G.F.Haendel (1685-1759)

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Your harps and cymbals sound 3. Praise ye the Lord 4. With pious heart 5.

praise the lord with harp and tongue no 35 from oratorio solomon act 3 hwv67 Manual

Sacred raptures cheer my breast 8. Throughout the land 9. Bless'd be the Lord What tho' I trace And see my queen Bless'd the day Thou fair inhabitant of Nile Welcome as the dawn of day Vain are the transient beauties Indulge thy faith My blooming fair, come, come away Haste, haste to the cedar grove When thou art absent from my sight Search round the world May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours Act 2 1.

From the censer 2. Prais'd be the Lord 3. When the sun o'er yonder hills 4. Thrice bless'd that wise descerning king 7.

Full score

My sovereign liege 8. Thou son of David Words are weak What says the other Thy sentence, great king Withhold, withhold the executing hand! Can I see my infant gor'd Solomon "Prais'd be the Lord". Solomon "When the sun o'er yonder hills". Levite "Great Prince, thy resolution's just". Levite "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king".

Act II, scene 2 - No.

Aksel Schiøtz; "Sacred raptures cheer my breast"; Solomon; George Frideric Handel

Act II, scene 3 - No. Solomon, two Harlots "Words are weak to paint my fears". Solomon, second Harlot "What says the other to th'imputed charge? Second Harlot "Thy sentence, great king". First Harlot "Withhold, withhold the executing hand". First Harlot "Can I see my enfant gor'd".

The name of the wicked shall quickly be past, No. 39 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 3 (HWV67)

Solomon "Israel, attend to what your king shall say". First Harlot, Solomon "Thrice bless'd the king". Zadok "From morn to eve I could enraptur'd sing". Zadok "See the tall palm that lifts the head". First Harlot "No more shall armed bands our hopes destroy". First Harlot "Beneath the vine, or fig-tree's shade". Act III - No.

Solomon, HWV 67

Queen of Sheba, Solomon "From Arabia's spicy shores". Queen of Sheba "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold". Solomon "Sweep, sweep the string". Solomon and Israelites "Music, spread thy voice around". Solomon and Israelites "Now a diff'rent measure try". Solomon "Then at once from rage remove". Solomon "Next the tortur'd soul release". Solomon and Israelites "Thus rolling surges rise". Queen of Sheba "Thy harmony's divine, great king". Zadok "Thrice happy king, to have achiev'd".

Zadok "Golden columns, fair and bright". Solomon "Gold now is common on our happy shore". Solomon "How green our fertile pastures look". Queen of Sheba "May peace in Salem ever dwell! Queen of Sheba "Will the sun forget to streak".

Sinfonia from Act III

Solomon "Adieu, fair queen, and in thy breast". Queen of Sheba, Solomon "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows". It is weak across the board! The choir needs to find a new director on the basis of this weak performance. God help the soloists who must have felt strangled at birth in the midst of such ineptitude - though to be fair none of them compete with those on the nearest rival using as did Handel a female lead set from Gardiner.

Gardiner comes in for a fair amount of flack in reviews, but in this work he sounds compared with Reuss and McCreesh, musical and committed. At the end of the day, the two junior conductors compared with him, or two highly illustrious Handelians from the first "authentic" wave - Simon and Somary - know all about effects and nothing about musical performance, their approach simulating pace and drama, while entirely lacking depth or polish.


  • Handel: Solomon; Love in Bath.
  • Das Projekthandbuch: Ein kleiner Leitfaden (German Edition).
  • Solomon, HWV67;
  • The Imitation of Christ: The Beatitudes Edition.
  • HANDEL Great Oratorios - 41 CDs - Buy Now.