2009 Programme

Ensemble Buxtehude with Director David Gibbs presented three carefully crafted programmes of sumptuous and virtuosic works for various combinations of strings, organ, harpsichord, chorus and solo voices by the giants of 17th and 18th century western European music. Among them the great J S Bach, his contemporary Handel and two French predecessors: Francois Couperin, organist and composer to the Sun King and harpsichord virtuoso, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier, a master of sacred vocal music.

An evening with Handel (1685-1759)

  • O Praise the Lord (Chandos Anthem no. 9), HWV 25
  • Sonata No. 5 in F major for Violin and Continuo, HWV 369
  • Nisi Dominus, HWV 238
  • Organ Concerto No. 13 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale", HWV 295
  • Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

Chamber music by Bach
for violin, cello and harpsichord/continuo

  • Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo Cello, BWV 1008
  • The Italian Concerto, BWV 971
  • Sonata No.2 in D major for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1028

French Baroque

  • Trois leçons de Ténèbres (François Couperin)
  • Sixième couplet de Gloria (from the Messe pour les paroisses)
  • Elévation (from the Messe pour les couvents)
  • Magnificat à 3 (Nicolas Clérambault)
  • Pièces en concert (François Couperin)
  • Le reniement de St Pierre (Charpentier)