Saul - Handel - Rembrandt

Saul - Handel HWV 53
Oratorio em 3 acts
Act 3, Scene 5
Air ( soprano )" In sweest harmony they liv'd "
Solo ( David ) & Chorus " Oh fatal day! How low the might lie! "
Saul - Donald McIntyre
Jonathan - Ryland Davies
David - James Bowman
Abner - John Winfield
Merab - Margaret Price
Michel - Sheila Armstrong
Doeg - Stafford Dean
Witch of Endor - John Winfield
Apparition of Samuel - Stafford Dean
An Amalekite - Gerald English
High Priest - Gerald English
Leeds Festival Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Leeds Triennial Festival 1972t

83. Air

Michal
In sweetest harmony they lived,
Nor death their union could divide.
The pious son ne'er left the father's side,
But him defending bravely died:
A loss too great to be survived!
For Saul, ye maids of Israel, moan,
To whose indulgent care
You owe the scarlet and the gold you wear,
And all the pomp in which your beauty long has shone.

84. Solo and Chorus
Israelites
O fatal day! How low the mighty lie!
David and Israelites
O Jonathan! How nobly didst thou die,
For thy king and people slain.

David
For thee, my brother Jonathan,
How great is my distress!
What language can my grief express?
Great was the pleasure I enjoy'd in thee,
And more than woman's love thy wondrous love to me!

David and Israelites
O fatal day! How low the mighty lie!
Where, Israel, is thy glory fled?
Spoil'd of thy arms, and sunk in infamy,
How canst thou raise again thy drooping head!