70 - A Life in Music
JOHN SHEPPARD
1.
Libera nos I & II
6:24
1953 - 1963
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
2.
This little babe (from A Ceremony of Carols)
1:25
MEDIEVAL CAROL
3.
St Thomas honour we
4:39
Soli: Daniel Collins alto, Ben Davies bass
Soli a3: Daniel Collins, Edward McMullan alto
Mark Dobell, Steven Harrold tenor Ben Davies, Tim Jones bass
HENRY PURCELL
4.
O sing unto the Lord, Z44
11:50
Soli: Kirsty Hopkins soprano Jeremy Budd, George Pooley tenor
Ben Davies bass
Symphony / O sing unto the Lord a new song
Sing unto the Lord, and praise his name
The Lord is great
Worship the Lord
Tell it out among the heathen
EDMUND RUBBRA
5.
Kyrie (from Missa Cantuariensis)
3:57
1963 - 1973
WILLIAM BYRD
6.
This day Christ was born
2:34
G.F. HANDEL
7.
Excerpts from Jephtha, HWV 70
8:40
Solo: Jephtha: James Gilchrist tenor
Accompagnato: Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child
Accompagnata: A father, off''ring up his only child
Air: Waft her, angels, through the skies
JOHANNES BRAHMS
8.
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
6:25
(from Ein Deutsches Requiem)
Solo: Julie Cooper soprano
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
9.
The Evening Primrose
2:48
(from Five Flower Songs)
1973 - 1983
IGOR STRAVINSKY
10.
Exaudi orationem meam Domine
3:01
(from Symphony of Psalms)
with BBC Philharmonic
EDWARD ELGAR
11.
Give unto the Lord
8:29
Simon Johnson organ
FRANCIS POULENC
12.
Un soir de neige, FP 126
6:24
i. De grandes chillers de neige
ii. La bonne neige
iii. Bois meurtri
iv. La nuit le froid la solitude
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
13.
Cinq rechants No.III
3:59
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
14.
Cantium B Simeonis
4:29
(from Musikalische Exequien, SWV 281)
1983 - 1993
G.F. HANDEL
(from Dixit Dominus, HWV 232)
Soli: Elin Manahan Thomas, Grace Davidson soprano, Mark Dobell tenor
JOÃO LOURENÇO REBELO
RICHARD HYGONS
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA
G.F. HANDEL
19.
For unto us a child is born
4:02
(from Messiah, HWV 56)
1993 -2003
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA
HENRY PURCELL
21.
Excerpts from The Fairy Queen
4:48
Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
Dance for the Haymakers
Soli: Coridon: Michael George bass, Mopsa: Michael Chance alto
ROBERT RAMSEY
22.
When David heard
2:50
FRANCIS POULENC
(from Sept Répons des Ténèbres)
Soli: Libby Crabtreet soprano
With BBC Philharmonic
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
24.
Ave virgo sanctissima
4:41
2003 - 2013
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
25.
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
4:08
(from Selva morale e spirituale)
ARVO PÄRT
26.
The Woman with the Alabaster Box
6:06
JOSEPH HAYDN
27.
Symphony No.82 - Finale Vivace
7:41
(from Symphony 82 ''L''ours'', Hob.I/82) Handel and Haydn Society
G.F. HANDEL
28.
Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
2:58
(from Coronation Anthem My heart is inditing, HWV 261)
JAMES MACMILLAN
29.
Dominus dabit benignitatem
4:29
JOSEPH HAYDN
(from Harmoniemesse, Hob.XXII:14)
Handel and Haydn Society
Soli: Mireille Asselin soprano, Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano,
Jeremy Budd tenor, Summer Thomson baritone
G.P. DA PALESTRINA
J S BACH
(from Mass in G minor, BWV 235)
2013 - 2023
JAMES MACMILLAN
33.
Sancta mater, istud agas
11:28
(from Stabat mater)
Soli: Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, George Pooley tenor
IMOGEN HOLST
(from Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow)
Sioned Williams harp
C. HUBERT H. PARRY
35.
There is an old belief
4:57
(from Songs of Farewell)
CECILIA MCDOWALL
36.
Now may we sigen
3:29
JOHN SHEPPARD
37.
Agnus Dei (from Missa Cantate)
4:57
ALISSA FIRSOVA
JOSEPH HAYDN
39.
The heavens are telling the glory of God
4:03
(from The Creation, Hob.XXI:2)
Handel and Haydn Society
Trio: Gabriel: Sarah Tynan soprano, Uriel: Jeremy Ovenden tenor,
Raphael: Matthew Brook bass-baritone
Choral: The Sixteen
Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society
Conductor: Harry Christophers