet were stain'd (Iphis)

Audience, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson

0:39

Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods (Iphis)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

3:19

Symphony

Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold

1:16

Recitative. Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev’rend priests, withhold (Angel)

Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud

1:14

Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Angel)

Fabio Biondi, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent

4:01

Arioso. For ever blessed be Thy holy name (Jephtha)

Fabio Biondi, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

4:00

Recitative. Let me congratulate, This happy turn (Zebul)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud

0:31

Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train (Zebul)

Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:05

Recitative. O let me fold thee in a mother's arms (Storge)

Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp

2:09

Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety (Hamor)

Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist

0:32

Recitative. With transport… - Aria. 'Tis Heaven's all ruling power… (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

4:51

Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may That Providence (Iphis)

Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist

0:22

Quintet: All That Is in Hamor mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storge, Jephtha, Zebul)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent

3:58

Applause

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
James Gilchrist

Tenor
Elisabeth Jansson

Mezzo-Soprano
Håvard Stensvold

Baritone
Collegium Vocale Gent

Choir

Handel: Jephtha

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