Giacomo Carissimi, "Jephte" (Arranged by Hans Werner Henze)
A well-known Old Testament story is that of Jephthah and of how he found himself forced to sacrifice his daughter in consequence of a vow he had rashly made. It is told in Judges 11:1-40 , but outside the Bible, too, the myth recurs in various forms, e.g. in Mozart's Idomeneo . Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) molded it into his masterpiece, Jephte...
