Elijah, Op.70
Op.
Elias, ein Oratorium nach Worten des alten Testaments
Sheet music
Sheet music
· public domain
· 40 editions
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Composed
1846, rev.1847
First published
1847 - London: J. J. Ewer // Bonn: N. Simrock
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op.
Dedication
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Movements
42
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Movements
As catalogued on IMSLP.
42
movements in 2 parts:; *Part I. Introduction (Elijah): As God the Lord of Israel liveth (12 bars) Overture (orchestra) (77 bars) 1. Chorus (SATB): Help, Lord! (69 bars) 2. Duet (SS) with Choir (SATB): Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer! (53 bars) 3. Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts (10 bars) 4. Aria (Obadiah): If with all your hearts (51 bars) 5. Chorus (SATB): Yet doth the Lord see it not (138 bars) 6. Recitative (Angel I): Elijah! get thee hence (9 bars) 7. Double quartet (Angels, SSAATTBB): For he shall give his angels (79 bars) :Recit. (Angel I): Now Cherith's brook is dried up (16 bars) 8. Recitative, Aria, Duet (Widow, Elijah): What have I to do with thee? (143 bars) 9. Chorus (SATB): Blessed are the men who fear him (66 bars) 10. Recitative (Elijah, Ahab, SATB): As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (95 bars) 11. Chorus (SSAATTBB): Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! (140 bars) 12. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): Call him louder, for he is a god! (32 bars) 13. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): Call him louder! he heareth not! (90 bars) 14. Aria with Choir (Elijah, SATB): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! (38 bars) 15. Quartet (SATB): Cast thy burden upon the Lord (17 bars) 16. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): O thou, who makest thine angels spirits (73 bars) 17. Aria (Elijah): Is not his word like a fire? (90 bars) 18. Arioso (Angel I): Woe unto them who forsake him! (42 bars) 19. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, SATB, Youth): O man of God, help thy people! (98 bars) 20. Chorus (SATB): Thanks be to God (140 bars); *Part II. 21. Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel! (158 bars) 22. Chorus (SATB): Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (118 bars) 23. Recitative (Elijah, Queen, SATB): The Lord hath exalted thee (70 bars) 24. Chorus (Obadiah, Elijah): Woe to him, he shall perish (46 bars) 25. Recitative (Tenor): Man of God, now let my words (28 bars) 26. Aria (Elijah): It is enough, O Lord now take away my life (118 bars) 27. Recitative (Tenor): See, now he sleepeth (8 bars) 28. Trio (SSA): Lift thine eyes (39 bars) 29. Chorus (SATB): He, watching over Israel, slumbers not (79 bars) 30. Recitative (Angel I, Elijah): Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey (33 bars) 31. Aria (Angel I): O rest in the Lord (34 bars) 32. Chorus (SATB): He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (37 bars) 33. Recitative (Elijah, Angel II): Night falleth round me, O Lord! (27 bars) 34. Chorus (SATB): Behold! God the Lord passeth by! (191 bars) 35. Quartet (SSAA), Choir (SATB): Above him stood the Seraphim; Holy is God the Lord (48 bars) 36. Recitative (SSATTBB, Elijah): Go, return upon thy way! I go on my way (19 bars) 37. Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart (36 bars) 38. Chorus (SATB): Then did Elijah the prophet break forth (57 bars) 39. Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth (44 bars) 40. Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah (19 bars) 41. Chorus (SSAATTBB): But the Lord, from the north hath raised one (61 bars) :Quartet (SATB): O come everyone that thirsteth (52 bars) 42. Chorus (SATB): And then shall your light break forth (127 bars) :Lord, our Creator
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