Bach & Handel

Second of four Proms recorded especially for BBC television. James Naughtie introduces a programme of Bach and Handel, bringing together the choirs of Winchester Cathedral, New College,
Oxford, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Featuring an interviewwith Belgian
Rene Jacobs who makes his Prom debut conducting excerpts from
Handel's opera Julius Caesar and two of Bach's most popularworks, Suite No 3 in D-which includes Airon a G String -and the Magnificat.

Bach: Suite no.3 in D
Handel: excerpts from Julius Caesar
Bach: Magnificat in D major
Performers:-
Andreas Scholl (Caesar) - counter-tenor
María Bayo (Cleopatra) - soprano
Choir of New College Oxford
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Susan Gritton - soprano
Peter Kooij - bass
Jamie MacDougall - tenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
René Jacobs - conductor

Prochain épisode

S1996E05 - Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek and Mozart