FULL Israel in Egypt Ostrava 2022 Václav Luks Collegium 1704

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Israel in Egypt   
• Composer: Handel George Frideric aka Händel Georg Friedrich  
• Libretto: Charles Jennens based on the Bible  
• Venue & Opera Company: Evangelical Church of Christ, Ostrava, Czech Republic  
• Recorded: September 18, 2022
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Teresa Zimkova, Helena Hozova, Henriette Gödde, Juan Sancho Martinez de Carvajal, Tomas Selc, Tadeas Hoza
• Conductor: Václav Luks  
• Orchestra: Collegium 1704  
• Chorus: Collegium Vocale  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Svatováclavský hudební festival Ostrava shf  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Israel in Egypt ( HWV 54) is an oratorio in three parts by George Frideric Handel .

  Contrary to his usual practice, Handel did not write this oratorio in one go from beginning to end. Rather, he began with the last part, which he called Moses Song and wrote between October 1st and 11th, 1738, using the Song of the Sea of ​​Reeds as a text template. It is not clear from his autograph that he planned this act as part of a larger oratorio; on the other hand, it is too short as an independent work.

  Next, Handel composed the second act, entitled Exodus , between October 15th and 20th and orchestrated it until October 28th. He finally finished the instrumentation on November 1st. The textual basis here is the Ten Plagues described in the Book of Exodus , all of which are performed by the choir, as well as the subsequent exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt . The overture, titled Lamentation of the Israelites for the death of Joseph , was taken from Handel’s Funeral Anthem, the funeral music for Queen Caroline , which he had written two years earlier. When the score was printed, the first part was omitted again, so that the oratorio finally became a two-part work without an overture ( Exodus and Moses Song ). It was mostly performed in this form until the middle of the 20th century; John Eliot Gardiner was one of the first to record the work in its entirety on record in 1978.

  The premiere took place on April 4, 1739 at the King’s Theater in London’s Haymarket. The organ concerto in F major The Cuckoo and the Nightingale , which Handel had completed shortly before, was probably played between the acts.
  quoted from Wikipedia

   

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