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Contains 60 page booklet with articles in German and English and the libretto in English and Hebrew.
This project is based on Israel in Egypt, one of the best-known and most popular oratorios by Georg Friedrich Handel, and has been created on the basis of the common history and roots of three religions; Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Musicians from the (Western) European Baroque tradition (Baroque orchestra and choir), and hence from a Christian background, are joined by musicians from Jewish and Muslim backgrounds. The basic musical form of Handel’s oratorio and its narrative structure remains untouched, for the most parts.
George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Part I: Introduction
Part I: Once we were slaves (Chorus)
Part I: And the children of Israel (Chorus)
Part I: And Egypt made the children of Israel (Chorus)
Part II: Recitative: Then sent He Moses (Counter-tenor)
Traditional: Dulab husaini
Dulab husaini
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Part I: These are the ten plagues (Chorus)
Part I: They loathed to drink of the river (Chorus)
Part I: Aria: Their land brought forth frogs (Chorus)
Part I: He spake the word (Chorus)
Traditional: Amrou rabotenou
Amrou rabotenou
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Part I: He gave them hailstones for rain (Chorus)
Part I: He sent a thick darkness over all the land (Chorus)
Traditional: Sufi chanting
Sufi chanting
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Part I: He smote all the first-born
Yair Dalal: Al ol - desert wind (arr. I. Kis)
Al ol - desert wind (arr. I. Kis)
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Part I: But as for his people (Chorus)
Part I: He rebuked the Red Sea (Chorus)
Part I: And Israel saw that great work (Chorus)
Part I: And believed the Lord (Chorus)
Part II: Then Moses and the children of Israel (Chorus)
Part II: Moses and the Children of Israel (Chorus)
Part II: The Lord is my strength and my song
Part II: He is my God (Chorus)
Part II: The Lord is a Master of war
Part II: The depths have covered them (Chorus)
Yair Dalal: El halidg (arr. I. Kis)
El halidg (arr. I. Kis)
Sufi chanting
Sufi chanting
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Part II: Thy right hand, O Lord is become glorious
Traditional: E mounim (arr. I. Kis)
E mounim (arr. I. Kis)
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Part II: The enemy said, I will pursue
Ya chalidi
Ya chalidi
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Part II: Who is like unto Thee, O Lord (Chorus)
Part II: You in your mercy - The people shall hear (Chorus)
Traditional: Improvisation
Improvisation
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
Part II: Thou shalt bring them in (Counter-tenor)
Part II: The Lord shall reign (Chorus)
Traditional: Halleluja / Lefichach (arr. I. Kis)
Halleluja - Lefichach (arr. I. Kis)
George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! - The Lord shall reign