Handel's great oratorio, "Messiah," is mostly thought of as a Christmas piece. But it was written for, and had its premiere in, the season of Easter. On today's show, we'll feature music from a performance of "Messiah" given just last week in Austin, Texas. Craig Hella Johnson leads the voices of Conspirare and the instrumentalists of the Victoria Bach Festival Baroque Band.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Frideric Handel: Passacaglia from "Radamisto"
The Academy for Ancient Music with conductor Andreas Scholl
Cornelius Dufallo: "Lighthouse"
ETHEL
Grand Canyon Music Festival, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Arvo Part: "Fur Alina"
Pianist Anastasia Markina
Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, Arizona
Samuel Scheidt: "Courant Dolorosa"
Capriccio Stravagante with conductor Skip Sempe
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
Carl Nielsen: "Serenata in Vano"
Musicians from the Music Academy of the West
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
George Frideric Handel: Excerpts from "Messiah"
Conspirare with the Victoria Bach Festival Baroque Band and conductor Craig Hella Johnson
St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas
Hour 2
Orlande de Lassus: "Veni, Dilecte mi"
Stile Antico
Thomas Tallis: "Why Fum'th in Fight"
Stile Antico
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
William Byrd: "Vigilate"
Stile Antico
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
Olivier Messiaen: Third movement from "L'Ascension" ("The Ascension")
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Myung-Whun Chung
Royal Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude from Solo Cello Suite No. 1 and Sarabande from Solo Cello Suite No. 3
Cellist Matt Haimovitz
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Sergei Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes," Op. 34
The Escher String Quartet with clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Shai Wosner
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Antonin Dvorak: Finale from Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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