As Parts the Hart - Handel, George Frideric

"Op. HWV 251*. Composed: 1713, 1717-18, 1722, 1738. Movements: 7 (or 6) movements: ;*First version, HWV 251a (1713) # Soli and Chorus: As pants the hart (Tempo ordinario, D minor, 52 bars) # Solo and Quartet: Tears are my daily food (Larghetto, A minor, 44 bars) # Recitative (tenor): Now when I think thereupon (C major, 10 bars) # Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving (Allegro, F major 44 bars) # Duet (alto, tenor): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, D minor, 86 bars) # Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (Allegro ma non troppo, A major, 45 bars) ;*Second version, HWV 251b (1718) # Sonata (no tempo, D minor, 52 bars) # Trio (soprano, tenor, bass) and Chorus: As pants the hart(Largo, D minor, 56 bars) # Solo (alto): Tears are my daily food (Larghetto, A minor, 66 bars) # Recitative (bass): Now when I think thereupon (Largo, D minor, 6 bars) # Chorus: For I went with the multitude in the voice of praise and thanksgiving(D minor, 66 bars) # Duet (alto, tenor): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, D minor, 99 bars) # Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (Andante, D minor, 173 bars) ;*Third version, HWV 251c (1722) # Sonata (no tempo-Allegro, E minor, 63+41 bars) # Soli and Chorus: As pants the hart (Adagio, E minor, 52 bars) # Solo (soprano): Tears are my daily food (Un poco adagio, A minor, 95 bars) # Solo (tenor): Now when I think thereupon (Andante, E minor, 23 bars) # Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving (E minor, 44 bars) # Duet (soprano, tenor): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, B minor, 138 bars) # Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (no tempo, E minor, 71 bars) ;*Fourth version, HWV 251d (1722) # Soli and Chorus: As pants the hart (no tempo, D minor, 43 bars) # Solo (alto): Tears are my daily food (Andante, A minor, 56 bars) # Solo (alto): Now when I think thereupon (Adagio, A minor, 29 bars) # Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving (no tempo, F major, 29 bars) # Duet (soprano, alto): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, G minor, 77 bars) # Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (no tempo, B-flat major, 43 bars)"

⌛ Epoche → Barock ◈ Genre → Barock ♬ Besetzung → Solo

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Virtuos (Oberstufe)

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 1

Instrumente voices, chorus, orchestra

Bearbeiter Friedrich Chrysander

Schlagwörter

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