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George Frideric Handel

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV.63

HWV 63 Vocal

Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxii; and HHA 1/24.

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Movements

  1. Overture

Act I

  1. no. 2: Chorus "Mourn, ye afflicted children" (Chorus)
  2. no. 3: Recitative "Well, may your sorrows" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
  3. no. 4: Duet "From this dread scene" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
  4. no. 5: Chorus "For Sion lamentation make" (Chorus)
  5. no. 6: Recitative "Not vain is all this storm" (Israelitish Man)
  6. no. 7: Air "Pious orgies, pious airs" (Israelitish Man)
  7. no. 8: Chorus "O Father, whose almighty pow'r" (Chorus)
  8. no. 9: Recitative "I feel, I feel the Deity within" (Simon)
  9. no. 10: Air "Arm, arm, ye brave!" (Simon)
  10. no. 11: Chorus "We come, we come, in bright array" (Chorus)
  11. no. 12: Recitative "'Tis well, my friends" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  12. no. 13: Air "Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  13. no. 14: Recitative "To heav'n's almighty King" (Israelitish Woman)
  14. no. 15: Air "O liberty, thou choicest treasure" (Israelitish Woman)
  15. no. 16: Air "Come, ever-smiling liberty" (Israelitish Woman)
  16. no. 17: Recitative "O Judas, may these noble views" (Israelitish Man)
  17. no. 18: Air "'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone" (Israelitish Man)
  18. no. 19: Duet "Come, ever-smiling liberty" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
  19. no. 20: Chorus "Lead on, lead on! Judah disdains" (Chorus)
  20. no. 21: Recitative "So will'd my father" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  21. no. 22: Semi-Chorus "Disdainful of danger, we'll rush on the foe" (Chorus)
  22. no. 23: Recitative "Ambition! If e'er honour" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  23. no. 24: Air "No unhallow'd desire" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  24. no. 26: Recitative "Haste we, my brethren" (Israelitish Man)
  25. no. 26: Chorus "Hear us, O Lord, on Thee we call" (Chorus)

Act II

  1. no. 27: Chorus "Fall'n is the foe; so fall Thy foes" (Chorus)
  2. no. 28: Recitative "Victorious hero! Fame shall tell" (Israelitish Man)
  3. no. 29: Air "So rapid thy course is" (Israelitish Man)
  4. no. 30: Recitative "Well may we hope our freedom" (Israelitish Man)
  5. no. 31: Duet " Sion now" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
  6. no. 32: Chorus "Sion now her head shall raise" (Chorus)
  7. no. 33: Recitative "Oh, let eternal honours crown" (Israelitish Woman)
  8. no. 34: Air "From mighty kings he took" (Israelitish Woman)
  9. no. 35: Duet "Hail, hail, Judea, happy land" (Israelitish Woman, Israelitish Man)
  10. no. 36: Chorus "Hail, hail Judea" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman, Chorus)
  11. no. 37: "Thanks to my brethren" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  12. no. 38: Aria "How vain is man who boasts in fight" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  13. no. 39: Recitative "O Judas, o my brethren!" (Messenger)
  14. no. 40: Air "Ah! wretched Israel!" (Israelitish Woman)
  15. no. 41 Chorus "Ah, wretched, wretched Israel!" (Chorus)
  16. no. 42: Recitative "Be comforted, nor think these plagues" (Simon)
  17. no. 43: Air "The Lord worketh wonders" (Simon)
  18. no. 44: "My arms! against this Gorgias will I go" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  19. no. 45: Air "Sound an alarm!" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  20. no. 46: Chorus "We hear, we hear the pleasing dreadful call" (Chorus)
  21. no. 47: Recitative "Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest" (Simon)
  22. no. 48: Air "With pious hearts, and brave as pious" (Simon)
  23. no. 49: Recitative "Ye worshippers of God" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
  24. no. 50: Air "Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive" (Israelitish Woman)
  25. no. 51. Duet "Oh! Never, never bow we down" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
  26. no. 52: Chorus "We never, never will bow down" (Chorus)

Act III

  1. no. 53: Air "Father of Heav'n" (Priest)
  2. no. 54: Recitative "See, see yon flames" (Israelitish Man)
  3. no. 55: Recitative "O grant it, Heav'n, that our long woes may cease (Israelitish Woman)
  4. no. 56. “So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake” (Israelitish Woman)
  5. no. 57: Recitative "From Capharsalama on eagle wings" (Messengers)
  6. no. 58: “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” (Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins)
  7. no. 59: March
  8. no. 60: Chorus "Sing unto God, and high affections raise" (Chorus)
  9. no. 61: Recitative "Sweet flow the strains" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  10. no. 62: Air "With honour let desert be crown'd" (Judas Maccabaeus)
  11. no. 63: Recitative "Peace to my countrymen" (Eupolemus)
  12. no. 64: Chorus "To our great God be all the honour giv'n" (Chorus)
  13. no. 65: Recitative "Again to earth let gratitude" (Israelitish Woman)
  14. no. 66: Air "O lovely peace" (Israelitish Woman)
  15. no. 67: Air "Rejoice, oh Judah!" (Simon)
  16. no. 68: Chorus "Hallelujah! Amen" (Chorus)

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