I saw Eternity

Tenebrae perform Bach's iconic motets together with James MacMillan's sacred music at Les Riches Heures de Valère, a Swiss early music festival. The programme includes I Saw Eternity, a work Macmillan composed for the choir to accompany their programme of Bach's motets. John Shea presents.

12:45 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jesu, meine Freude BWV. 227
Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)

01:06 AM
James MacMillan (b.1959)
Miserere
Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)

01:18 AM
James MacMillan (b.1959)
I saw Eternity
Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)

01:25 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV. 225
Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)

01:37 AM
Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Abendlied
Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)

01:41 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and fugue no 5 in D major, BWV.874 from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
Kamiel d'Hooghe (organ)

01:48 AM
Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684)
Confitebor tibi - Psalm 110/111
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (counter tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Carsten Lohff (organ), Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel (lute), Konrad Junghänel (director)

02:04 AM
James MacMillan (b.1959)
String Quartet no 3
Royal String Quartet

02:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony no 8 in F major, Op 93
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)

02:57 AM
Karel Husa (1921-2016)
Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Mallory Thompson (conductor)

03:19 AM
Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Zürcher Kammerorchester, Duncan Ward (conductor)

03:40 AM
Katia Tchemberdji (b.1960)
In Namen Amadeus, for viola, clarinet, piano & tape
Brett Dean (viola), Paul Dean (clarinet), Stephen Emmerson (piano)

03:54 AM
Étienne Méhul (1763-1817)
Piano Sonata in D major Op 1 no 10
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

04:03 AM
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from Spartacus Ballet Suite no 2)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor)

04:09 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Recorder Concerto in A minor
Leonard Schelb (recorder), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (conductor)

04:18 AM
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Chant Pastoral
Kalevi Kiviniemi (organ)

04:23 AM
John Jenkins (1592-1678)
The Siege of Newark (Pavan)
Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor)

04:31 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Ave Generosa
Orpheus Women's Choir, Albert Wissink (director)

04:36 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Overture to "Jephtha"
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

04:42 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Andrew Nicholson (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor)

04:54 AM
John Field (1782-1837)
Andante inédit in E flat major for piano
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

05:02 AM
Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022)
Night's Black Bird for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

05:15 AM
Mogens Pedersøn (1583-1623)
3 songs for 5 voices
Ars Nova, Bo Holten (director)

05:22 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Horn Concerto no 1 in E flat major, Op 11
Ferenc Tarjáni (horn), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Antal Jancsovics (conductor)

05:39 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Septet in B flat
Fredrik Ekdahl (bassoon), Hanna Thorell (cello), Kristian Möller (clarinet), Mattias Karlsson (double bass), Ayman Al Fakir (horn), Linn Löwengren-Elkvull (viola), Roger Olsson (violin)

06:01 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Animaux modeles - suite from the ballet
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Georges Prêtre (conductor)

06:23 AM
Leif Strand (1942-2021), Øivind Westby (arranger)
Men går jag över engarna (But I Walk Across the Meadows)
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor)