The Exodus section of Handel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt vividly depicts the events commemorated by Passover. We’ll listen to it today.
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
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Playlist:
9:02 am
- Armida: Overture
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- CD/Album: Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 60 & 91
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437783
9:09 am
- Orchestral Suite #4: Scenes Pittoresques ("Picturesque Scenes")
- Composer: Jules Massenet
- Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce
- CD/Album: Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4-7
- Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.553125
9:26 am
- Cello Sonata in g , Op. 65 , B 160
- Composer: Frederic Chopin
- Soloists: Allison Eldredge, cello ; Vadim Sakharov, piano
- CD/Album: Chopin & Faure - Allison Eldredge
- Record co./Cat #: Denon 83398
10:01 am
- Israel in Egypt: Exodus
- Composer: George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble: Leeds Festival Chorus & English Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Heather Harper, soprano ; Patricia Clarke, soprano ; Paul Esswood, countertenor ; Alexander Young, tenor ; Michael Rippon, bass ; Christopher Keyte, bass
- Conductor: Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Israel in Egypt
- Record co./Cat #: Archiv Productions 429530
10:37 am
- Clarinet Sonata
- Composer: Herbert Howells
- Soloists: Michael Collins, clarinet ; Michael McHale, piano
- CD/Album: British Clarinet Sonatas
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 10704
11:01 am
- Symphony #5 in F , Op. 76
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
- CD/Album: Dvorak: Symphonies 5 & 6, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: Warner 63235
11:45 am
- Concerto Grosso in Bb , SC 57
- Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare
- Conductor: Richard Stone, lute
- CD/Album: Weiss: Lute Concerti
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 707
12:05 pm
- Name Day Overture , Op. 115
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- CD/Album: Beethoven: Ouverturen
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429762
12:14 pm
- Variations on a Theme of Beethoven , Op. 35
- Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
- Soloists: Guher Pekinel, piano ; Suher Pekinel, pinao
- CD/Album: Brahms / Saint-Saens: G. & S. Pekinel
- Record co./Cat #: Warner Classics 61959
12:32 pm
- String Quartet (1823) in Eb
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
- CD/Album: Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
- Record co./Cat #: Cedille 082