A real treat today. A complete performance of Handel’s “Messiah” oratorio, performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge under the direction of Stephen Cleobury:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTZRtRFkvk
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“My Song Is Love Unknown”, hymn by Samuel Crossman (1664), tune by John Ireland (1879-1962).
Performed here to great effect by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
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The first movement from “Chichester Psalms” by Leonard Bernstein:
Performed here by the LA Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gerard Schwarz, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles.
הָרִיעוּ לַיהוָה, כָּל־הָאָרֶץ.
עִבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה בְּשִׂמְחָה;
בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו, בִּרְנָנָה.
דְּעוּ– כִּי יְהוָה, הוּא אֱלֹהִים:
Hari’u l’Adonai kol ha’arets.
Iv’du et Adonai b’simḥa
Bo’u l’fanav bir’nanah.
Du ki Adonai Hu Elohim.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the Lord, He is God.
More on the Chichester Psalms here.
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“For behold, darkness shall cover the earth”, recitative for Bass from “Messiah” by George Frederic Handel:
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the people:
but the Lord shall arise upon thee,
and His glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light,
and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
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“Ave Verum Corpus” by Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, performed here by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
Ave, verum corpus
natum de Maria Virgine,
Vere passum immolatum
in Cruce pro homine,
Cujus latus perforatum
unda fluxit et sanguine,
Esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine.
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