Title: Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Content:  Alexander's Feast (HWV 75) is an ode with music by George Frideric Handel set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. Hamilton adapted his libretto from John Dryden's ode Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music (1697) which had been written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke (whose score is now lost) set the original ode to music. Handel composed the music in January 1736, and the work received its premiere at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, on 19 February 1736. In its original form it contained three concertos: a concerto in B flat major in 3 movements for "Harp, Lute, Lyrichord and other Instruments" HWV 294 for performance 
Title: Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Content:  has discussed Handel's revisions to the score. The work describes a banquet held by Alexander the Great and his mistress Thaïs in the captured Persian city of Persepolis, during which the musician Timotheus sings and plays his lyre, arousing various moods in Alexander until he is finally incited to burn the city down in revenge for his dead Greek soldiers. The piece was a great success and it encouraged Handel to make the transition from writing Italian operas to English choral works. The soloists at the premiere were the sopranos Anna Maria Strada and Cecilia Young, the tenor John Beard, and a bass called Erard (first name unknown).
Title: Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Content: Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick, HWV 75: Honor Sheppard, soprano; Max Worthley, tenor; Maurice Bevan, bass; Oriana Concert Choir & Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Deller; Recorded 1964 (Authentic Instruments) — 2 LP Bach Guild BG-666—BG-667 ; Alexander's Feast or The Power of Music, HWV 75: Felicity Palmer, soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Stephen Roberts, bass; Stockholm Bach Choir & Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Recorded 1977 (Authentic Instruments) — 2 LP Teldec 6.35440 [1978] — 2 CD Teldec 6 3984-26796-2 6 [2000] ; Alexander's Feast or The Power of Music,: Helen Donath, soprano-1; Sally Burgess, soprano-2; Robert Tear, tenor; Thomas Allen, baritone; Choir of King's College, Cambridge & English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Philip Ledger; Recorded 
Title: Organ concertos, Op. 4 (Handel)
Content:   Handel completed Alexander's Feast in January 1736. A choral work in two parts, it was a setting of the ode Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick by John Dryden. It was first performed at Covent Garden on 19 February 1736 as a celebration of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of Music. In its original form it contained three concertos: a concerto in B flat major in 3 movements for "Harp, Lute, Lyrichord and other Instruments" HWV 294 for performance after the recitative Timotheus, plac'd on high in Part I; a concerto grosso in C major in 4 movements for oboes, 
Title: Alexander's Feast (Dryden poem)
Content:  "Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music" (1697) is an ode by John Dryden. It was written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke set the original ode to music, but the score is now lost. The main body of the poem describes the feast given by Alexander the Great at the Persian capital Persepolis, after his defeat of Darius. Alexander's bard Timotheus sings praises of him. Alexander's emotions are manipulated by the singer's poetry and music. Timotheus glorifies him as a god, puffing up Alexander's pride. He then sings of the pleasures of wine, encouraging Alexander to drink. Seeing Alexander becoming too boisterous, he sings of the sad death of Darius; the king becomes quiet. He 
Title: Alexander's Feast (Dryden poem)
Content:  lauds the beauty of Thaïs, Alexander's lover, making the king's heart melt. Finally, he encourages feelings of anger and vengeance, causing Thaïs and Alexander to burn down the Persian palace in revenge for Persia's previous outrages against Greece. The poem then moves ahead in time to describe Saint Cecilia, "inventress of the vocal frame", who is traditionally supposed to have created the first organ and to have instituted Christian sacred music. The poem concludes that while Timotheus "Raised a mortal to the skies, / She drew an angel down". George Frideric Handel composed a choral work, also called Alexander's Feast, set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton which was closely based on the ode by Dryden.
Title: Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Content:  (Modern Instruments) at King's College Chapel – 2 LP EMI 1C 157 03 404/5 [1979] — 2 CD Virgin Classics, (as part of 5-CD boxset:) Virgin Classics 5 62118 2 [2003]) ; Alexander's Feast: Donna Brown, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto; Ashley Stafford, countertenor; Nigel Robson, tenor; Stephen Varcoe, bass; Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner; Recorded live in 1987 (Authentic Instruments) at the Stadthalle Göttingen – 2 CD Philips 422 053-2 [1988], Philips 00289 475 777–4 [2006] ; Alexander's Feast: Nancy Argenta, soprano; Ian Partridge, tenor; Michael George, bass; The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers; Recorded 1990 (Authentic Instruments) – 2 CD Collins Classics 70 162 [1991], Musical Society Heritage 525259X [1998], Coro COR16028 [2004] 
Title: Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Content:  he sung, is toil and trouble ; 19) Chorus: The many rend the skies with loud applause ; 20) Aria (soprano): The prince, unable to conceal his pain ; 21) Chorus: The many rend the skies with loud applause Part two: ; 1) Recitative and chorus: Now strike the golden lyre again ; 2) Aria (bass): Revenge, Timotheus cries ; 3) Recitative: Give vengeance the due ; 4) Aria (tenor): The princes applaud with a furious joy ; 5) Aria and chorus (soprano): Thais led the way ; 6) Recitative (tenor): Thus long ago ; 7) Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came ; 8) Recitative (soloists + chorus): Let old Timotheus yield the prize ; 9) Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize ; 10) Organ concerto, Opus 4 Number 1 ; 11) Chorus: Your voices tune  
Title: Charles King (composer)
Content: Alexander's Feast (c. 1730) ; Canticles ; I will always give thanks (Sacred Music for One, Two, Three and Four Voices arr. by R.J.S. Stevens, London, for the Editor, 1803 ; now appears in Anthems for Choirs 2 (Twenty-four Anthems for Sopranos & Altos edited by Philip Ledger), Published by Oxford University Press ; Magnificat in F ; Nunc Dimittis in F ; Songs of Praise the Angels Sang - hymn ; Te Deum in D ; O Absalon My Son - Catch/round a 3 voc 
Title: Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Content: Part one: ; 1) Overture ; 2) Recitative (tenor): 'Twas at the royal feast ; 3) Aria and chorus (tenor): Happy, happy pair ; 4) Recitative: Timotheus plac'd on high ; 5) Harp Concerto, Opus 4, Number 6 in B Flat ; 6) Recitative: The song began from Jove ; 7) Chorus: The list'ning crowd ; 8) Aria (soprano): With ravish'd ears ; 9) Recitative: The praise of Bacchus ; 10) Aria and chorus: Bacchus ever fair and young ; 11) Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound ; 12) Recitative: He chose a mournful muse ; 13) Aria (soprano): He sung Darius, great and good ; 14) Recitative: With downcast looks ; 15) Chorus: Behold Darius great and good ; 16) Recitative: The mighty master smil'd ; 17) Arioso (soprano): Softly sweet in Lydian measures ; 18) Aria (tenor): 

Question: Who was the composer of Alexander's Feast?
Answer: George Frideric Handel.
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