Handel 1718 Esther Oratorio HWV 50a

George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel] Esther HWV 50a, Oratorio 1718, Hebrew version Concerto Köln conducted by Shalev Ad-El Hana Blažíková, Sopran; Dana Marbach, Sopran; Alex Potter, Alt; Marcus Ullmann,Tenor; Tomáš Král, Bass 1:12:15 Jehovah, crown’d with glory bright (arioso) 1:13:53 He comes, he comes to end our woes (chorus) Oratorio in three acts. Libretto by John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope (1718) after the play “Esther“ by Jean Racine (1689, based on the Book of Esther in the Old Testament), translated by Thomas Brereton (1715). Hebrew adaptation of the libretto by Jacob Raphaël Saraval (1759). Musical arrangement and compilation by Shalev Ad-El (2001). Supported by 1700 Jahre Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland eV, the City of Cologne and the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW.