Episode 828. This week’s theme is: Bach, his contemporaries and silence. Today a cheerful Händel and a calm Bach.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
1. Utrecht Te Deum
– We Praise Thee, O God
– To Thee All Angels Cry Aloud/To Thee Cherubin And Seraphin
– The Glorious Company Of The Apostles/Thou Art The King Of Glory
– When Thou Took’st Upon Thee/Thou Sittest At The Right Hand
– We Believe That Thou Shalt Come
– Day By Day We Magnify Thee
– Vouchsafe, O Lord
– O Lord, In Thee Have I Trusted
2. Jubilate
– O Be Joyful In The Lord
– Serve The Lord With Gladness
– Be Ye Sure That The Lord He Is God
– O Go Your Way Into His Gates
– For The Lord Is Gracious
– Glory Be To The Father
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, soprano. Charles Brett, altus. Paul Elliott, Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor. David Thomas, bass. Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and The Academy Of Ancient Music led by Simon Preston
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3. Bist du bei mir
Emma Kirkby, soprano. The Academy of Ancient Music led by Christopher Hogwood
(Album:Bach Wedding Cantatas)
4. Schlummert ein, BWV 82A
David Daniels, countertenor. The English Concert led by Harry Bicket
(Album: Sacred Arias & Cantatas)
Picture: Emma Kirkby
