Description
The second 15 of IMC's edition of the operatic & oratorio arias of Handel, edited by Sergius Kagen for high voice + piano accompaniment. Mostly original language lyrics only - exceptions noted. Set for ABRSM Examinations 2018 onwards Singing Grade 6 (List A: O, worse than death indeed! / Angels, ever bright and fair) & Grade 7 (List E: Frondi tenere / Ombra mai fù) + Trinity Examinations 2023 onwards Singing Grade 6 (Group A: O didst thou know / As When the Dove Laments her Love or O Sleep, why dost thou leave me? (soprano) or Frondi tenere / Ombra mai fù (mezzo)), Grade 7 (Group A: O had I Jubal's lyre (soprano)) & Grade 8 (Group A: Sound an alarm! (tenor)) & LTCL (Soprano: So shall the Lute and Harp awake)
Care Selve [Atalanta]: A (g#'-g#")
First and chief, on golden wing / Mirth admit me [L'Allegro]: G (e'-g")
Frondi tenere / Ombra mai fù (Largo) [Serse]: F (c'-f")
Non lo diro (Silent Worship) [Tolomeo]: G (d'-e")
O didst thou know / As When the Dove Laments her Love [Acis & Galatea]: F (e'–g")
O had I Jubal's lyre [Joshua]: A (d#'–f#")
O Sleep, why dost thou leave me? [Semele]: E (d#'-g#")
O, worse than death indeed! / Angels, ever bright and fair [Theodora] HWV68: A minor/F (d'-f")
Rasserena, O madre / Rendi il sereno [Sosarme]: B (f#–g#')
Sommi Dei [Radamisto]: E minor (g'-a")
So shall the Lute and Harp awake [Judas Maccabeus]: Bb (d'-g")
Sound an alarm! [Judas Maccabæus]: D (d'-a")
Sweet bird [Il Penseroso]: D (d'-a")
There the brisk sparkling Nectar [Choice of Hercules]: D (d'-g")
Verdi prati [Alcina]: Ab (f'–ab")
Tags: Singing Grade 7; Singing Grade 8