‎Handel: Jephtha by Håvard Stensvold

Overture

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

5:05

Menuet

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

1:21

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

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

1:37

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

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

4:57

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

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

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

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

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

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

4:01

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

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

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

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

4:31

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

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

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

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

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

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

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

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

3:07

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

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

0:27

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

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

4:26

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

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

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

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

4:48

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

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

0:31

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

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

3:56

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

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

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

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

1:59

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

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

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

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

4:22

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

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

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

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

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

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

4:55

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

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

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

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

3:36

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

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

0:40

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

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

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

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

2:59

Symphony

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

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

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

0:23

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

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

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

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

0:27

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

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

3:09

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

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

1:13

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

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

2:06

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

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

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

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

1:54

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

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

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

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

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

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

3:08

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

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

3:02

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

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

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

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

2:23

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

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

4:33

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

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

0:39

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

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

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

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

3:19

Symphony

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

1:16

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

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

1:14

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

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

4:01

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

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

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

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

4:00

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

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

0:31

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

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

2:05

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

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

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

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

2:09

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

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

0:32

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

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

4:51

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

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

0:22

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

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

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

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

3:58

Applause

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

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Håvard Stensvold

Baritone
Mona Julsrud

Soprano
Elizabeth Rapp

Soprano
James Gilchrist

Tenor

Handel: Jephtha

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