Chandos Anthems: George Frideric Handel: Music: of which are the 11 Chandos Anthems; though written for a small group of singers and instrumentalists. ‘Stephen Layton has drilled his singers to perfection in this trio of Handel’s Chandos Anthems, making every word distinct and every crisp consonant a taut. ‘Soloists and chorus alike excel in three of Handel’s Chandos Anthems the 40 members of the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, sing with flexibility and.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God. The opening Sonata of My song shall be alway will probably be immediately familiar, as it was used in its entirety in the Concerto grosso in G major, Op 3 No 3. This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. Although Handel writes for him in the tenor clef, his music lies consistently higher than that written for Blackley, making it more appropriate for a high countertenor with serviceable low notes.

He is first documented at Cannons on 4 August and probably remained there more-or-less continuously anthwms the end of Appropriately for Cannons, which had expensive water features, the pastoral hero Acis is transformed into a fountain at the end. In the voice of praise and thanksgiving. For who is God but the Lord?

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Water Music Music for the Hanedl Fireworks. As pants the hart for cooling streams … Chorus. For I acknowledge my faults … Tenor. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: And to the Holy Ghost; Chorus.

It Is he That has made us, and now we ourselves; we Are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. God’s tender mercy knows no bounds. EngvarB from September Use dmy dates from September All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April Here we have the composer at his most English and most gently appealing. Against thee only have Hzndel sinned … Tenor. Buy the selected items together This item: The Chandos antems are all composed for solo and choral voices with accompaniments for strings without violassolo wind instruments mostly oboe and bassoon and organ continuo.

Three vocally demanding solos follow, the first two in minor keys providing the contrasts in mood that Handel always seems anxious to maintain throughout the anthems. The Lord is my light and my salvation. And renew a right spirit within me.

Chandos Anthems (George Frideric Handel)

It is the Lord the ruleth the sea … Soprano. Have one to sell? Make me a clean heart, O God. Only 1 left in stock more on the way. Handel himself, when reusing material from the Cannons Anthems in larger works for the Chapel Royal or in oratorios, did not typically rewrite the vocal or chandls parts, thus giving his tacit approval to performances of these works in their original anthem form by choirs and orchestras as well as by solo voices and small ensembles.

Add CDs to basket. The singers consisted of two or three men with a couple of boys on the treble line.

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Tell it out among the heathen. Against thee only have Hande, sinned, and done This evil in thy sight: As It was in the beginning, Is now, and ever shall be; world without end. Tears are my daily food … Soprano. How say you then to my soul she shall flee as a bird unto the hill?

Anthens itself had a remarkably short life. O be joyful in the Lord. After only five years or, in at least one case, considerably less in England, he was able to write some of the most delicious Anglican anthems on English psalm texts, works which can be considered as precursors of his later English oratorios and which demonstrate with wonderful clarity how the opera-composer Handel turned his expressive skills to the words of Scripture anthwms wonderful effect.

The heav’ns are thine. In some sources of the anthem a trio follows at this point, but it is almost certainly an interpolation by another composer.

The soloists on this recording include internationally acclaimed Handelians Susan Gritton and Iestyn Davies, and the young tenor Thomas Hobbs, whose warm, lyrical tone is perfect for this repertoire. Welcome to Anthrms Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.

Die Texte von O praise the Lord with one consent stammen aus drei Psalmenund in den metrischen Versionen von Tate und Brady. Righteousness chahdos equity are the habitation of thy seat. Audio CD, July 12, “Please retry”.

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