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Baroque Spring

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a live edition from the 91热爆's Maida Vale studios, celebrating Radio 3's Baroque Spring season with music fom a number of great Baroque choruses.

The Choir, presented live by Sara Mohr-Pietsch from the 91热爆 studios Maida Vale, celebrates 91热爆 Radio 3's Baroque Spring, with a number of great Baroque choruses. Conductor Robert Hollingworth will be giving his views on performing a number of these choruses - from Bach's Epiphany Cantata "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" to Handel's Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'. There'll also be the opportunity to hear the 91热爆 Singers and 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra performing live with a number of enthusiastic amateur instrumentalists and singers, participating in the "Come and Sing Baroque" 91热爆 education project. Following a day of rehearsals at the 91热爆's Maida Vale studios, they'll perform as part of this special live broadcast edition of 91热爆 Radio 3's The Choir.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Let thy hand be strengthened - coronation anthem no. 2 HWV.259

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth Performer: 91热爆 Singers Performer: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Come and Play Baroque Orchestra Performer: Come and Sing Baroque Choir

  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    Salve regina a trois choeurs

    Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore Performer: Ex Cathedra Choir

    • Hyperion.
    • CDA67435.
    • -1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 65 BWV.65 (Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen)

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth Performer: 91热爆 Singers Performer: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Come and Play Baroque Orchestra Performer: Come and Sing Baroque Choir

  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel in Egypt - oratorio

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth Performer: 91热爆 Singers Performer: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Come and Play Baroque Orchestra Performer: Come and Sing Baroque Choir

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas - opera in 3 acts Z.626

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny Performer: Sarah Connolly Performer: Steven Devine Performer: Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment

    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-0757.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Christe, adoramus te for 5 voices

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth Performer: Richard Pearce Performer: 91热爆 Singers

  • Johann Hermann Schein

    Da Jacob vollendet hatte - motet Ai.62 for 5 voices [SSATB] and bc [from "Israelis Brunlei

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth Performer: Richard Pearce Performer: 91热爆 Singers

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lauda Jerusalem, RV 609

    Conductor: Vittorio Negri Performer: Alastair Ross Performer: Ann Murray Performer: Jeffrey Tate Performer: Margaret Marshall Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: John Alldis Choir

    • Philips.
    • 4622352.
    • -1.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sicut erat in principio - from Vespro della Beata Vergine

    Conductor: Malcolm Hicks Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Performer: Alastair Ross Performer: Felicity Palmer Performer: James Bowman Performer: Jennifer Ward Clarke Performer: Jill Gomez Performer: John Shirley-Quirk Performer: Michael Rippon Performer: Nicholas Kraemer Performer: Philip Langridge Performer: Robert Spencer Performer: Robert Tear Performer: David Munrow Recorder Ensemble Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Monteverdi Orchestra Performer: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Performer: Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir

    • Decca.
    • 4434482.
    • -2.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Kyrie

    Performer: Peter Holman Performer: Seicento Performer: The Parley of Instruments

    • Hyperion.
    • CDA66970.
    • -1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem HWV 258)

    Performers: Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Mar 2013 17:00

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