Sunday April 4, 2010

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Easter Symbols and Traditions
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/easterintro1.html
http://www.history.com/topics/easter-symbols

Passover
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm

Solomon Rossi
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=R&artid=434

Handel's MESSIAH
http://gfhandel.org/messiah.htm
http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/exhibit_handel.php
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570131-32

Thomas Coram Foundation (formerly the "Foundling Hospital")
http://www.coram.org.uk/

First Hour


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), My Spirit Be Joyful (Cantata #146), Dallas Brass, Dallas Brass 82589

Marin Marais (1656-1728), Bells of St. Genevieve, Trio Sonnerie, Harmonia Mundi 907081, A PORTRAIT OF LOVE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV6 Cantata BWV6 Bleib bei uns, denn es, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Deutsche Grammophon 463580, EASTER CANTATAS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon & Harpsichord, Sinfonia Varsovia, Albrecht Mayer - oboe, Deutsche Grammophon 4765681, ALBRECHT MAYER: NEW SEASONS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus, Worthy is the Lamb & Amen, Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom, Naxos 570131/32 MESSIAH (1751 VERSION)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Violin Concerto #1 "Spring," Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Enrico Onofri - violin, Teldec 97671, VIVALDI THE FOUR SEASONS

Second Hour


Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Christ rising again from the dead, Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon, Signum 022, THOMAS TALLIS THE COMPLETE WORKS VOL.6

Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel 1690-1749), Concerto Grosso in D, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Maurice Andre, Jean-Paul Leroy & Thierry Caens - trumpets, EMI 64100, THE ART OF MAURICE ANDRE

Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber, Rosary Sonata #11: The Resurrection, Pavlo Besnosiuk - violin, David Roblou - chamber organ, Paula Chateauneuf - theorbo, Richard Tunnicliffe - viola da gamba, AVIE AV038-1, BIBER: THE ROSARY SONATAS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), The Resurrection: Sonata & concluding chorus, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Nancy Argenta & Barbara Schlick - sopranos, Guillemette Laurens - alto, Guy de Mey - tenor, Klaus Mertens - bass, Erato 45617, HANDEL: LA RESURREZIONE

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Hebe's Feast: Suite, Flourishing Arts (Les Arts Florissants), William Christie, Erato 3984-26129, MUSIQUE DE BALLET

Third Hour


Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber, MISSA CHRISTI RESURGENTIS: sanctus, The English Concert & Choir, Andrew Manze, Harmonia Mundi 907397, BIBER MISSA CHRISTI RESURGENTIS (1673-4)

James Oswald, Ranunculus (Spring), Crocus (Spring) & Narcissus (Spring), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Dorian 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS

Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Ich bin die Auferstehung à 5 SSWV 547, La Capella Ducale, Roland Wilson, cpo 777145, THE GREAT SACRED CONCERTOS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Easter Oratorio:Sinfonia & Choruses, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Erato 23416, BACH / EASTER ORATORIO / MAGNIFICAT

Anonymous c. 1500, GLORIA, Empire Brass w/principal brass of the NY Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra, Telarc 80553, THE GLORY OF GABRIELI - ANTIPHONAL MUSIC FOR BRASS CHOIRS

Christopher Simpson (c.1606-1669), The Spring: Fancy, Ayre & Galliard, Sophie Watillon - dessus de viole, Friederike Heumann & Brian Franklin - basses de viole, Matthias Spaeter - theorbo/archlute, Luca Guglielmi - organ/harpsichord, Alpha 88, CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON:THE SEASONS,THE MONTHES

Fourth Hour


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Christ ist erstanden BWV 627 & Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag BWV 629, Ensemble Mare Nostrum --Andrea De Carlo - tenor & bass viol, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon - portative organ, MA Recordings MO76A, JS BACH - ORGELBUCHLEIN

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), In Exitu Israel, Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, Virgin 59326, VIVALDI GLORIA * MAGNIFICAT

Salamon Rossi (1594-1663), Three Sonatas from Libro IV, Rebel Baroque Ensemble, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Dorian 93184, ROSSI & HIS CIRCLE

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), ISRAEL IN EGYPT: selections from Part 1 LAMENTATION & Part 2 EXODUS, Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, Naxos 8.570966/7ISRAEL IN EGYPT

Sephardic Melodies, Yo era nina de caza alta & El Dio Alto, La Rondinella, Dorian 93171, SEPHARDIC JOURNEY

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Orchestral Suite #8 in C SPRING JOURNAL, L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg, cpo 777 150, LE JOURNAL DU PRINTEMPS OP.1

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