From G. F. Handel's Oratorio, Israel in Egypt -And Israel saw the great work - and believed the Lord

Описание к видео From G. F. Handel's Oratorio, Israel in Egypt -And Israel saw the great work - and believed the Lord

A chorus transcribed for organ by Francis Cunningham Woods and included in The Village Organist , Volume 7 circa 1905.
Thumbnail is of The Kings Theatre, London, in the Haymarket, where Israel in Egypt was first performed.
It underwent various revisions by the composer. In its two sectioned form, Israel in Egypt was very popular in the 19th century with choral societies. Beginning with John Eliot Gardiner's recording of 1978, many contemporary performances of the work use Handel's original three part version.
From Alessandro Stradella's wedding serenata Qual prodigio é ch’io miri, Handel took the music for his choruses based on the biblical ten plagues: "He spake the word," "He gave them hailstones," "But as for his people/He led them," and "And believed the Lord,"

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