Selections will be heard from religious works by Charpentier, Rossini, Verdi, and Bruckner. Also heard will be Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and a choral work from the film The Lion in Winter. Among the various artists will be Cecilia Bartoli, Ľuba Orgonášová, and Jussi Björling.
A Program Sung in Latin
Playlist
“Prelude” and “Te Deum Laudamus” by Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Stephen Roberts , baritone; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields; Philip Ledger, conductor
(EMI 1978)
“Quis est homo” from Stabat Mater by Gioachino Rossini
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Ľubica Orgonášová, soprano; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Myung-whun Chung, conductor
(DGG 1995)
“Ingemisco” from Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi
Jussi Björling, tenor; Vienna Philharmonic; Fritz Reiner, conductor
(DECCA 1960)
“Sanctus” from The Mass No. 3 (The Great) by Anton Bruckner
Heather Harper, soprano; Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
(EMI 1972)
“Eleanore, Reginae” from The Lion in Winter by Denis Stevens
Academia Monteverdiana; Denis Stevens, conductor
(COLUMBIA 1968)
“O Fortuna” Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Andre Previn, conductor
(EMI 1974)