Händel Jephtha "Open thy marble jaws"

Georg Friedrich Händel
Jephtha
Oratorio in three parts
"Open thy marble jaws, o tomb"
Daniel Johannsen, Tenor
Ensemble Continuum Vienna
Ewald Donhoffer, Conductor
Stage production
Live recording
Festival Retz
St. Stephan, Retz, Austria
07/07/2016
Act II, Scene 3, Air (Jephtha):
Open thy marble jaws, o tomb,
And hide me, earth, in thy dark womb,
Ere I the name of father stain,
And deepest woe from conquest gain.
Ensemble Continuum Wien (on period instruments)
Info: continuumwien.at/
Violin: Martina Warecka, Gloria Ternes, Teresa Meckel, Christiane Bruckmann-Hiller, Annegret Hoffmann, Anna Ryu, Sara Mosetti
Viola: Rosi Haberl, Elzbieta Sajka-Bachler
Cello: Claire Pottinger-Schmidt, Elisabeth Zeisner
Violone: Martin Horváth
Harpsichord/Organ: Donat Déaky
Oboe: Katharina Humpel, Ana-Inés Feola
Flute: Robert Pinkl
Bassoon: Katherine Mandl
Trumpets: Siegfried Koch, Valentin Kocsis