VSP Musical's video: Handel: Alexander feast selection

Highlights from the oratorio (ode) Alexander feast by George Frederic Handel 1736. Overture Aria and chorus (tenor): Happy, happy pair Aria (soprano): With ravish'd ears Aria (bass) and chorus: Bacchus ever fair and young Recitative: He chose a mournful muse Chorus: Behold Darius great and good Arioso (soprano): Softly sweet in Lydian measures Aria (tenor): War, he sung, is toil and trouble Aria (soprano): The prince, unable to conceal his pain Chorus: The many rend the skies with loud applause Recitative (tenor) and chorus: Now strike the golden lyre again Aria (bass): Revenge, Timotheus cries Aria (tenor): The princes applaud with a furious joy Chorus: Your voices tune Recitative (tenor): Thus long ago Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came Aria and chorus (soprano): Thais led the way Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize Nancy Argenta, Ian Partridge, Michael George The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers