Alexander's Feast was completed in January 1736, and was intended to celebrate Saint Cecilia's day. It's a dramatic set in which Alexander the Great, in a night of drunkenness is induced by his mistress Thais to set fire to the Persian city Persepolis. The drama is accompanied by the music arousements on Alexander moods of Timotheus playing the lire and the flute, culminating in an apotheosis to "divine Cecilia", the patron of music.
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Thanks for the upload. I even managed to get the sung texts from: www.naxos.com/libretti/572224.htm
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