Our featured saint on this week's Choral Showcase is Saint Cecilia: a 3rd century Roman martyr, considered to be the patron saint of music and musicians. We'll hear Odes to Saint Cecilia by Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel.
Show Notes
Henry Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures - Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
- Michael Chance, countertenor; John Mark Ainsely, tenor; Michael George, bass
- The English Concert and Choir
- Trevor Pinnock, conductor
George Frideric Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
- Felicity Lott, soprano; Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor
- The English Concert and Choir
- Trevor Pinnock, conductor