Deborah - Handel, George Frideric

"Op. HWV 51. Composed: 1733-02-21 (end date). Movements: 3 acts: *Act 1 :Scene 1: Mount Ephraim (Deborah, Barak, Israelitish Priests, People) ::1. Overture ::2. Double Chorus: Immortal Lord of earth and skies ::3. Recitative: O Barak, favour'd of the skies (Deborah, Barak) ::4. Duet: Where do thy ardours raise me? (Barak, Deborah) ::5. Chorus: Forbear thy doubts! ::6. Recitative: Since Heav'n has thus his will express'd (Barak) ::7. Soloists and Chorus: For ever to the voice of pray'r ::8. Recitative: By that adorable decree (Deborah) ::9. Double Chorus: O hear thy lowly servants' pray'r ::10. Recitative: Ye sons of Israel, cease your tears (Deborah) ::11. Chorus: O blast, with thy tremendous brow ::12. Recitative: To whomsoe'er his fate the tyrant owes ::13. Aria: How lovely is the blooming fair (Barak) :Scene 2: Kedesh Napthali ::14. Recitative: O Deborah! where'er I turn my eyes (Jael, Deborah) ::15. Aria: Choir of angles, all around thee (Deborah) ::16. Recitative: My transports are too great to tell (Jael) ::17. Aria: To joy he brightens my despair (Jael) :Scene 3: Kedesh (Abinoam, Barak, Israelites) ::18. Recitative: Barak, my son, the joyful sound (Abinoam) ::19. Aria: Awake the ardour of they breast (Abinoam) ::20. Recitative: I go where Heav'n and duty call (Barak) ::21. Aria: All danger disdaining, for battle I glow (Barak) ::22. Chorus: Let thy deeds be glorious :Scene 4: Mount Tabor (Deborah, Barak, Israelites, Herald) ::23. Recitative: My charge is to declare (Herald, Barak, Deborah) ::24. Chorus: Despair all around them ::25. Chorus: Allelujah! *Act 2 :Scene: Mount Tabor (Deborah, Barak, Abinoam, Israelites) ::26. Chorus: See, the proud chief advances now ::27. Recitative: That here rebellious arms I see (Sisera) ::28. Aria: At my feet extended low (Sisera) ::29. Recitative: Go frown, Barbarian, where thou art fear'd (Deborah) ::30. Aria: In Jehovah's awful sight (Deborah) ::31. Recitative: Yes, how your God in wonders can excel (Sisera) ::32. Aria: Whilst you boast the wondrous story (Sisera) ::33. Aira: Impious mortal, cease to brave us (Barak) ::34. Recitative: Behold the nations all around (Chief Priest of Baal) ::35. Chorus: O Baal, Monarch of the skies (Priests of Baal) ::36. Recitative: No more, ye infidels (Chief Priest of the Israelites) ::37. Double Chorus: Load of Eternity (Israelites) ::38. Chorus: Plead thy just cause ::39. Recitative: By his great Name (Deborah, Sisera) ::40. Soloists and Double Chorus: All your boast will end in woe :::(Deborah, Sisera, Priest of Baal, Baal's Priests, Israelites) ::41. Recitative: Great Prophetess, my soul's on fire (Barak) ::42. Aria: In the battle, fame pursuing (Barak) ::43. Recitative: Thy ardours warm the winter of my age (Abinoam) ::44. Aria: Swift inundation of desolation (Abinoam) ::45. Recitative: O Judah, with what joy I see (Isrealitish Woman) ::46. Aria: No more disconsolate I'll mourn (Israelitish Woman) ::47. Recitative: Now, Jael, to thy tent retire (Deborah) ::48. Aria: O the pleasure my soul is possessing (Jael) ::49. Recitative: Barak, we now to battle go (Deborah) ::50. Duet: Smiling freedom, lovely guest (Deborah. Barak) ::51. Chorus: The great King of Kings will aid us to-day *Act 3 :Scene: Kedesh ::52. Chorus: Now the proud insulting foe (Israelites) ::53. Recitative: The haughty foe whose pride to heav'n did soar (Israelitish Woman) ::54. Aria: Now sweetly smiling peace descends (Israelitish Woman) ::55. Recitative: My pray'rs are heard (Abinoam, Barak) ::56. Aria: Tears, such as tender fathers shed (Abinoam) ::57. Recitative: O Deborah, my fears are o'er (Jael) ::58. Chorus: Doleful tidings, how ye sound (Priests of Baal) ::59. Aria: Our fears are now for ever fled (Isrealitish Woman) ::60. Recitative: I saw the tyrant breathless in her tent (Barak, Jael) ::61. Aria: Tyrant, now no more we dread thee (Jael) ::62. Recitative: If, Jael, I aright divine (Deborah) ::63. Aria: The glorious sun shall cease to shed (Deborah) ::64. Recitative: May Heav'n with kind profusion (Barak) ::65. Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell (Barak) ::66. Recitative: O great Jehovah! may thy foes thus perish (Deborah) ::67. Double Chorus: Let our songs to heav'n ascend :::Chorus: O celebrate his sacred name :::Chorus: Allelujah"

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre / Form → Baroque ♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 7-8)

¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra