Ode For St. Cecilia's Day (Handel) - Movements

Movements

  1. Overture: Larghetto e staccato—allegro—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

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