Plorate filii Israel (Jephte) Giacomo Carissimi

Plorate filii Israel final chorus from the oratorio Jephte by Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) Members of The English Baroque Soloists with His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts Monteverdi Choir & John Eliot Gardiner Plorate filii Israel, plorate omnes virgines, et filiam Jephte unigenitam in carmine doloris lamentamini.   Weep, you children of Israel, weep, all you virgins, and for Jephthah’s only daughter, lament with songs of anguish. CD available from ERATO: Various artists’ depictions of Jephthah and his daughter: [1:28] John Everett Millais (1829-1896) [2:08] Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) [2:22] Edwin Long (1829-1891) [2:35] Pieter van Lint (1609–1690) [2:50] Edwin Long (1829-1891) [3:10] Edwin Long (1829-1891) [3:24] George Elgar Hicks (1824–1914) [3:38] Bon Boullogne (1649–17