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Including Bach: Trio sonata in G, BWV1039. Handel: Messiah – Four arias by Heddle Nash, Grace Bumbry, Isobel Baillie and Donald McIntyre. Mozart: Symphony in C, K551 (Jupiter).

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Bach: Trio sonata in G, BWV 1039
Frans Bruggen, Leopold Stastny (flute)
Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cello)
TELDEC 0630135832

10.14am
Handel: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (The Messiah)
Heddle Nash (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
BIDDULPH WHL 05962 (2 CDs)

10.18am
Handel: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (The Messiah)
Grace Bumbry (alto)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
DECCA 433 003 2 (3 CDs)

10.22am
Handel: How Beautiful Are the Feet (The Messiah)
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES 2CDEA 5010 2 (2 CDs)

10.27am
Handel: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage; Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (The Messiah)
Donald McIntyre (bass)
John Aldiss Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
DG 419 799 2 (2 CDs)

10.34am
Mozart: Symphony in C, K551 (Jupiter)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901958

11.11am
Liszt: St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds (Legends, S175 No 1)
Nicolai Demidenko (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66616

11.23am
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
Gareth Roberts (tenor)
Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO CLASSICS ´óÏó´«Ã½RD 9125.

2 hours

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Thu 6 Mar 2008 10:00

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  • Thu 6 Mar 2008 10:00