John Mark Ainsley - listen to all songs

Overture

Menuet

Accompagnato. It Must Be So (Zebul)

Air. Pour Forth No More Unheeded Prayr's (Zebul)

Chorus. No More to Ammon's God and King

Recitative. But Jephtha Comes (Zebul/Jephtha)

Air. Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace (Jephtha)

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1

Recitative. Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis (Hamor )

Air. Dull Delay, in Piercing Anguish (Hamor)

Recitative. Ill Suits the Voice of Love (Iphis)

Air. Take the Heart You Foundly Gave (Iphis)

Recitative. I Go. My Soul (Hamor)

Duet. These Labours Past, How Happy We (Jephtha)

Recitative. What Mean These Doubtful Fancies (Jephtha)

Accompagnato. If, Lord, Sustain'd by Thy Almighty Pow'r (Jephtha). Recitative. 'Tis Said. Attend, Ye Chiefs[Jephtha]

Chorus. O God, Behold Our Sore Distress

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1

Air. The Smiling Dawn of Happy Days (Iphis)

Recitative. Such, Jephtha, Was the Haughty King's Reply (Zebul/Jephtha)

Chorus. When His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke

Recitative. Glad Tidings of Great Joy (Hamor)

Chorus. Cherub and Seraphim, Unbodied Forms

Air. Up the Dreadful Steep Ascending (Hamor)

Recitative. 'Tis Well. Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens (Iphis)

Air. Tune the Soft Melodious Lute (Iphis)

Recitative. Heav'n Smiles Once More (Jephtha)

Air. His Mighty Arm (Jephtha)

Chorus. In Glory High

Symphony

Recitative. Hail, Glorious Conqueror! (Iphis)

Air. Welcome, as the Cheerful Light (Iphis). Chorus. Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

Air. Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb (Jephtha)

Recitative. Why is my Brother Thus Afflicted? (Zebul/Jephtha)

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 2

Recitative. If Such Thy Cruel Purpose (Hamor)

Air. On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal (Hamor)

Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 2

Recitative. Such News Flies Swift (Iphis)

Accompagnato. For Joys So Vast (Iphis)

Air. Happy They! (Iphis)

Accompagnato. Deeper and Deeper Still (Jephtha)

Chorus. How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees!

Britten: Gloriana, Op.53 / Act 2 Scene 1 - 20. Finale