Elijah (oratorio) - Sections

Sections

The work opens with a declamation by Elijah, after which the overture is played. The list of sections in the score is as follows:

Part I

  • Introduction: As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah) – Overture
  • Help, Lord! (chorus)
  • Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer! (chorus, soprano, alto)
  • Ye people, rend your hearts (Obadiah)
  • If with all your hearts (Obadiah)
  • Yet doth the Lord see it not (chorus)
  • Elijah! get thee hence (Angel I)
  • Now Cherith’s brook is dried up (Angel I)
  • What have I to do with thee? (Widow, Elijah)
  • Blessed are the men who fear him (chorus)
  • As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, chorus)
  • Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! (chorus)
  • Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah, chorus)
  • Call him louder! he heareth not! (Elijah, chorus)
  • Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! (Elijah)
  • Cast thy burden upon the Lord (quartet)
  • O thou, who makest thine angels spirits (Elijah, chorus)
  • Is not his word like a fire? (Elijah)
  • Woe unto them who forsake him! (alto)
  • O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah, Elijah, chorus, Youth)
  • Thanks be to God (chorus)

Part II

  • Hear ye, Israel (soprano)
  • Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (chorus)
  • The Lord hath exalted thee (Elijah, Queen, chorus)
  • Woe to him, he shall perish (chorus)
  • Man of God, now let my words be precious (Obadiah, Elijah)
  • It is enough; Lord take my life (Elijah)
  • See, now he sleepeth (tenor)
  • Lift thine eyes, lift thine eyes (chorus)
  • He, watching over Israel, slumbers not (chorus)
  • Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey (Angel I, Elijah)
  • O rest in the Lord (Angel I)
  • He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (chorus)
  • Night falleth round me, Lord! (Elijah, Angel II)
  • Behold! God the Lord passeth by! (chorus)
  • Above him stood the Seraphim (alto)
  • Holy, holy, holy (chorus)
  • I go on my way (Elijah)
  • For the mountains shall depart (Elijah)
  • Then did Elijah the prophet break forth (chorus)
  • Then shall the righteous shine forth (tenor)
  • Behold, God hath sent Elijah (soprano)
  • But the Lord, from the north hath raised one (chorus)
  • O come everyone that thirsteth (quartet)
  • And then shall your light break forth (chorus)

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