HANDEL: Samson, HWV 57

Samson, oratorio, HWV 57
Act One
Scene 1
1-1 Overture
1-2 This Day, A Solemn Feast To Dagon Held
1-3 Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
1-4 Ye Men Of Gaza, Hither Bring
1-5 Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
1-6 Loud As The Thunder's Awful Voice
1-7 Then Free From Sorrow
1-8 Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
1-9 Why By An Angel Was My Birth Foretold
1-10 Torments Alas!
Scene 2
1-11 O Change Beyond Report
1-12 O Mirror Of Our Fickle State!
1-13 Whom Have I To Complain Of But Myself
1-14 Total Eclipse!
1-15 Since Light So Necessary Is To Life
1-16 Oh First Created Beam!
1-17 Ye See, My Friends, How Woes Enclose Me Round
Scene 3
1-18 Brethren And Men Of Dan
1-19 Oh Miserable Change!
1-20 Oh Ever Failing Trust In Mortal Strength!
1-21 God Of Our Fathers, What Is Man?
1-22 The Good We Wish For, Often Proves Our Bane
1-23 Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir'd My Tongue
1-24 Justly These Evils Have Befall'n Thy Son
1-25 My Griefs For This
1-26 Why Does The God Of Israel Sleep?
1-27 There Lies Our Hope!
1-28 Then Shall They Know
1-29 For Thee, My Dearest Son
1-30 Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss
1-31 Then Round About The Starry Throne
Act Two
2-1 Despair Not Thus!
2-2 Just Are The Ways Of God To Man
2-3 My Evils Hopeless Are!
2-4 Return, Oh God Of Hosts!
Scene 2
2-5 But Who Is This
2-6 With Plaintive Notes And Am'rous Moan
2-7 Alas! Th' Event Was Worse Than I Foresaw
2-8 Your Charms To Ruin Led The Way
2-9 Forgive What's Done
2-10 My Faith And Truth, Oh Samson, Prove
2-11 To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court
2-12 Ne'er Think Of That!
2-13 Traitor To Love!
Scene 3
2-14 It Is Not Virture
2-15 Favour'd Of Heaven Is He
2-16 To Man God's Universal Law
Scene 4
2-17 No Words Of Peace
2-18 Honour And Arms Scorn Such A Foe
2-19 Put On Your Arms
2-20 My Strength Is From The Living God
2-21 With Thee!
2-22 Go, Baffled Coward, Go
2-23 Here Lie The Proof
2-24 Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, Hear!
2-25 Dagon, Arise!
2-26 To Song And Dance We Give The Day
2-27 To Song And Dance We Give The Day
2-28 Fix'd In His Everlasting Seat
Act Three
3-1 More Trouble Is Behind
3-2 Presuming Slave
3-3 Reflect Then, Samson
3-4 With Thunder Arm'd Great God, Arise!
3-5 Be Of Good Courage
3-6 Thus When The Sun From's Wat'ry Bed
3-7 With Might Endued Above The Sons Of Men
3-8 The Holy One Of Israel Be Thy Guide
Scene 2
3-9 Old Manoa, With Youthful Steps
3-10 Great Dago Has Subdued Our Foe
3-11 What Noise Of Joy Was That?
3-12 How Willing My Paternal Love
3-13 Your Hopes Of His Deliv'ry Seem Not Vain
3-14 Noise Call You This?
Scene 3
3-15 Where Shall I Run
3-16 In Life And Death
3-17 Proceed We Hence To Find His Body
3-18 Dead March
3-19 The Body Comes
3-20 Glorious Hero
3-21 Come, Come!
3-22 Let The Bright Seraphim