‎Handel: Jephtha by Håvard Stensvold

Overture

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

5:05

Menuet

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

1:21

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

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

1:37

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

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

4:57

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

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

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

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

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

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

4:01

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

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

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

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

4:31

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

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

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

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

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

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

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

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

3:07

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

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

0:27

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

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

4:26

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

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

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

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

4:48

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

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

0:31

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

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

3:56

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

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

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

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

1:59

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

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

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

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

4:22

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

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

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

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

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

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

4:55

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

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

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

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

3:36

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

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

0:40

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

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

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

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

2:59

Symphony

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

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

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

0:23

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

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

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

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

0:27

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

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

3:09

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

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

1:13

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

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

2:06

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

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

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

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

1:54

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

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

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

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

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

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

3:08

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

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

3:02

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

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

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

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

2:23

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

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

4:33

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

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

0:39

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

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

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

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

3:19

Symphony

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

1:16

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

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

1:14

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

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

4:01

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

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

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

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

4:00

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

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

0:31

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

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

2:05

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

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

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

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

2:09

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

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

0:32

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

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

4:51

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

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

0:22

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

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

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

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

3:58

Applause

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

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Håvard Stensvold

Baritone
James Gilchrist

Tenor
Mona Julsrud

Soprano
Elizabeth Rapp

Soprano

Handel: Jephtha

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