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Radio 3 in Concert: The Sixteen - Handel

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25/02/2016

The Sixteen - Handel

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, The Sixteen - Handel

Live from Chichester Cathedral, Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen in music by Handel

Live from Chichester Cathedral, Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen in an all-Handel programme, including the virtuosic Dixit Dominus. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

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" 

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Handel: Overture to Jephtha [Grave/Allegro - Menuet] 
Handel: Dixit Dominus 

The Sixteen
Grace Davidson (soprano)
Charlotte Mobbs (soprano)
Katy Hill (alto)
Jeremy Budd (tenor)
Simon Berridge (tenor)
Eamonn Dougan (bass) 
Harry Christophers (conductor) 

Handel wrote Dixit Dominus in Rome at the start of his composing career, and shaped one of the most exciting and virtuosic choral works of the baroque era. The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra precede it with two prized Handel oratorio overtures, and the fine Chandos Anthem 'Let God Arise', written for Cannons house north of London.

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