The St John Passion, performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach, was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists – Matthew, Luke and Mark. John’s version places the emphasis on Christ’s divine origin. Throughout his suffering, this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other gospels.
For this performance, we selected a cast of singers under the age of 35. Apart from the leaders, all the orchestra members are also younger than 35. The concert series was preceded by a course of auditions and masterclasses.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 11th 2017 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Soloists
Raphael Höhn, evangelist (tenor)
Myriam Arbouz, soprano
Maria Valdmaa (Maid), soprano
Daniël Elgersma, alto
Marine Fribourg, alto
Gwilym Bowen, tenor
Guy Cutting (Servant), tenor
Felix Schwandtke (Jesus), bass
Drew Santini (Peter), bass
Angus Mc Phee (Pilate), bass
J. S. Bach
Cantatas
BWV 61 [15:06]
BWV 62 [19:33]
BWV 36 [30:26]
Soprano:Joanne Lunn
Counter-tenor: William Towers
Tenor: Jan Kobow
Bass: Dietrich Henschel
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
St. Maria im Kapitol, Köln, Germany.
Volume 13 CD 1
Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Musics performance of Handels beloved oratorio Messiah, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
PROGRAMME:
George Frideric Handel (1685 — 1759)
Messiah HWV56
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PART THE FIRST
00:00:10 — Symphony
00:03:30 — Comfort Ye My People (Blake Morgan, tenor)
00:06:54 — Evry Valley Shall Be Exalted (Euan Williamson, tenor)
00:10:33 — And The Glory Of The Lord
00:13:24 — Thus Saith The Lord (Christopher Moore, bass)
00:14:47 — But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
00:19:10 — And He Shall Purify
00:21:38 — Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
00:22:15 — O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
00:27:33 — For Unto Us A Child Is Born
00:31:52 — Pastoral Symphony
00:33:00 — There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field (Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
00:33:58 — And Suddenly There Was With An Angel (Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
00:36:09 — Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion (Penelope Appleyard, soprano)
00:40:50 — Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
00:41:26 — He Shall Feed His Flock (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto
King Arthur, or The British Worthy, a semi-opera by Henry Purcell (1691).
1-3. King arthur overture
4. King arthur act I: woden, first to thee
5. King arthur act I: the lot is cast-brave souls
6. King arthur act I: I call to wodens hall
7. King arthur act I: come if you dare-first act tune
8. King arthur act II: hither, this way
9. King arthur act II: let not a moon-born elf
10. King arthur act II: hither, this way
11. King arthur act II: come, follow me
12. King arthur act II: how blest are shepherds
13. King arthur act II: symphony-shepherd, leave decoying
14. King arthur act II: come shepherds, lead up-hornpipe
15. King arthur act II: second act tune
16. King arthur act III: prélude-what ho!
17. King arthur act III: what power art thou
18. King arthur act III: thou doting fool
19. King arthur act III: great love
20. King arthur act III: no part of my dominion
21. King arthur act III: prélude
22. King arthur act III: see we assemble-dance
23. King arthur act III: tis I that have warmd ye
24. King arthur act III: sound a parley-tis love
25. King arthur act III: third act tune: hornpipe
26. King arthur act IV: aire
27. King arthur act IV: two daughters of this aged stream
28. King arthur act IV: passacaglia
29. King arthur act V: trumpet tune
30. King arthur act V: ye blustring brethren of the skies
31. King arthur act V: symphony
32. King arthur act V: round thy coasts
33. King arthur act V: for folded flocks
34. King arthur act V: your hay it is mowed
35. King arthur act V: fairest isle
36. King arthur act V: you say tis love
37. King arthur act V: trumpet tune
38. King arthur act V: saint george
39. King arthur act V: our natives
40. King arthur act V: chaconne
Wendy Roobol, soprano
Mijke Sekhuis, soprano
Klaartje van Veldhoven, soprano
Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor
Gunther Vandeven, countertenor
Lester Lardenoye, countertenor
Mattijs Hoogendijk, tenor
Joost van Velzen, tenor
Pieter Hendriks, baritone
Ragnar van Linden van den Heuvell, baritone
Bas Kuijlenburg, baritone
Wiebe Pier Cnossen, baritone
BarokOpera Amsterdam
Frédérique Chauvet, direction
Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Away. Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary II, 1694
* Ouverture
* Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Away
* Sound The Trumpet, Sound
* Come, Ye Sons Of Art
* Strike The Viol, Touch The Lute
* The Day That Such A Blessing Gave
* Bid The Virtues, Bid The Graces
* These Are The Sacred Charmes
* See Nature, Rejoicing
Welcome To All The Pleasures. Ode For St. Cecilias Day, 1683
* Ouverture
* Welcome To All The Pleasures
* Here The Deities Approve / While Joys Celestial
* Then Lift Up Your Voice / The Powr Shall Divert Us A Pleasanter Way
* Beauty, Thou Scene Of Love
* In A Consort Of Voices
Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base. The Yorkshire Feast Song, 1690
* Symphony
* Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base / Brigantium, Honourd With A Race Divine
* The Bashful Thames, For Beauty So Renowned
* The Pale And The Purple Rose
* And In Each Track Of Glory Since
* Symphony
* And Now When The Renownd Nassau
* They Did No Stroms, No Threatnings Fear
* So When The Glittring Queen Of Night
* Let Music Join
* Sound, Trumpets, Sound!
* Sound All To Him
The English Concert Choir
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock