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:
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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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Piano Sonata no. 31 (Op. 110), first movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven:
This pure, incandescent live performance is by the inimitable Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, recorded in Stockholm in 1958.
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“Danse Bohémienne” for solo piano by Claude Debussy, (1880).
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Some chamber music to close out the week – Brahms Piano Quartet no. 1, Op. 25:
Performed here by a rather all-star cast of Emanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern and Jaime Laredo (violin) and Yo-Yo Ma (cello).
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