30 Oratorio Arias for Bass & Bass-Baritone

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30 ORATORIO ARIAS for Bass & Bass-Baritone selected, edited and translated by Neil Jenkins

CONTENTS

J.S. Bach Quia fecit mihi magna (Magnificat)
J.S. Bach Mighty Lord (Christmas Oratorio)
J.S. Bach Come ponder, O my soul (St John Passion)
J.S. Bach My Lord and Master (St John Passion)
J.S. Bach The Saviour low before his father (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach Gladly would I leave him never (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach Give me back my Saviour (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach At evening, hour of calm and rest (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach Make thee clean from sin, my heart (St Matthew Passion)
J.S. Bach Quoniam to solus sanctus (B Minor Mass)
J.S. Bach Et in spiritum sanctum (B Minor Mass)
G. Fauré Libera me Domine (Requiem)
G.F. Handel That God is great (Chandos Anthem HWV 254)
G.F. Handel My Father, see thy suffering servant (Brockes Passion HWV 48)
G.F. Handel Thy glorious deeds (Samson)
G.F. Handel Thou art gone up on high [1st version] (Messiah)
G.F. Handel Freedom now once more possessing (Jephtha)
G.F. Handel Arm, arm ye brave (Judas Maccabaeus)
G.F. Handel O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)
J. Haydn Rolling in foaming billows (The Creation)
J. Haydn Straight opening her fertile womb (The Creation)
J. Haydn Now Heaven in all her glory shone (The Creation)
J. Haydn The impatient joyous husbandman (The Seasons)
J. Haydn Behold in this, deluded man (The Seasons)
J. Haydn Pro peccatis suae gentis (Stabat Mater)
F. Mendelssohn O God have mercy (St Paul)
F. Mendelssohn Lord God of Abraham (Elijah)
F. Mendelssohn It is enough (Elijah)
G. Rossini Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Petite Messe Solenelle)
H. Schütz Ziehet hin [Intermedium 6] (The Christmas Story)

Many of the Bass 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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