‎Handel: Jephtha by Elisabeth Jansson

Overture

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

5:05

Menuet

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

1:21

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

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

1:37

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

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

4:57

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

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

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

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

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

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

4:01

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

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

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

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

4:31

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

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

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

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

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

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

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

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

3:07

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

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

0:27

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

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

4:26

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

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

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

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

4:48

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

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

0:31

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

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

3:56

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

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

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

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

1:59

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

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

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

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

4:22

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

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

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

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

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

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

4:55

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

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

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

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

3:36

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

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

0:40

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

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

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

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

2:59

Symphony

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

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

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

0:23

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

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

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

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

0:27

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

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

3:09

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

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

1:13

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

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

2:06

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

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

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

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

1:54

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

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

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

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

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

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

3:08

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

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

3:02

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

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

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

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

2:23

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

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

4:33

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

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

0:39

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

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

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

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

3:19

Symphony

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

1:16

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

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

1:14

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

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

4:01

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

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

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

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

4:00

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

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

0:31

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

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

2:05

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

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

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

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

2:09

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

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

0:32

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

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

4:51

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

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

0:22

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

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

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

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

3:58

Applause

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

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Elisabeth Jansson

Mezzo-Soprano
Elizabeth Rapp

Soprano
Fabio Biondi

Conductor
Stavanger Symfoniorkester

Orchestra

Handel: Jephtha

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