Belshazzar (1744)

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  • 10: Dry those unavailing tears00:02:26
  • 11: Be comforted00:00:42
  • 12: Methought as on the bank00:02:39
  • 13: Now tell me, Gobrias00:01:43
  • 14: Behold the monstrous human beast00:03:41
  • 15: Can you then think00:00:23
  • 16: Great God! Who yet, but darkly known00:03:40
  • 17: My friends, be confident00:01:05
  • 18: All empires upon God depend00:03:29
  • 19: O sacred oracles of truth00:04:46
  • 1: Overture00:06:05
  • 20: Rejoice, my countrymen00:01:02
  • 20a: For long ago00:00:32
  • 20b: Thus saith the Lord00:01:49
  • 21: Sing, O ye Heavens00:04:26
  • 22: Let festal joy00:05:01
  • 23: For you, my friends00:01:08
  • 24: The leafy honours00:08:12
  • 25: It is the custom00:01:46
  • 26: Recall, O King00:03:38
  • 27: They tell you true00:01:52
  • 28: O dearer than my life, forbear.00:08:37
  • 29: By slow degrees00:04:45
  • 2: Vain, fluctuating state00:04:50
  • 30: See from his post00:07:04
  • 31: You see, my friends.00:01:03
  • 32: Amaz'd to find the foe so near00:04:33
  • 33: To arms. to arms!00:00:37
  • 34: Ye tutelar Gods00:03:11
  • 35: Let the deep bowl00:02:46
  • 36: Where is the God/Call all my wise men00:03:15
  • 37: Sinfonia00:01:45
  • 38: Ye sages, welcome00:01:12
  • 39: O misery! O terror!00:01:54
  • 3: Thou God most high00:04:14
  • 40: O King! Live for ever00:02:14
  • 41: No! To thyself00:01:42
  • 42: O sentence too severe00:00:22
  • 42: Yet, to obey00:03:39
  • 44: Regards, O son, my flowing tears00:06:06
  • 45: O God of truth00:04:56
  • 46: You, Gobrias00:01:16
  • 47: O glorious Prince00:02:25
  • 48: Alternate hopes and fears00:04:16
  • 49: Fain would I hope00:00:39
  • 4: The fate of Babylon00:01:31
  • 50: Can the black Ethiop?00:02:36
  • 51: My hopes revive00:02:25
  • 52: Bel boweth down00:01:32
  • 53: I thank Thee, Sesach00:01:37
  • 54: Martial symphony00:00:37
  • 55: Tp pow'r immortal00:02:01
  • 56: Be it thy care00:00:35
  • 57: Destructive war00:02:34
  • 58: Great victor!00:04:03
  • 59: Say, venerable prophet00:01:10
  • 5: Lament not thus00:04:49
  • 60: Tell it out among the heathen00:01:45
  • 61: Yes, I will build Thy city00:01:41
  • 62: I will magnify Thee00:05:21
  • 6: Behold, by Persia's hero made00:03:02
  • 7: Well may they laugh00:00:59
  • 8: O memory00:00:52
  • 9: Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief00:03:35
Composer:Handel, George Friederic (1685-1759), German
About:http://www.naxos.com/person/Geor.....Handel/24403.htm
Genre:Classical Choral Oratorio
Instruments:arranged for SATB (piccolo, clarinet, French horn, bassoon) and piano (converted to strings etc)
Submitter:Hooper, John
Email:john (e-mail)
Website:http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk
Zipfile:Y
This ZIP File contains the following NAMED sections:-
Part 1
01-overt.mid 1: Overture
02-vain.mid 2: Vain fluctuating state
03-thou.mid 3: Thou God most high
04-fate.mid 4: The fate of Babylon
05-lamnt.mid 5: Lament not thus
06-hero.mid 6: Behold, by Persia's hero made
07-laugh.mid 7: Well may they laugh
08-memry.mid 8: O memory!
09-grief.mid 9: Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief
10-dry.mid 10: Dry those unavailing tears
11-cmfrt.mid 11: Be comforted
12-bank.mid 12: Methought as on the banks
13-tell.mid 13: Now tell me Gobrias
14-beast.mid 14: Behold the monstrous beast
15-think.mid 15: Can you then think
16-god.mid 16: Great God, who yet
17-frnds.mid 17: My friends, be confident
18-dpend.mid 18: All empires upon God
19-truth.mid 19: O sacred oracles
20_-rejo.mid 20: Rejoice, my countrymen
20a-long.mid 20a: For long ago
20b-thus.mid 20b: Thus saith the Lord
21-sing.mid 21: Sing, O ye heavens
22-festl.mid 22: Let festal joy
23-frnds.mid 23: For you, my friends
24-leafy.mid 24: The leafy honours
25-custm.mid 25: It is the custom
26-recal.mid 26: Recall, O King
27-true.mid 27: They tell you true
28-dearr.mid 28: O, dearer than my life
29-slow.mid 29: By slow degrees
Part 2
30-see.mid 30: See from his post
31-frend.mid 31: You see, my friends
32-amazd.mid 32: Amaz'd to find
33-arms.mid 33: To arms, to arms
34-gods.mid 34: Ye tutelar gods
35-bowl.mid 35: Let the deep bowl
37-simfn.mid 37: Symphony
38-sages.mid >38: Ye sages
39-misry.mid 39: O misery!
40-oking.mid 40: O King, live for ever
41-no.mid 41: No; to thyself thy triffles be
42-obey.mid 42: Yet, to obey
43-sentn.mid 43: O sentence too severe
44-tears.mid 44: Regard, O son
45-truth.mid 45: O God of truth
46-gobrs.mid 46: You, Gobrias
47-princ.mid 47: O glorious prince
Part 3
48-hopes.mid 48: Alternate hopes and fears
49-fain.mid 49: Fain would I hope
50-black.mid 50: Can the black Ethiop
51-hopes.mid 51: My hopes revive
52-bel.mid 52: Bel boweth down
53-thank.mid 53: I thank thee, Sesach
54-symph.mid 54: Martial Symphony
55-power.mid 55: To pow'r immortal
56-care.mid 56: Be it thy care
57-war.mid 57: Destructive war
58-victr.mid 58: Great victor
59-proph.mid 59: Say, venerable prophet
60-tell.mid 60: Tell it out among the heathen
61-build.mid 61: Yes, I will build thy city
62-magni.mid 62: I will magnify Thee, O God
There are no text/lyrics; these Files were generated purely for Choral Rehearsing purposes (using a published piano-reduction Score), and so don't look pretty even though they should sound reasonable (though that depends very much on your hardware/software; mine is a Soundblaster AWE64 Gold).
Voice-emphasised Midi Files of the whole work can be downloaded for free from my Website (above). The Site also contains Midi Files for several rather more modern Composers, for which NWC versions may be available.