Song for St.Cecilia’s Day for soprano, tenor, choir, strings and continuo, HWV 76 - Handel, George Frideric

Handel sets a poem which the English poet John Dryden wrote in 1687. The main theme of the text is the Pythagorean theory of harmonia mundi, that music was a central force in the Earth`s creation.

1. Overture: Larghetto e staccato - Alegro - Minuet
2. Recitative (tenor): From harmony, from heavenly harmony
3. Chorus: From harmony, from heavenly harmony
4. Aria (soprano): What passion cannot music raise and quell!
5. Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The trumpet`s loud clangour
6. March
7. Aria (soprano): The soft complaining flute
8. Aria (tenor): Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs
9. Aria (soprano): But oh! What art can teach
10.Aria (soprano): Orpheus could lead the savage race
11.Recitative (soprano): But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher
12.Grand Chorus with (soprano): As from the power of sacred lays

Х Close

	George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Song for St.Cecilia’s Day for soprano, tenor, choir, strings and continuo, HWV 76 Download Sheet Music Handel sets a poem which the English poet John Dryden wrote in 1687. The main theme of the text is the Pythagorean theory of harmonia mundi, that music was a central force in the Earth`s creation....Read more Handel sets a poem which the English poet John Dryden wrote in 1687. The main theme of the text is the Pythagorean theory of harmonia mundi, that music was a central force in the Earth`s creation. 1. Overture: Larghetto e staccato - Alegro - Minuet 2. Recitative (tenor): From harmony, from heavenly harmony 3. Chorus: From harmony, from heavenly harmony 4. Aria (soprano): What passion cannot music raise and quell! 5. Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The trumpet`s loud clangour 6. March 7. Aria (soprano): The soft complaining flute 8. Aria (tenor): Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs 9. Aria (soprano): But oh! What art can teach 10.Aria (soprano): Orpheus could lead the savage race 11.Recitative (soprano): But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher 12.Grand Chorus with (soprano): As from the power of sacred lays Х Close Show records by: listenings count \| performer's rating \| alphabetical Leonard Bernstein (conductor) , New York Philharmonic Soprano – Adele Addison, tenor – John McCollum. Rutgers University Chorus (Chorus Master – Austin Walter). Recorded: 2 May 1959, New York. (5) Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) , Felicity Palmer (soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Concentus Musicus Wien Stockholm Bach Choir. Recorded: February 1978, Vienna. (4) Trevor Pinnock (conductor) , Felicity Lott (soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), The English Concert Orchestra Recorded: December 1985, London. (3) Robert King (conductor) , Carolyn Sampson (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), The King`s Consort Recorded: June 23-26, 2003, London. (2) Wolfgang Helbich (conductor) , Mark Wilde (tenor), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Concerto Polacco, Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble ALSFELDER VOKALENSEMBLE. Recorded in the Maria Magdalenen Kirche, Templin (Germany), August 12-16, 1999. (3) Alexander Kantorov (conductor) , Ludmila Belobragina (soprano) 1991. (5) David Willcocks (conductor) , Ian Partridge (tenor), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Choir of King`s College, Cambridge April Cantelo - soprano. Recorded in 1967, Cambridge. (2)

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)