10th Bach Festival - July 2005

14 June 2005 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne's Lutheran Church
in memory of Charles Alp, Grace Carr and Veva Jeanne Kerrigan Winkelstein
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Holger Aston - Basso Continuo
JS Bach - Prelude from English Suite No 3 in G minor, BWV808
transcribed for Harpsichord and strings by Lecosaldi
JS Bach - Cantata 210 - O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano

1 February 2005 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Lecosaldi Ensemble
JS Bach - Cantata 82 - Ich habe genug

23 November 2004 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Lecosaldi ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Cantata - Jubilate Domino (Psalm 98: 6-8)
for alto, gamba and continuo
Penny Vickers - Alto
JS Bach - Cantata 140 - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass

9th Bach Festival - 21-28 July 2004

Lunchtime Concert - 28 July 2004 at 13:10
to mark the 254th anniversary of the death of JSB and Peter Lea-Cox's last day at St Anne & St Agnes
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Holger Aston - Basso Continuo

Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060a
Martin Smith - Violin
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Sinfonias to Cantata 212 (Peasant Cantata) and Cantata 12
Concerto in D for Three Violins, Strings and Continuo, BWV 1064a
Martin Smith - Violin
Anna Bradley - Violin
Catherine Lock - Violin

Evening, from 17:00
A Gathering of friends to Celebrate Peter’s 17-year Ministry, including
Jauchzet Gott
Cantata 213
Violin Sonata
Flute Sonata
Trumpet pieces
many other items
Lea-Cox - Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Final Chorus and Chorale from St John Passion
up to the moment of Bach's death,
sung by all available voices

26 July 2004 - The Bach Legacy - St Anne’s Lutheran Church
Lecosaldi Ensemble
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Preludes (Adagio) and transcription of Fugues (Well-tempered Klavier I/8, II/14, II/13) K404a
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Prelude and Fugue in C minor for organ
arr Feruccio Busoni (1860-1924)- Chaconne in D minor from Partita for violin
Jonathan Phillips - Piano

25 July 2004 - Bach Festival Mass - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Prelude - Fantasia in F (extant fragment)(BWV 573)
JS Bach - Motet - Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227)
JS Bach - Missa in F (BWV 233)
Julia Wilson-James - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Sermon - The Revd Ronald T Englund
(Founder, with Peter Lea-Cox, of Bach Vespers in 1982)
JS Bach - Agnus Dei (R165)

23 July 2004 - Chamber Concert - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Lecosaldi Baroque Ensemble
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Sinfonia (Concerto) Cantata 152
JS Bach - Sonata in G for Gamba and Harpsichord
JS Bach - Trio Sonata in D minor (BWV 527a) for Flute, Oboe and Continuo
JS Bach - Ricercare a 6 (Musical Offering) BWV 1079

Lunchtime Concert - 27 July 2004 at 13:10
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
1705 - "with an Italian Flavour"
Handel - Ah! crudel, nel pianto mio
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Allessandro Scarlatti
Corelli
Pasquini

21 July 2004 - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Lecosaldi Ensemble
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto for Violin and Strings in D minor (BWV 1052a)
JS Bach - Sinfonia for Flute and Strings (Cantata 209)
JS Bach - Concerto for Violin and Strings in E (BWV 1042)

11 April 2004 - Easter Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Easter Day
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Prelude - Suite No 3 in D
Johann Walter (1551) - Motet - Christ ist erstanden
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV625)
JS Bach - Easter Oratorio (BWV 249)
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Improvisation - Gelobt sei Gott

14 March 2004 - Vespers for Lent in the Bach Tradition
(Bach himself wrote no cantatas for Lent)
Paulus Bucenus Philodorus (1583) - Introit - Converte, Domine
Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785) - Hymn - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
harm JS Bach - Hymn - Kyrie fons bonotatis
Christoph Bernhard (1627-1682) - Motet - Jerusalem, die du tötest die Propheten
Homilius - Hymn - Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder
Diderik Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Cantata - Führwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit
Franz Tunder (1614-1667) - Hymn - Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
P Eber (1560) - Hymn - Herr Jesu Christ, wahr'r Mensch und Gott
Jakob Weckmann (?1619-1674) - Die mit Tränen

9 March 2004 - Bach Cantata Series
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Suite in C
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Aria - Wilkommen! Will ich sagen (Cantata 27) for Alto, Oboe da Caccia and Organ
JS Bach - Cantata 179 - Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei

