HANDEL, G.F.: Jephtha [Oratorio] (Ainsley)

Overture

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Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato: It must be so (Zebul)

Act I Scene 1: Air: Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul)

Act I Scene 1: No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative: But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

Act I Scene 2: Air: Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Twill be a painful separation (Storge)

Act I Scene 2: Air: In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor)

Act I Scene 3: Air: Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

Aria: Take the heart you fondly gave

Act I Scene 3: Recitative: I go, my soul (Hamor)

Act I Scene 3: Duet: These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor)

Act I Scene 4: Recitative: What mean these doubtful fancies (Jephtha)

Act I Scene 4: Accompagnato: If, Lord, sustain'd by thy almighty pow'r - Tis said. Attend, ye Chiefs (Jephtha)

Act I - "O God, Behold our Sore Distress"

Act I Scene 5: Recitative: Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storge)

Act I Scene 5: Air: Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge)

Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Say, my dear mother (Iphis, Storge)

Act I Scene 6: Air: The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

Act I Scene 7: Recitative: Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha)

Act I - "When His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke"

Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Glad tidings of great joy (Hamor)