The Sixteen – Handel: R3 in Concert Thursday 25th February

[doversoul1]

Live from Chichester Cathedral, The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Harry Christophers, in a sparkling all-Handel programme including the virtuosic Dixit Dominus.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from "Solomon")
Handel: Chandos Anthem no. 11 "Let God arise"
Interval
Handel: Overture to Jephtha [Grave/Allegro - Menuet]
Handel: Dixit Dominus

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0717bmd

[ardcarp]

Look forward to this. Interesting that there are two purely instrumental items.
'Dixit' is a wonderful piece, very Italianate, and quite unlike Handel's 'English' choral writing,