Ouverture, en la mineur, pour 2 hautbois, basson, 2 violons, alto et basse continue | ||
Acte 1 | ||
1. Chur des israélites : How long, oh Lord! shall Israel groan | ||
1a. Récitatif (Joacim) : Our crimes repeated have provok'd his rage | ||
2. Air (Joacim) : Clouds o'ertake the brightest day | ||
2a. Récitatif (Susanna) : Oh Joacim! When thou art by | ||
3. Duet (Susanna & Joacim) : When thou art nigh, my pulse beats high | ||
3a. Récitatif (Chelsias) : Lives there in Babylon so bless'd a pair? | ||
4. Air (Chelsias) : Who fears the Lord, may dare all foes | ||
4a. Récitatif (Joacim) : A flame like mine | ||
5. Air (Joacim) : When first I saw my lovely maid | ||
5a. Récitatif (Susanna) : Let me contess, I hear my praises sung | ||
6. Air (Susanna) : Would custom bid the melting fair | ||
6a. Récitatif (Chelsias) : Down my old cheeks the tears | ||
7. Air (Chelsias) : Peace cron'd with roses on your slumbers wait | ||
7a. Récitatif (Susanna) : Oh pious Chelsias! | ||
8. Air (Susanna) : Without the swain's assiduous care | ||
8a. Récitatif (Joacim & Susanna) : Source of each joy, thou comfort of my life | ||
9. Air (Joacim) : The parent bird in search of food awhile deserts | ||
9a. Récitatif (Susanna) : On Joacim may ev'ry joy attend | ||
10. Récitatif (Susanna) : What means this weight that in my bosoms lies | ||
11. Air (Susanna) : Bending to the throne of glory | ||
12. Chur (SATB) : Virtue shall never long | ||
13. Récitatif (Ancien 1) : Tyrannic love! Feel thy cruel dart | ||
14. Air (Ancien 1) : Ye verdant hills, ye balmy vales - In vain would age his ice be spread - Oh, sweetest of thy lovely race | ||
14a. Récitatif (Ancien 2 & Ancien 1) : Say is it fit that age | ||
15. Air (Ancien 2) : The oak that for a thousand years | ||
15a. Récitatif (Ancien 1 & Ancien 2) : Ye winged gales, convey these whis'ring sighs | ||
16. Air (Ancien 1) : When the trumpet sounds to arms | ||
17. Chur (SATB) : Righteous Heav'n beholds their guile | ||
Acte 2 | ||
17a. Récitatif (Joacim) : Frost nips the flow'rs, that would the fields adorn | ||
18. Air (Joacim) : On fair Euphrates' verdant side | ||
18a. Récitatif (Susanna) : Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat | ||
18b. Récitatif (Servante & Susanna) : Soon will the Lord the Joacim return | ||
19. Air (Susanna) : Chrystal streams in murmurs flowing | ||
19a. Récitatif (Susanna & Servante) : Too lovely youth, for whom these dorrows flow | ||
20. Air (Servante) : I ask yon damask rose be sweet - Say, will the vulture leave his prey - The spoils of war let heroes share | ||
20a. Récitatif (Susanna & Servante) : In vain you try to cure my rising grief | ||
21. Air (Servante) : Beneath the cypress gloomy shade | ||
21a. Récitatif (Susanna & Servante) : Thy plaintive strains my inmost sorrows move | ||
22. Air (Ancien 1) : Blooming as the face of spring | ||
22a. Récitatif (Ancien 2 & Susanna) : We long have languish'd | ||
23. Air (Ancien 2) : The torrent that sweeps in its course | ||
23a. Récitatif (Susanna & Ancien 2) : Deceitful wolves! who left in truth's defence | ||
24. Trio (Susanna, Ancien 1 & Ancien 2) : Away! Ye tempt me both in vain! | ||
24a. Récitatif (Susanna, Ancien 2 & Ancien 1) : Alas! I find the fatal toils are set | ||
25. Air (Susanna) : If guiltless blood be your intent | ||
25a. Récitatif (Ancien 2) : Quick to her fate the loose adult'ress bear | ||
26. Chur (SATB) : Let justice reign and flourish thro' the land | ||
26a. Récitatif (Susanna) : Is fair Susanna false? | ||
27. Air (Joacim) : On the rapid whirlwind's wing | ||
28. Chur (SATB) : Oh Joacim! thy wedded truth | ||
Acte 3 | ||
29. Chur (SATB) : The cause is decided | ||
29a. Récitatif (Susanna) : I hear my doom, nor yet the laws accuse | ||
30. Air (Susanna) : Faith displays her rosy wing | ||
30a. Récitatif (Ancien 1) : Permit me, fair, to mourn thy fate severe | ||
31. Air (Ancien 1) : Round thy urn my tears shall flow | ||
31a. Récitatif (Susanna) : 'Tis thus the crocodile his grief displays | ||
32. Récitatif (Susanna) : But you, who see me on the verge of life | ||
32a. Récitatif (Ancien 2, Daniel & Ancien 1) : The sentence now is past | ||
33. Air (Daniel) : 'Tis not age's sullen face | ||
33a. Récitatif (Juge & Daniel) : Oh wond'rous youth! | ||
34. Chur (SATB) : Impartial heav'n! who hand shall never cease | ||
34a. Récitatif (Daniel, Ancien & Ancien 2) : Thou artful wretch! in vice's practice grey | ||
35. Chur (SATB) : Righteous Daniel, matchless youth | ||
35a. Récitatif (Daniel) : Instant conduct them to their fate | ||
36. Air (Daniel) : Chastity thou Cherub bright | ||
36a. Récitatif (Susanna) : But see! my Lord, my Joacim appears | ||
37. Air (Joacim) : Gold within the furnace try'd | ||
37a. Récitatif (Chelsias & Susanna) : The joyful news of chaste Susanna's truth | ||
38. Solo (Servante) & chur (SATB) : Endless pleasure, endless love | ||
38a. Air (Chelsias) : Raise your voice to sounds of joy | ||
39. Chur (SATB) : Bless'd be the day that gave Susanna birth | ||
39a. Récitatif (Susanna) : Hence ev'ry pang, which late my soul oppress'd | ||
40. Air (Susanna) : Pale terror, and dismay increas'd the fears of night - Guilt trembling spoke my doom | ||
40a. Récitatif (Joacim & Susanna) : Sweet are the accents | ||
41. Duet (Susanna & Joacim) : To my chaste Susanna's praise | ||
42. Chur (SATB) : A virtuous wife shall soften fortune's frown |