Solomon, HWV.67

Movements

Act I

1. Overture
2. Scene I. Chorus "Your harps and cymbals" (Chorus)
3. Scene I. Air "Praise ye the Lord" (Levite)
4. Scene I. Chorus "With pious heart" (Chorus)
5. Scene I. Accompagnato "Almighty Power" (Solomon)
6. Scene I. Recitative "Imperial Solomon" (Zadok)
7. Scene I. Air "Sacred raptures" (Zadok)
8. Scene I. Chorus "Throughout the land" (Chorus)
9. Scene I. Recitative "Bless'd be the Lord" (Solomon)
10. Scene I. Air "What though I trace" (Solomon)
11. Scene II. Recitative "And see my Queen" (Solomon)
12. Scene II. Air "Bless'd the day" (Queen)
13. Scene II. Recitative "Thou fair inhabitant of Nile" (Solomon, Queen)
14. Scene II. Duet "Welcome as the dawn of day" (Solomon, Queen)
15. Scene II. Recitative "Vain are the transient beauties" (Zadok)
16. Scene II. Air "Indulge thy faith" (Zadok)
17. Scene II. Recitative "My blooming fair" (Solomon)
18. Scene II. Air "Haste to the cedar grove" (Solomon)
19. Scene II. Recitative "When thou art absent" (Queen)
20. Scene II. Air "With thee th'unshelter'd moor l'd tread" (Queen)
21. Scene II: "Search round the world" (Zadok)
22. Scene II. Chorus "May no rash intruder" (Chorus)

Act II

1. Scene I. Chorus "From the censer" (Chorus)
2. Scene I. Recitative "Prais'd be the Lord" (Solomon)
3. Scene I. Air "When the sun o'er yonder hills" (Solomon)
4. Scene I. Recitative "Great prince" (Levite)
5. Scene I. Air "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king" (Levite)
6. Scene II. Recitative "My sovereign liege" (Solomon, 1st Harlot)
7. Scene III. Trio "Words are weak" (1st Harlot, 2nd Harlot, Solomon)
8. Scene III. Recitative "What says the other" (Solomon, 2nd Harlot)
9. Scene III. Air "Thy sentence, great king" (2nd Harlot)
10. Scene III. Recitative "Withhold, withhold the executing hand!" (1st Harlot)
11. Scene III. Air "Can I see my infant gor'd" (1st Harlot)
12. Scene III. Accompagnato "Israel, attend" (Solomon)
13. Scene III. Duet "Thrice bless'd be the king" (1st Harlot, Solomon)
14. Scene III. Chorus "From the east unto the west" (Chorus)
15. Scene III. Recitative "From morn to eve" (Zadok)
16. Scene III. Air "See the tall palm" (Zadok)
17. Scene III. Recitative "No more shall armed bands" (1st Harlot)
18. Scene III. Air "Beneath the vine" (1st Harlot)
19. Scene III. Chorus "Swell, swell the full chorus" (Chorus)

Act III

1. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
2. Recitative "From Arabia's spicy shores" (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
3. Air "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)
4. Recitative "Sweep, sweep the string" (Solomon)
5. "Music, spread thy voice around" (Solomon, Chorus)
6. "Now a diff'rent measure... Shake the dome" (Solomon, Chorus)
7. Recitative "Then at once from rage remove" (Solomon)
8. Chorus "Draw the tear from hopeless love" (Chorus)
9. Recitative "Next the tortur'd soul release" (Solomon)
10. "Thus rolling surges rise" (Solomon, Chorus)
11. Recitative "Thy harmony's divine" (Queen of Sheba)
12. Air "Pious king" (Levite)
13. Recitative "Thrice happy king" (Zadok)
14. Air "Golden columns" (Zadok)
15. Chorus "Praise the Lord" (Chorus)
16. Recitative "Gold now is common" (Solomon)
17. Air "How green our fertile pastures look!" (Solomon)
18. Recitative "May peace in Salem ever dwell" (Queen of Sheba)
19. Air "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" (Queen)
20. Recitative "Adieu, fair queen" (Solomon)
21. Duet "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows" (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
22. Chorus "The name of the wicked" (Chorus)