Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons) Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen

• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b:
• 1 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: I. Sonata. Grave - Allegro 02:58
• 2 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: II. O Sing Unto the Lord 01:50
• 3 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: III. Declare His Honour Unto the Heathen 02:29
• 4 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: IV. The Waves of the Sea Rage Horribly 01:41
• 5 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: V. O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness 03:21
• 6 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: VI. Let the Whole Earth Stand in Awe 00:55
• 7 Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: VII. Let the Heav’ns Rejoice 01:35
• Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248:
• 8 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: I. Sonata. Andante - Allegro 02:50
• 9 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: II. Have Mercy Upon Me, O God 03:53
• 10 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: III. Wash Me Throughly From My Wickedness 02:57
• 11 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: IV. For I Acknowledge My Faults 00:43
• 12 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: V. Against Thee Only Have I Sinned 02:28
• 13 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VI. Thou Shalt Make Me Hear of Joy and Gladness 02:17
• 14 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VII. Make Me a Clean Heart, O God 02:45
• 15 Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VIII. Then Shall I Teach Thy Ways 01:53
• As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b:
• 16 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: I. Sonata. Larghetto - Allegro 03:53
• 17 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: II. As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams 03:07
• 18 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: III. Tears Are My Daily Food 03:25
• 19 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: IV. Now When I Think Thereupon 01:17
• 20 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: V. In the Voice of Praise and Thanksgiving 01:38
• 21 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: VI. Why So Full of Grief, O My Soul? 03:17
• 22 Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: VII. Put Thy Trust in God 02:47
• Let God Arise, HWV 256a:
• 23 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: I. Symphony. Larghetto - Allegro ma non presto 04:38
• 24 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: II. Let God arise 02:44
• 25 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: III. Like as the Smoke Vanisheth 02:40
• 26 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: IV. Let the Righteous Be Glad 03:01
• 27 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: V. O Sing Unto God 02:32
• 28 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VI. Praised Be the Lord 01:16
• 29 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VII. At Thy Rebuke, O God 01:55
• 30 Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VIII. Blessed Be God 02:05
• Total Runtime 01:14:50

Info for Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons)

In the summer of 1717, after performing his Water Music during a royal cruise on the Thames, Handel began composing for James Brydges (1674-1744), who became the first Duke of Chandos and created the Cannons Concert at his estate in Cannons (near Edgware), with ten instrumentalists and three singers. Handel composed eleven anthems and a Te Deum for him from August 1717 onwards, as well as transposing and revising As pants the hart (HWV 251b). O sing unto the Lord a new song (HWV 249b) is an adaptation of an anthem written three years earlier for the Chapel Royal. The anthem Have mercy upon me, O God (HWV 248) was composed in 1717 and is a paraphrase of the Miserere. The Alleluia of Let God arise (HWV 256a) prefigures the famous Hallelujah chorus from Messiah (1741). Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen now revive these four Chandos anthems composed for Cannons with eight singers and eleven excellent instrumentalists.

Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen, Dirigent

Arcangelo
is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed period performance ensemble led by its founder and artistic director Jonathan Cohen. Its ethos is ruled by a determination to apply the deep listening skills and artistry of chamber music making to every piece in its repertoire. The ensemble’s collective energy and spirit continue to generate a flood of critical awards and five-star reviews, spark audience ovations, and prompt invitations to the foremost international venues and festivals. Announced in 2024 as the first-ever Principal Ensemble in Residence at the London Handel Festival, Arcangelo was also the first-ever named Baroque Ensemble in Residence at Wigmore Hall, where it maintains a close artistic relationship. Its three appearances at the BBC Proms include the Proms premiere of Handel’s Theodora and a televised performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. In the past four years, Arcangelo has appeared at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Liszt Academy Budapest, Barbican Centre, De Singel Antwerp, De Bijloke Ghent, Santander International Festival, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro, Sala São Paulo, and a second season residency at Wigmore Hall, with soloists including Louise Alder, Nicolas Altstaedt, Avi Avital, Iestyn Davies, Barnabas Kelemen, Katharina Konradi, and Carolyn Sampson. Arcangelo has previously appeared at Carnegie Hall, Snape Maltings, MA Festival Brugge, Dresden Arts Festival, Tonhalle Zürich and Philharmonie Köln.

Arcangelo’s critically lauded discography now comprises a total of 30 releases, including the launch of the first new British studio recording in almost 25 years of Handel’s Theodora. Further highlights include Buxtehude’s Trio Sonatas Op.1 on Alpha Classics, nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award; two Gramophone Award-winning albums with Iestyn Davies; a BBC Music Magazine Award-winning survey of cello concerti by C.P.E. Bach with soloist Nicolas Altstaedt; a 2021 studio recording of Handel’s Brockes Passion on Alpha Classics, named Album of the Week by BBC Radio 3 and The Sunday Times and a multiply-nominated concept recording with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, Tiranno, hailed by Gramophone as “a model of what a recital album can be”.

In 2020, Arcangelo launched its New Ensemblists programme to develop the next generation of ensemble musicians specialised in period performance. The scheme provides a two-year programme of bespoke training and opportunities to outstandingly promising young musicians.

Jonathan Cohen
is one of Britain’s finest young musicians. He has forged a remarkable career as a conductor, cellist and keyboardist. Well known for his passion and commitment to chamber music Jonathan is equally at home in such diverse activities as baroque opera and the classical symphonic repertoire. He is Artistic Director of Arcangelo, Associate Conductor of Les Arts Florissants, Artistic Director of Tetbury Festival and Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Jonny becomes Music Director of Les Violons du Roy from the 2018/19 season and in the interim he is Music Director Designate.

2017/18 sees return visits for Jonathan to Les Violons du Roy, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Glyndebourne Opera for Guilio Cesare. He makes his debut with Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege and has appearances with his ensemble Arcangelo, which he founded in 2010 and with whom he has performed at venues such as Wigmore Hall London, Philharmonie Berlin, Kölner Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, Salzburg Festival and Carnegie Hall New York. Other recent highlights include a European tour with Vilde Frang with concerts at Oslo Opera House and Tonhalle Zürich. In 2016, Jonathan conducted Arcangelo for their BBC Proms debut at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Arcangelo are in much demand in the recording studio, partnering fine soloists such as Iestyn Davies (their disc Arias for Guadagni won the Recital Category at the 2012 Gramophone Awards), Anna Prohaska, and Christopher Purves. Together with Scene! with Christiane Karg, Arcangelo’s disc Arias for Benucci with Matthew Rose was nominated for a 2016 International Opera Award. Their latest release is of CPE Bach Cello Concerti with Nicolas Altstaedt, which won the BBC Music Magazine Awards’ Concerto category in 2017.

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