Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, is a musical work by George Frideric Handel with an English text by John Gay. The work has been variously described as a serenata, a masque, a pastoral or pastoral opera, a "little opera" (in a letter by the composer while it was being written), an entertainment and in the New Grove Dictionary of Music an oratorio. The work was originally devised as a one act masque which premiered in 1718. Handel later adapted the piece into a three act serenata for the Italian opera troupe in London in 1732, which incorporated a number of songs (still in Italian) from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, his 1708 setting of the same story to different music. He later adapted the original English work into a two act work in 1739.
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 1. Sinfornia
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 2. O the pleasure of the plains
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 3. Ye verdant plains
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 4. Where shall I seek the charming fair
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 5. Stay shepherd stay
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 6. Loi here my love
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 7. Didst thou know
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 8. happy we
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 10. I rage, I melt, I burn
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 11. Whither, fairest
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 12. Would you gain the tender creature
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 13. His hideous love
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 14. Consider fond shepherd
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 15. Cease o cease
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 16. Helpgalatea
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 17. Must I my Acus Still Bemont
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 18. Tis done
Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 19. Galatea, dry the tears
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