Handel: Joshua

Introduzione a tempo di Ouvertüre (1. Akt)
Chor: Ye sons of Israel, ev'ry tribe attend
Rezitativ: Behold, my friends, what vast rewards are giv'n
Arie: O first in wisdom, first in pow'r
Rezitativ: Matrons and virgins, with unwearied pray'r
Arie: Oh, who can tell, oh, who can hear
Rezitativ: Caleb, attend to all I now prescribe
Solo: To long posterity we here record
Accompagnato: So long the memory shall last
Arie: While Kedron's brook to Jordan's stream
Rezitativ: But, who is he?-tremendous to behold
Arie: Awful, pleasing being say
Rezitativ: Joshua, I come commission'd from on high
Accompagnato: Leader of Israel, 'tis the Lord's decree
Rezitativ: To give command, prerogative is thine
Arie: Haste, Israel haste
Chor: The Lord commands, and Joshua leads
Accompagnato: In these blest scenes, where constant pleasure reigns
Arie: Hark, 'tis the linnet and the thrush!
Rezitativ: O Achsah, form'd for ev'ry chaste delight
Duett: Our limpid streams with freedom flow
Trumpets flourish
Rezitativ: The trumpet calls; now Jericho shall know
Chor: May all the host of heav'n attend him round
Rezitativ: 'Tis well; six times the Lord hath been obeyd (2.Akt)
A solemn march during the circumvection of the Ark of the Covenant
Solo: Glory to God!
Rezitativ: The walls are levell'd
Arie: See, the raging flames arise
Arie: To vanity and earthly pride
Rezitativ: Let all the seed of Abrah'm now prepare
Solo und Chor: Almighty Ruler of the skies
Rezitativ: Joshua, the men dispatch'd by thee
Chor: How soon our tow'ring hopes are cross'd!
Rezitativ: Whence this dejection?
Arie: With redoubled rage return
Chor: We with redoubled rage return
Rezitativ: Now give the army breath; let war awhile
Arie: Heroes when with glory burning
Rezitativ: Indulgent Heav'n hath heard my virgin pray'r
Arie: As cheers the sun the tender flow'r
Rezitativ: Sure I'm deceiv'd, with sorrow I behold!
Arie: Nations, who in future story
Rezitativ: Brethren and friends, what joy this scene imparts
Flourish of warlike instruments
Rezitativ: Thus far our cause is favour'd by the Lord
Flourish of warlike instruments
Solo und Chor: O thou bright orb, great ruler of the day
Hail, mighty Joshua, hail! (3. Akt)
Arie: Happy, oh, thrice happy we
Rezitativ: Caleb, for holy Eleazer send
Arie: Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain
Chor: For all these mercies we will sing
Rezitativ: O Caleb, fear'd by foes, by friends ador'd
Arie: Place danger around me
Chor: Father of mercy, hear the pray'r we make
Rezitativ: In bloom of youth, this stripling hath achiev'd
Chor: See, the conqu'ring hero comes
Rezitativ: Welcome, my son, my Othniel
Arie: Oh, had I Jubal's lyre
Rezitativ: While life shall last, each moment
Duett: O peerless maid, with beauty blest
Rezitativ: While lawless tyrants, with ambition blind
Chor: The great Jehovah is our awful theme