Performance on 3 - Edinburgh International Festival 2009 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. John Eliot Gardiner has been conducting the vocal works of Bach across the world for many years to great acclaim, and here he brings his choral and orchestral forces to the 2009 Edinburgh Festival. With the sacred concerto by Johann Christoph Bach, a piece held in regard by his nephew Johann Sebastian, followed by the first Part of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt, which contains some moving choruses and highly descriptive depictions of the Plagues. Bach's cantatas are some of his most dramatic sacred works, and the works which follow, composed for the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, are no exception. Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Johann Christoph Bach: Es erhub sich ein Streit Soloists: Katy Hill (soprano), David Bates (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Jonathan Sells, Stuart Young (basses) Handel: Exodus (Israel in Egypt, Part 1) Soloists: Meg Bragle, David Bates (altos), Peter Davoren (tenor) Bach: Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 130; Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19; Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50 Soloists: Julia Doyle (soprano), Meg Bragle (mezzo), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Jonathan Sells (bass) Followed by performances from the Gala recital at the Leeds International Piano Competition, where the finalists perform solo works from their competition repertoire. Chopin: Polonaise in A flat op.53 Alexej Gorlatch (piano) Bach/Busoni: Chaconne Sofya Gulyak (piano)