Attention Simon. Purcell on BAL on 22 Nov on BBC R3

[Seán]

9.00am

Hymns to Saint Cecilia
BENNETT, R R: Verses
BLISS: Sing, mortals!
BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op. 27
DYSON: Live For Ever, Glorious Lord
ELGAR: There is sweet music Op. 53 No. 1
GARDNER, JOHN: A Song for St Cecilia’s Day Op. 119
HOWELLS: A Hymn for St Cecilia
JACKSON, GABRIEL: La musique
MACMILLAN: Cecilia Virgo
ROSE, B: Feast Song for St Cecilia
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silence and Music
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough
HYPERION CDA68047 (CD)

Strauss: Four Last Songs
STRAUSS, R: Vier letzte Lieder; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DG 4793964 (CD)

Serikon: Acqua Alta
GABRIELI: Canzon X a 8; Canzon II a 4; Omnes gentes plaudit minibus a 16
MERULO: Sanctus a 16
CAMPKIN: Colour Blinds the Eye
WILLAERT: De profundis
STROZZI: Salve Regina
CASTELLO: Sonata duodecima, Libro II
ROVETTA: Domine Deus noster
SANDSTROM: Acqua Alta
ANDREA GABRIELI: Domine ne in furore (Psalm 6)
Serikon, Daniel Stighall (artistic director), Erik Westberg (conductor)
FOOTPRINT FRCD073 (CD)

Plectra and Percussion Dance
PARTCH: Castor and Pollux; Ring Around the Moon; Even Wild Horses
Partch (ensemble)
BRIDGE BRIDGE9432 (CD)





9.30am Building a Library

Simon Heighes compares recordings of Purcell’s Ode on St Cecilia’s Day and makes a recommendation.

[Diapason]

Oooh!! Thank you for this.

[Seán]

Well that was a hugely enjoyable BAL.

[Diapason]

I'm caught painting a bedroom here so I missed it. What was the verdict?

[fergus]

I don't know Simon. I never listen to it live. If I am going to listen to it I always listen on the playback facility; that way if you miss something that they say or you want to hear a piece again you can simply replay it. Just go to the BBC Radio 3 site; they will leave it there for four weeks.

[Seán]

Okay Fergus if you don't want to find out until you have had a chance to listen to the programme avert your eyes NOW.
















Parrot was first and Herreweghe second, I preferred Herreweghe. Gardiner was dismissed early on in the proceedings, although to be fair, Simon Heighes did start with Gardiner.

[fergus]

LOL!! Thank you for your consideration Seán.

[mcq]

Philippe Herreweghe, like Rene Jacobs, has always been very good with English music.  I'm very interested to hear what his William Byrd sounds like.

[Diapason]

I don't think I'd agree with Parrot in first place, although that's the disc I've bought most recently and know the least. I don't know the Herreweghe so I can't really comment, but it's interesting that Gardiner was dismissed early. Was anyone else mentioned? Any love for the old MacKerras recording?