Saul - G. F. Handel

Act III

Libretto: Charles Jennens
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Sir Charles Mackerras (Conductor) - 1973
English Chamber Orchestra
Leeds Festival Chorus
Donald McIntyre - Saul
James Bowman - David
Margaret Price - Merab
Sheila Armstrong - Michal
Ryland Davies - Jonathan
John Winfield - Abner
Stafford Dean - Doeg
John Winfield - Witch of Endor
Stafford Dean - Apparition of Samuel
Gerald English - High Priest
Gerald English - An Amalekite

Scene I
69. Accompagnato: "Wretch that I am! of my own ruin author! (Saul) 0:02

70. Accompagnato: "Tis said, here lives a woman" (Saul) 3:11

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Scene II
71. Recitative: "With me what would´st thou?" (Witch, Saul) 4:04

72. Air: "Infernal spirits, by whose pow´r" (Witch) 4:43

Scene III
73. Accompagnato: "Why hast thou forc´d me from the realms of peace"
(Samuel, Saul) 7:06

74. Symphony 10:51

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Scene IV

75. Recitative: "Whence comest thou?" (David, Amalekite) 11:31

76. Air: "Impious wretch, of race accurst" (David) 12:46

77. Dead March 14:33

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Scene V

78. Chorus of Israelites: "Mourn, Israel, mourn, thy beauty lost" 18:09

79. Air (Tenor): "Oh let it not in Gath be heard" (High Priest) 21:46

80. Air (Soprano): "From this unhappy day no more" (Merab) 24:42

81. Air: "Brave Jonathan his bow ne´er drew" (David) 28:12

82. Chorus of Israelites: "Eagles were not so swift as they" 30:38

83. Air (Soprano): "In sweetest harmony they liv´d" (Michal) 31:03

84. Solo (David) and Chorus of Israelites: "Oh fatal day! how low the mighty lie!" 36:11

85. Recitative: "Ye men of Judah, weep no more!" (High Priest) 41:02

86. Chorus of Israelites: "Gird on they sword, thou man of might" 41:39

Painting
Saul and the Witch of Endor
By Matthias Stom, 1635