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1 score (4 volumes) ; 29 cm |
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Book 1. Soprano. Abraham. I will extol Thee, my God, O king / Molique -- Calvary. Hast Thou for me a look a thought ; When this scene of trouble closes / Spohr -- Creation. And God said, let the earth ; With verdure clad ; And God said, let the waters ; On might pens / Haydn -- Eli. Open unto me ; I will extol Thee, O Lord / Costa -- Elijah. He ye, Israel! / Mendelssohn -- Fall of Babylon. Dear child of bondage / Spohr -- Holy City. These are they which came / Gaul -- Jephtha. Farewell, ye limpid springs ; Joseph. What's sweeter than a new-blown rose? ; Joshua. Oh had I Jubal's lyre ; Hark! tis the linnet ; Judas Maccabaeus. From mighty kings / Handel -- Light of the world. Where have they laid Him / Sullivan -- Messiah. I know that my redeemer liveth ; Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion / Handel -- Mary Magdalen. 'Tis in vain / Massenet -- Naaman. Confounded be / Costa -- Ode for St. Cecilia's Day. But oh! what art can teach / Handel -- Paradise lost. Song of an angel, once more has Heaven / Rubinstein -- Passion, St. John. I follow Thee also ; Passion, St. Matthew. Only bleed / Bach -- Rose of Sharon. Lover and friend / Mackenzie -- Ruth. Be of good comfort / Cowen -- Samson. Let the bright Seraphim / Handel -- Samson and Delilah. My heart to hear thy voice = Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix / Saint-Säens -- Saul. Oh God-like youth / Handel -- Seasons. O welcome now ; O how pleasing to the senses / Haydn -- St. Elizabeth. Now peace on earth / Liszt -- St. Ludmilla. O grant me in the dust to fall / Dvorak -- St. Paul. Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets ; I will sing of Thy great mercies / Mendelssohn -- St. Peter. I mourn as a dove / Benedict -- Theodora. Angels, ever right and fair / Handel -- Woman of Samaria. I will love Thee, O Lord / Sterndale Bennett -- -- |
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Book 3. Tenor. Abraham. Pour out thy heart before the lord / Molique -- Creation. And God created man ; In native worth / Haydn -- Christ on the Mount of Olives. Jehovah, thou art my Father ; In my soul dread thoughts awaken / Beethoven -- Christmas Oratorio. Haste ye shepherds ; Tis' Thee I would be praising / J. S. Bach -- Crucifixion. The majesty of the divine humiliation / Stainer -- Daughter of Jairus. My hope in thee is everlasting / Stainer -- Elijah. Ye people rend your hearts ; If with all your hearts / Mendelssohn -- Fall of Babylon. O how familiat to mine ear ; Remember Lord / Spohr -- Hercules. From the celestial seats descending -- Holy City. My soul athirst for God / Gaul -- Israel in Egypt. The enemy said / Handel -- Jephtha. Waft her, angels, through the skies / Handel -- Light of the world. Refrain the voice from weeping / Sullivan -- Comfort ye ; Ev'ry valley / Handel -- Naaman. Embrace me not ; Involking death / Costa -- Occasional Oratorio. When war-like ensigns wave on high / Handel -- Passion (St. John). Ah! my soul! / J. S. Bach -- Passion (St. Matthew). Endure! endure! / J. S. Bach -- Rebekah. With overflowing heart ; The soft southern breeze / Barnby -- Requiem. Sadly groaning = Ingemisco tamque reus / Verdi -- Samson. Thus when the sun / Handel -- St. Ludmila. O guide me in the way / Dvořák -- Seasons. Sacred raptures cheer my breast / Handel -- St. Paul. Be thou faithful unto death / Mendelssohn -- St. Peter. O house of Jacob ; The Lord is very pitiful / Benedict -- Stabat Mater. Cujus animam / Rossini -- Susanna. Tyrannic love! Ye verdant hills / Handel -- Woman of Samaria. His salvation is nigh them that fear Him / Bennett -- -- |
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Book 4. Bass. Abraham: Lead me Lord / Molique -- Calvary: Tears of sorrow, shame and anguish / Spohr -- Creation: And God said, Let the waters rolling in foaming billows / Haydn -- Christmas oratorio: Mighty Lord, and King all glorious / Bach -- Eli: My sons, my sons ; If Thou should'st mark iniquities ; Although my house be not with God / Costa -- Elijah: Draw near, all ye people ; It is enough / Mendelssohn -- Fall of Babylon: Almighty God of Israel ; O what is man / Spohr -- Judas Maccabaeus: Arm, arm, ye brave ; With pious hearts / Handel -- The light of the world: When the Son of Man / Sullivan -- Mary Magdalen: Judas / Massenet -- The Messiah: Thus saith the Lord ; But who may abide the day of his coming ; Why do nations so furiously rage together? / Handel -- Naaman: Arise, O Lord / Costa -- Occasional oratorio: His sceptre is the rod of righteousness / Handel -- Paradise lost: From my soul's depths / Rubinstein -- Passion, St. John: Consider my soul. Passion, St. Matthew: Before the Father our Redeemer falling ; Bring me cross and cup ; Give me Jesus, I implore you / Bach -- Rebekah: O Lord God ; The daughters of the city / Barnby -- The Rose of Sharon: Unto my charger / Mackenzie -- Requiem: From the accursed = Confutatis maledictis / Verdi -- Samson: Honor and arms / Handel -- Saint Ludmilla: I was not deceived / Dvorák -- The Seasons: At last bounteous sun ; With joy the impatient husbandman ; Behold, along the dewy grass / Haydn -- St. Elizabeth: Through the mist of the valley / Liszt -- St. Paul: O God, we have mercy / Mendelssohn -- St. Peter: How great, O Lord / Benedict -- Stabat Mater: Lord preserve me uncomplaining = Pro peccatis / Rossini -- Woman of Samaria: Jesus answered ; Whosoever drinketh / Bennett. |
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