HWV 56
Movements
- 1 Overture
- 2 Recitative: 'Tis nobler far (tenor, bass)
- 3 Aria: Pluck root and branch (bass)
- 4 Recitative: Our souls with ardour glow (tenor)
- 5 Chorus: Shall we the God of Israel fear? (Persians)
- 6 Recitative: Now persecution (tenor)
- 7 Aria: Tune your harps (tenor)
- 8 Chorus: Shall we of servitude complain
- 9 Aria: Praise the Lord (soprano)
- 10 Recitative: O God, who from the suckling's mouth (tenor)
- 11 Aria: Sing sons of praise (tenor)
- 12 Recitative: How have our sins (alto)
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- 13 Recitative: Methings I hear (alto)
- 14 Chorus: Ye sons of Israel, mourn
- 15 Aria: O Jordan, sacred tide (alto)
- 16 Recitative: Why sits that sorrow? (soprano, tenor)
- 17 Aria: Dread not, righteous Queen (tenor)
- 18 Recitative: I go before the King (soprano)
- 19 Aria: Tears, assist me (soprano)
- 20 Chorus: Save us, O Lord
- 21 Recitative: Who dares intrude (tenor, soprano)
- 22 Duet: Who calls my parting soul (soprano, tenor)
- 23 Aria: O beauteous Queen (tenor)
- 24 Recitative: If I find favor (soprano)
- 25 Aria: How can I stay (tenor)
- 26 Recitative: With inward joy (2 tenors)
- 27 Chorus: Virtue, truth, and innocence
- 28 Invocation: Jehovah crowned (alto)
- 29 Chorus: He comes to end our woes
- 30 Recitative: Now, O Queen (soprano, tenor)
- 31 Recitative: Turn not, O Queen (bass)
- 32 Aria: Flattering tongue, no more I hear thee
- 33 Recitative: Guards, seize the traitor (tenor)
- 34 Aria: How art thou fall'n (bass)
- 35 Chorus with Soloists: The Lord our enemy has slain
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