‎Handel: Jephtha by Collegium Vocale Gent

Overture

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

5:05

Menuet

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

1:21

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

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

1:37

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

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

4:57

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

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

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

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

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

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

4:01

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

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

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

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

4:31

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

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

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

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

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

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

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

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

3:07

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

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

0:27

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

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

4:26

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

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

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

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

4:48

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

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

0:31

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

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

3:56

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

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

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

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

1:59

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

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

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

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

4:22

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

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

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

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

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

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

4:55

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

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

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

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

3:36

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

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

0:40

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

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

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

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

2:59

Symphony

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

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

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

0:23

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

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

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

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

0:27

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

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

3:09

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

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

1:13

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

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

2:06

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

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

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

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

1:54

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

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

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

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

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

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

3:08

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

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

3:02

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

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

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

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

2:23

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

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

4:33

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

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

0:39

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

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

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

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

3:19

Symphony

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

1:16

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

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

1:14

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

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

4:01

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

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

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

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

4:00

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

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

0:31

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

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

2:05

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

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

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

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

2:09

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

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

0:32

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

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

4:51

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

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

0:22

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

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

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

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

3:58

Applause

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

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Collegium Vocale Gent

Choir
Elisabeth Jansson

Mezzo-Soprano
Håvard Stensvold

Baritone
Mona Julsrud

Soprano

Handel: Jephtha

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