30 Oratorio Arias for Alto, Mezzo-Soprano & Counter-Tenor

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30 ORATORIO ARIAS for Alto, Mezzosoprano & Countertenor selected, edited and translated by Neil Jenkins.

CONTENTS

C.P.E. Bach Suscepit Israel (Magnificat)
J.S. Bach Esurientes (Magnificat)
J.S. Bach Ah, stay awhile my dearest treasure (Ascension Oratorio)
J.S. Bach Tell me now in haste (Easter Oratorio)
J.S. Bach Laudamus te (B Minor Mass)
J.S. Bach Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (B Minor Mass)
J.S. Bach Agnus Dei (B Minor Mass)
J.S. Bach Have mercy, Lord, on me (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach Grief for sin (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach If my weeping and my wailing (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach From the bondage of iniquity (St John Passion)
J.S. Bach It is fulfilled (St John Passion)
J.S. Bach Prepare yourself, Zion (Christmas Oratorio)
J.S. Bach Slumber beloved (Christmas Oratorio)
J.S. Bach Keep, O my spirit, this blessing (Christmas Oratorio)
A. Dvorak Inflammatus et accensus (Stabat Mater)
G.F. Handel My heinous crimes cannot be numbered (Brockes Passion)
G.F. Handel If God be for us (Messiah)
G.F. Handel Virgam virtutis (Dixit Dominus)
G.F. Handel As with rosy steps (Theodora)
G.F. Handel Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus)
G.F. Handel O Lord, whose mercies numberless (Saul)
J. Haydn O quam tristis et afflicta (Stabat Mater)
J. Haydn Fac me vere tecum flere (Stabat Mater)
F. Mendelssohn But the Lord is mindful of his own (St Paul)
F. Mendelssohn Woe unto them who forsake him (Elijah)
F. Mendelssohn O rest in the Lord (Elijah)
G. Rossini Crucifixus (Petite Messe Solennelle)
C. Saint-Saëns Exspectans exspectavi (Oratorio de Noël)
A. Vivaldi Qui sedes ad deteram Patris (Gloria)

Many of the Alto arias selected here are amongst the most frequently performed extracts from the great Oratorios. I have provided many of them with singable English translations. Others have been selected because of their general usefulness for teaching or for solo performance purposes. Some arias have not been readily available in straightforward piano score for some years. Editorial harmonisations of the figured bass are shown in small type.
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