A cura di Maria Teresa Ferrante
PROGRAMMA
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Oratorio in due parti per soli, coro e orchestra
Parte prima
1. “Now here arose”, (recitativo N. Robertson)
2. “And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage: And their cry…” (coro)
3. “Then sent He Moses”, (recitativo P. Salmon)
4. “They loathed to drink”, (coro)
5. “Their land brought”, (aria A. Stafford)
6. “He spake the word”, (coro)
7. “He gave them hailstones”, (coro)
8. “He sent a thick darkness”, (coro)
9. “He smote all the first-born”, (coro)
10. “But as for His people’: (coro)
11. “Egypt was glad”, (coro)
12. “He rebuked the Red Sea”, (coro)
13. “He led them”, (coro)
14. “But the waters”, (coro)
15. “And Israel saw”, (coro)
16. “And believed the Lord”, (coro)
Parte seconda
Moses’ Song
17. “Moses, and the children’: introitus – (coro)
18. “I will sing”, (coro)
19. “The Lord is my strengh”, (duo Ruth Holton e E. Priday)
20. “He is my God”, (coro)
21. “And I will exalt him”, (coro)
22. “The Lord is a man of war”, (duo J. Clarkson, C. Purves)
23. “The depths have covered them”, (coro)
24. “Thy right hand”, (coro)
25. “And in the greatness”, (coro)
26. “Thou sentest forth”, (coro)
27. “And with the blast”, (coro)
28. “The enemy said”, (aria P. Salmon)
29. “Thou didst blow”, (aria P. Salmon)
30. “Who is like unto Thee”, (coro)
31. “The earth swallowed them”, (coro)
32. “Thou is thy mercy”, (duo J. P. Kenny e P. Salmon)
33. “The people shall hear”, (coro)
34. “Thou shalt bring”, (aria M. Chance)
35. “The Lord shall reign”, (coro)
36. “For the horse of Pharoah”, (recitativo P. Tindall)
37. “The Lord shall reign”, (coro)
38. “And Miriam the prophetess”, (recitativo A. Tusa)
39. “Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriusly! The Lord shall reign…”, (D. Deam e coro)
Ruth Holton, soprano
Elisabeth Priday, soprano
Donna Deam, soprano
Patrick Collin, contro-tenore
Ashley Stafford, contro-tenore
Jonathan Peter Kenny, contro-tenore
Michael Chance, contro-tenore
Nicolas Robertson, tenore
Philip Salmon, tenore
Paul Tindall, tenore
Andrew Tusa, tenore
Julian Clarkson, basso
Christopher Purves, basso
Ian Watson, organo
Timothy Roberts, organo
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, direttore