Janet Baker sings Handel: from Messiah

Two favourite arias from Handel's Messiah / J. Baker: Mezzo-soprano

Listening pleasure with the great English mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker interpreting some beautiful songs from Handel's immortal oratorio Messiah. Below: "O thou that tellest good tidings" and "He shall feed His flock."







Video Credit: 

Janet Baker: O thou that tellest good tidings (Messiah) by Handel. Youtube, uploaded by Operazaile operazaile. Accessed December 25, 2017.  Ambrosian Singers. English Chamber Orchestra, Conducted by Charles Mackerras 1967.

Janet Baker & Elizabeth Harwood: He shall feed His flock (Messiah) Handel. Youtube, uploaded by Operazail operazaile. Accessed December 25, 2017. Elizabeth Harwood, soprano Ambrosian Singers. English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras, 1967.



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Cabaret (Film)

Film / Musical Drama

Superb!

Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse. Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey.

The film is set in Berlin during the 1931 Weimar Republic, under the presence of the growing Nazi Party. The musical numbers all take place inside the club, with one exception: "Tomorrow Belongs to Me", the only song sung neither by Grey's character of the Kit Kat Klub's Master of Ceremonies nor by Minnelli's character of Sally Bowles.

Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey sing medley from Cabaret

Main Cast:

• Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles
• Michael York as Brian Roberts
• Helmut Griem as Baron Maximilian von Heune
• Joel Grey as Master of Ceremonies
• Fritz Wepper as Fritz Wendel
• Marisa Berenson as Natalia Landauer

 

Brief Plot Summary:

In Berlin in 1931, American cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli)  who performs at the Kit Kat Club meets British reserved academic and writer Brian Roberts (Michael York), who is finishing his university studies. Despite Brian's confusion over his sexuality, the pair become lovers, but the arrival of the wealthy and decadent playboy Maximilian von Heune (Helmut Griem) complicates matters for them both. This love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.

 

Sally learns that she is pregnant but is unsure of the father. Brian offers to marry her and take her back to his university life in Cambridge. At first, they celebrate their resolution to start this new life together, but after a picnic between Sally and Brian, in which Brian acts distant and uninterested, Sally becomes disheartened by the vision of herself as a bored faculty wife washing dirty diapers. Ultimately, she has an abortion, without informing Brian in advance. When he confronts her, she shares her fears, and the two reach an understanding. Brian departs for England, and Sally continues her life in Berlin, embedding herself in the Kit Kat Club.

Mozart German Church Songs

Sacred Songs / Church Music / Hymns







Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opus/Catalogue Number: K.343 ; K⁶.336c
I-Catalogue Number: IWM 248
Key: F major (No.1) and C major (No.2)
Movements/Sections: 2 songs

1. O Gottes Lamm (O Lamb of God)
2. Als aus Ägypten (As from Egypt)

Year/Date of Composition: 1779
Language: German
Instrumentation: Voice, Piano


Video Credit:

W.A. Mozart - KV 343 / 336c (2 German Sacred Songs). Sung by soprano Elly Ameling, accompanied on the piano by Dalton Baldwin. Uploaded by ComposersByNumbers. Accessed November 1, 2018.   


Resources:

2 Kirchenlieder, K.343/336c (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus). IMSLP.  Accessed December 5, 2017.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - Handel's Messiah 2017

Choral Music / Oratorio / Handel's Messiah

Hallelujah! The beloved festive treat Messiah returns to the Sydney Opera House.
Handel poured his heart and soul into this work: visitors found him shaken by the emotional labour of composing it. Something of this power remains in the piece – the profound sadness, the transporting joy, and the mystery of Christ’s birth and resurrection.

 Image: Handel's Messiah 2017 Billboard. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

With its musical richness, dramatic power and spiritual intensity, there is something in Messiah for people of all faiths.

Messiah is much more than the Hallelujah chorus. The best way to feel the music of Handel is to get inside it. Join our Christmas Choir and perform with hundreds of choristers, plus soloists Miriam Allan, Helen Sherman, Andrew Goodwin, David Greco and conductor Elizabeth Scott for an unforgettable Christmas celebration.

Image: Conductor Eliizabeth Scott at the Sydney Opera House. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.

The grandest presentation of Messiah to have ever taken place in Australia, Sydney Philharmonia's Christmas production brings the members of their specialist Symphony Chorus and VOX Choirs - known for their exemplary performances alongside Sydney Symphony Orchestra - together with the 460 choristers who have joined the organisation's Christmas Choir, specifically to learn and perform in this much-loved bi-annual extravaganza.

Joining the chorus for this limited season are leading Australian soloists Miriam Allan, Helen Sherman, Andrew Goodwin and David Greco, with instrumentation provided by the Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Fiona Ziegler and featuring trumpet soloist Paul Goodchild.

Acclaimed Australian conductor Elizabeth Scott will lead the delivery of this stunning program in the ultimate surrounds of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. The first female Australian conductor to present Messiah on the Concert Hall stage, 43-year-old Scott says the season marks a high point in her career, and will draw on all aspects of her diverse experience as musician, vocalist, choir master and music director.