Alexander's Feast (Handel) - Structure of The Work

Structure of The Work

  • Part one:
  1. Overture
  2. Recitative (tenor): 'Twas at the royal feast
  3. Aria and chorus: Happy, happy pair
  4. Recitative: Timotheus plac'd on high
  5. Harp Concerto, Opus 4, Number 6 in B Flat
  6. Recitative: The song began from Jove
  7. Chorus: The list'ning crowd
  8. Aria (soprano): With ravish'd ears
  9. Recitative: The praise of Bacchus
  10. Aria and chorus: Bacchus ever fair and young
  11. Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound
  12. Recitative: He chose a mournful muse
  13. Aria (soprano): He sung Darius, great and good
  14. Recitative: With downcast looks
  15. Chorus: Behold Darius great and good
  16. Recitative: The mighty master smil'd
  17. Arioso: Softly sweet in Lydian measures
  18. Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble
  19. Chorus: The many rend the skies with loud applause
  20. Aria: The prince, unable to conceal his pain
  21. Chorus: The many rend the skies with loud applause
  • Part two:
  1. Recitative and chorus: Now strike the golden lyre again
  2. Aria (bass): Revenge, Timotheus cries
  3. Recitative: Give vengeance the due
  4. Aria: The princes applaud with a furious joy
  5. Aria and chorus: Thais led the way
  6. Recitative: Thus long ago
  7. Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came
  8. Recitative: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
  9. Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
  10. Organ concerto, Opus 4 Number 1
  11. Chorus: Your voices tune

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