George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Part Five
Friday 13 May 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 20 May 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
5/5. Handel engaged in a lifelong avoidance of court appointments, yet he was closely involved with royalty throughout. Donald Macleod looks at a selection of the ceremonial commissions Handel fulfilled during his career.
Playlist
Opener: Excerpt from the Water Music - Suite in F major HWV 348 No.8 - Hornpipe
The English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock (cond)
Archiv 410 525-2 Tr 8
Utrecht Te Deum (extract)
Felicity Palmer (sop)/ Marjana Lipovsek (alto)/ Philip Langridge (tenor)/ Kurt Equiluz (tenor)/ Thomas Moser (tenor)/ Ludwig Baumann (bass)/ Arnold Schoenberg Choir/ Concentus Musicus Wien/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cond)
Teldec 8.42955 Tr 21-25
Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/ Thurston Dart (harpsichord)/ John Langdon (organ)/ English Chamber Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks (cond)
Decca 421 150-2 Tr 1
Funeral Anthem - The Ways of Zion do mourn (excerpt)
Alsfelder Vokalensemble/ Barockorchester Bremen/ Wolfgang Helbich (cond)
cpo 999 244-2 Tr 1-4
Music for the Royal Fireworks
London Classical Players/ Roger Norrington (cond)
Virgin Veritas 5 45265 2 Tr 19-23
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