Three Arias from Solomon
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
with strings and bc
Ref. no Han 11 (in 'cantatas') sample page cover page To order: ☞
In When the sun o’er yonder hills, Solomon vows life-long praise of God for the gift of wisdom. The second aria, Can I see my infant gor’d? records the famous instance of Solomon’s wisdom in judging which of the two prostitutes was the true mother of the surviving baby, and is full of drama and pathos. The third aria has Zadok the priest extolling the magnificence of the finished Temple.
