In 1707 Handel wrote music for the celebration of this feast at the church of S Maria di Monte Santo in Rome.
This reconstruction, devised by GRAHAM DIXON , uses recently rediscovered Carmelite chant.
Handel Dixit Dominus; Te decus virginem; Laudate pueri; Nisi Dominus: Haec est regina; Saeviat tellus; Salve regina JILL FELDMAN (soprano)
MIEKE VAN DER sluis (soprano) MARGARET CABLE (contralto) NEIL JENKINS (tenor)
PETER SAVIDGE (baritone)
TAVERNER CHOIR '
EUROPEAN BAROQUE ORCHESTRA directed by ANDREW PARROTT (R)