Jeremy Summerly introduces two works for the Sunday after
Ascension: C P E Bach's setting of the story of the Resurrection and Ascension and an organ meditation on Christ's transportation into heaven, played by Messaien's successor at
La Trinite, Paris.
C P E Bach Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (bass) Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert , conductor Hermann Max
Messiaen L'Ascension
Naji Hakim (organ) Producer Antony Pitts