Uploaded July 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani explores Bach's Canon in augmentation and contrary motion from The Art of Fugue.
In July 2012 Mahan directed the Academy of Ancient Music in his own arrangement of The Art of Fugue at the BBC Proms.
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani explores Bach's Canon in augmentation and contrary motion from The Art of Fugue.
In July 2012 Mahan directed the Academy of Ancient Music in his own arrangement of The Art of Fugue at the BBC Proms.
![Handel: Messiah | Voces8 and Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lFjQ77ol2DI/mqdefault.jpg "Handel: Messiah | Voces8 and Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]
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Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Musics performance of Handels beloved oratorio Messiah, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić
PROGRAMME:
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Messiah HWV56
PART THE FIRST
00:00 - Symphony
03:25 - Comfort Ye My People (Blake Morgan, tenor)
06:49 - Evry Valley Shall Be Exalted (Euan Williamson, tenor)
10:28 - And The Glory Of The Lord
13:19 - Thus Saith The Lord (Christopher Moore, bass)
14:42 - But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
19:05 - And He Shall Purify
21:33 - Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
22:10 - O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
27:28 - For Unto Us A Child Is Born
31:47 - Pastoral Symphony
32:55 - There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field (Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
33:53 - And Suddenly There Was With An Angel (Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
36:04 - Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion (Penelope Appleyard, soprano)
40:45 - Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
41:21 - He Shall Feed His Flock (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto & Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
46:51 - His Yoke Is Easy
PART THE SECOND
49:26 - Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
51:07 - And With His Stripes We Are Healed
53:02 - And We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
56:53 - All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (Euan Williamson, tenor)
57:33 - He Trusted In God
01:00:05 - Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Frederick Long, bass)
01:02:38 - Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
01:04:33 - He That Dwelleth In Heaven (Oliver Martin-Smith, tenor)
01:04:47 - Thou Shalt Break Them (Oliver Martin-Smith, tenor)
01:07:02 - Hallelujah
PART THE THIRD
01:11:01 - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Andrea Haines, soprano)
01:17:50 - Since By Man Came Death
01:20:18 - Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Frederick Long, bass)
01:21:03 - The Trumpet Shall Sound (Frederick Long, bass)
01:25:19 - Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
01:28:58 - Amen
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