Acis and Galatea

ACIS AND GALATEA, HWV 49 - ACT 1. Sinfonia

Chorus: Oh, the pleasure of the plains

Accompagnato (Galatea): Ye verdant plains

Air (Galatea): Hush, ye pretty warbling quire

Air (Acis): Where shall I seek the charming fair

Recitative (Damon): Stay, shepherd, stay

Air (Damon): Shepherd, what art thou pursuing

Recitative (Acis): Lo! here my love

Air (Acis): Love in her eyes sits playing

Recitative (Galatea): Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love

Air (Galatea): As when the dove laments

Duet (Acis and Galatea) & Chorus: Happy we!

ACT 2. Chorus: Wretched lovers!

Accompagnato (Polyphemus): I rage, I melt, I burn

Air (Polyphemus): O ruddier than the cherry

Recitative (Polyphemus, Galatea): Whither, fairest, art thou running?

Air (Polyphemus): Cease to beauty to be suing

Air (Damon): Would you gain the tender creature

Recitative (Acis): His hideous love provokes my rage

Air (Acis): Love sounds th'alarm

Air (Damon): Consider, fond shepherd

Recitative (Galatea): Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth

Trio (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus): The flocks shall leave the mountains - Torture, fury, rage, despair

Accompagnato (Acis): Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!

Chorus: Mourn, all ye muses

Solo (Galatea) & Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan? - Cease, Galatea, cease to grieve

Recitative (Galatea): 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine

Air (Galatea): Heart, the seat of soft delight

Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears