Handel - Saul (Act 1) HWV 53 - Handel for All - 4k

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John Butt - Guest Director & Harpsichord

Neal Davies - Saul
Iestyn Davies - David
Andrew Haji - Jonathan
James Gilchrist - High Priest
Sophie Bevan - Merab
Liv Redpath - Michal
Joanna Songi - soprano
Peter Harris - Abner

00:00:00 - Overture
00:03:43 - Symphony: Larghetto
00:05:48 - Symphony: Organo ad libitum
00:08:20 - Symphony: Allegro [minuet]
00:10:11 - Chorus: How excellent thy name, O Lord
00:13:06 - Air: An infant rais'd by thy Command
00:14:17 - Trio: Along the Monster Atheist strode
00:15:23 - Chorus: The Youth inspir'd by Thee, O Lord
00:17:23 - Chorus: How excellent thy Name, O Lord
00:19:58 - recitative, aria: He Comes, he Comes! O Godlike Youth!
00:22:56 - recitative: Behold, O King, the brave victorious Youth
00:23:46 - Air: O King, your Favours with Delight I take
00:28:13 - recitative: O Early Piety, O Modest Merit!
00:28:40 - Aria: What Abject Thoughts
00:30:46 - recitative: Yet Think on whom ths Honour
00:31:03 - Aria: Birth and Fortune I Despise!
00:35:48 - recitative, aria: Go on, Illustrious Pair! While Yet Thy Tide
00:36:08 - Air: While Yet thy Tide of Blood Runs High
00:38:41 - recitative: Thou, Merab, First in Birth
00:39:01 - aria: My Soul Rejects the Thought with Scorn
00:40:14 - air cont...: See, see, with what a Scornful Air
00:41:19 - air cont., O Lovely Youth
00:42:09 - Act I scene II sinfonia
00:43:12 - recitative: Already See
00:43:28 - chorus: Welcome, welcome, Mighty King
00:44:56 - Recitative: What do I hear?
00:45:22 - Chorus: David his Ten Thousands Slew
00:45:56 - Accompagnato: To Him Ten Thousands
00:46:13 - Air: With Rage I SHall Burst
00:47:33 - recitative: Imprudent Women
00:48:20 - Air: Fell Rage and Black Despair possessed
00:51:01 - Recitative: 'tis but the smallest Part of Harmony
00:51:32 - Accomp. By Thee this Universal Frame
00:54:02 - recitative: Rack'd with Infernal Pains
00:54:15 - Air: O Lord, whose Mercies Numberless
00:58:26 - Harp Symphony
01:00:43 - Recitative: 'tis all in Vain
01:01:01 - Air: A Serpent in my Bosom Warmed
01:03:03 - Recitative: Has he escaped my rage?
01:03:27 - Air: Capricious Man
01:07:14 - recitative: O Filial Piety
01:08:57 - Air: No, no Cruel Father, no
01:10:29 - Air: O Lord, whose Providence
01:12:29 - chorus: preserve him for the glory
01:15:08 - Credits