Cathedrals
With Richard Baker.
4: Gloucester. William the Conqueror was responsible for the church that was to survive Henry VIII 's dissolution of the monasteries to become Gloucester Cathedral. Nearly 200 years later, singers from the cathedral got together with others from the neighbouring cities of Hereford and Worcester for the first of the annual music meetings that famously became known as the Three Choirs Festival.
Including excerpts from:
Handel Concerto Grosso in C,
HWV318 (Alexander's Feast) Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage
Wesley Cast Me Not Away Gloucester Cathedral Choir, conductor John Sanders
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Janet Baker (mezzo), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Philharmonia, conductor Leonard Slatkin