Composer: Charles Villiers StanfordLibrettist: Old TestamentYear of Composition: 1885Premiere Performance: Birmingham Festival, August 28, 1885Duration: Part I (By the Waters of Babylon) - 40 min. (approx.), Part II (On the Plain of Dura) - 56 min. (approx.)Voices: Six (6) soloists, SATB chorusInstrumentation: picc.2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - BD, SD, cyms, tgl, timp - hp - org - strings Autograph Manuscript: Royal College of Music Library MS 4162View Autograph ManuscriptVocal Score: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co. S.L.W. 2238 © 1885Date Added to EHMS: November 1, 2022

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1. U.S. Premiere Performance of a Restored Classic - University of Minnesota Singers, Oratorio Society of Minnesota, Matthew Mehaffey, conductor - April 5, 2024Download/Play Audio
3. Pre - Concert Powerpoint PresentationDownload/Play Audio
4. Concert Powerpoint Presentation Download/Play Audio
5. Concert Program - April 5, 2024Download/Play Audio
6. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Welcome.mp3Download/Play Audio
7. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part I - By the Waters of Babylon.mp3Download/Play Audio
8. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part I - Sing Us One of the Songs.mp3Download/Play Audio
9. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part I - If I Forget Thee.mp3Download/Play Audio
10. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part I - Down with Them!.mp3Download/Play Audio
11. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part I - O Daughter of Babylon.mp3Download/Play Audio
12. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part I - The Heathen Shall Fear Thy Name.mp3Download/Play Audio
13. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - Bel! Great is Thy Name.mp3Download/Play Audio
14. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - To You it is Commanded.mp3Download/Play Audio
15. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - Bel! Great is Thy Name.mp3Download/Play Audio
16. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - O King Live Forever.mp3Download/Play Audio
17. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - Then was the King Full of Fury.mp3Download/Play Audio
18. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - Blessed Art Thou.mp3Download/Play Audio
19. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - Ye Are My Witnesses.mp3Download/Play Audio
20. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - And the King’s Servants.mp3Download/Play Audio
21. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - But the Angel of the Lord.mp3Download/Play Audio
22. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - Did we not cast three Men.mp3Download/Play Audio
23. Concert Performance - April 5, 2024: Part II - O All Ye Works of the Lord.mp3Download/Play Audio
Performed on April 5, 2024 in Ted Mann Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Minnesota. Conductor: Matthew Mehaffey Soloists: Nicholas Chalmers (Azarias) Andrew Kane (Ananias) Nicholas Nelson (Misael) Elena Bird Zolnick (Jewish Woman) Christiana Howell (Angel), Justin Staebell (King Nebuchadnezzar) Brandon Berger (The Herald) Chorus: University Singers Oratorio Society of Minnesota Chorus Oratorio Society Orchestra A pre-concert Powerpoint presentation was displayed providing biographical information on the composer. A Powerpoint presentation was run throughout the performance providing text and relevant graphic images.
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Concert Video - April 5, 2024 Ted Mann Concert HallDownload/Play Video