Handel and the Oratorios for Concerts

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

From 'Samson'

13:23

1

Sinfonia. Andante -

3:53

2

Allegro -

1:40

3

Minuet

2:25

4

'Let the bright Seraphim'

5:22

From 'Joseph and His Brethren'

6:35

5

Overture. Andante -

1:11

6

Larghetto -

1:59

7

Allegro -

2:10

8

Minuet. Larghetto

1:15

From 'Semele'

13:54

9

Overture. Maestoso - [Andante] -

2:57

10

Allegro -

2:07

11

Gavotte

2:48

12

'Where e'er you walk'

4:17

13

Sinfonia

1:39

From 'Jephtha'

10:57

14

Overture. [Andante] -

1:12

15

Allegro -

4:09

16

Minuet

1:27

17

'Waft her, angels, through the skies'

4:06

From 'Susanna'

7:00

18

Overture. [Andante] -

1:51

19

Non troppo allegro - Lentement

2:10

20

'The oak that for a thousand years'

2:57

From 'Judas Maccabaeus'

10:52

21

[Overture. Andante] -

1:48

22

Allegro - Lentement

4:32

23

March

1:43

24

'See, the conqu'ring hero comes!'

2:46

From 'Solomon'

15:16

25

Overture. [Andante] -

1:50

26

Allegro moderato [ ] -

2:12

27

Allegro

2:57

28

'Will the sun forget to streak'

5:15

29

Sinfonia ['The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba']

2:58

Simon Standage

26-28 February 2001