Handel: The sons of Israel do mourn (HWV 54)

Shalom!La paz sea con vosotros,vuestro destino y los hermanos que os circundan.Ahora más que nunca respeto por el otro.!

De una hermosura extrema.¡Oh pueblo elegido,perseguido y atacado injustamente.Respetar y amar a vuestros vecinos sobre una mísma tierra.!

Antes tarde do que nunca. ( Como se diz isso em inglês mesmo ? ) :o)

Não faço ideia, nisso a nossa língua é imbatível... valha-nos isso!

('better late than never')

Together with the Messiah in my opinion Handel's best. The poetry and relationship between the lyrics and the sounds is reminiscent of Bach only.

OedipusColoneus,if i can collaborate a little, this part is not from " Israel in Egypt". This is a Funeral anthem composed to the Queen Caroline death. " The Ways of Zion Do Mourn", a i have as tittle in the cd.

Hello,

Thank you for your attention codonauta. But I think that Handel use the same theme in the both works. The Gardiner cd of Israel in Egypt have the two "versions" of that: "The sons of Israel do mourn" and in the second cd "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn".

Kind regards.

Yes, I think so. The cd I have is by Gardiner too. Have you realized that Mozart used this Handel's chorus composition as base of the Introitus of his Requiem? The same chord progression ( in Gm for Handel chorus, Dm for Mozart´s Requiem ), the same musical motif to the word "Requiem".

7 months later...

Thank you, I didn't know that. This is a early version of Israel in Egypt. It's good to learn something new every day. :)