11 January 2004 - Vespers with Telemann- St Anne's Lutheran Church
Epiphany
Lecosaldi Ensemble
Clare Shanks - Recorder
William Summers - Flute
Anna Doedens - Flute
Lynn Selwood - Violoncello
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) - Trio Sonata in C for Flute, Recorder and Continuo
G Friedrich Kauffmann (1773) - Chorale Prelude - Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Cantata No 4 - In gering-und rauhen Schalen
Georg Philipp Telemann - Cantata - Muntre Gedanken for the Feast of Epiphany
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Geist

11 November 2003 - Remembrance Day - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Cantata Series
Lecosaldi Ensemble
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Cantata 188 - Ich habe meine Zuversicht
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) - Concerto for Bassoon and strings
Jo Turner - Bassoon

26 October 2003 - Reformation Sunday - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Reformation with Bach
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Cantata 80 - Ein feste burg ist unser Gott
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Contralto
Stephen Jeffes - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
JS Bach - Concerto for Oboe d'amore and strings - ii - Siciliano
Nicki Woods - Oboe d'amore

2 October - 13 October 2003 - New England Fall Tour
Gillian Humphreys - Soprano
4 October 2003 - Christ Lutheran Church, Falmouth, MA - Workshop followed by concert including
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
also featuring Schola Cantorum of Falmouth
5 October 2003 - St David's Church, South Yarmouth, MA - Organ Recital
8 October 2003 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA - Organ Recital
10 October 2003 - United Church of Christ, Keene, NH - Organ Recital
11 October 2003 - St James Episcopal Church, Keene, NH
Bach Vespers - Cantata 148 - Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens

4 September 2003 - Sct Andreas Church, Copenhagen
Peter Lea-Cox - Conductor
Lecosaldi - Pièce pour cinq orgues
Hans Thomas Erikson - Organ
Arne Christensen - Organ
Flemming Møller - Organ
Morten Hinz - Organ
Karin Schmidt Andersen - Organ

28 July 2003 - Bach Festival - St Anne's Lutheran Church
JS Bach (1685 - 28 July 1750) - Brandenburg Concertos 1, 5, 3
First movement of No 3 performed in a rescoring by Bach

27 July 2003 - Bach Festival - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hannover
Festival Mass
Lecosaldi Ensemble - John Smart - Leader
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Trio Sonata in G, for two Flutes and Continuo, BWV 1039
Timothy Taylorson, Susan Fitzgerald - Flutes
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Motet - Aperite mihi portas justitiae
JS Bach - Missa brevis in A, BWV 234
Jane Sherriff - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Contralto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Kyrie
Gloria
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - O Welt ich muss dich lassen
Bach - Sanctus in D, BWV 238
Dietrich Buxtehude ... continuing Motet
Benedictus
The Consecration (the verba chanted according to Luther's instruction)
The Rev Jana Jeruma-Grinberga - Celebrant
Agnus Dei

25 July 2003 - Bach Festival - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Concertos for 1, 2 and 4 Violins
from "L'estro armonico" transcribed by Bach for keyboard

23 July 2003 - Bach Festival - St Anne's Lutheran Church
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Trio Sonatas in E minor and C major
Die Kunst der Fuge: Cpts I, III
Sonata for Violin
CPE Bach (1714-1788) - Sonata for Oboe

21 July 2003 - Bach Festival - St Anne's Lutheran Church
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Brandenburg Concertos 4, 6, 2

8 June 2003 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
The Feast of Pentecost
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto in A for Oboe d'amore, BWV 1055
Nicki Woods - Oboe d'amore
JS Bach - Motet - Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude (instrumental) - All End und Lob
Kaufmann (fl 1733) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 68 - Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Richard Fallas - Bass
Improvisation - Komm, o komm du Geist des Lebens

11 May 2003 - Jubilate Sunday - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Bach and Easter
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Ludwig Senfl (c1492 - c1555) - Motet - Christ ist erstanden
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Chorale Prelude - Christ ist erstanden
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Cantata 134 - Ein Hertz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß
Penny Vickers - Contralto
Stephen Douse - Tenor

13 April 2003 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Palm Sunday
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Peter Lea-Cox - Director
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Matthäus Passion
Stephen Douse - Evangelista
Mark Wildman - Christus
Lynton Black - Pilatus
Patrick Ardagh-Walter - Judas
Roddy Williams - Petrus
Simon Preece - Pontifex
Angela Scott-Smith - Ancilla I
Gillian Humphreys - Ancilla II
Andrew Harper - Pontifex I
Robin Daniel - Pontifex II
I
Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isobel Meyer - Basso continuo
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Stephanie Heichelhieim - Soprano
Lyn Alcantara - Alto
Penny Vickers - Alto
Steven Jeffs - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Patrick Ardagh-Walter - Bass
II
Anna Bradley - Leader
Mary Doran - Basso continuo
Jane Sheriff - Soprano
Kim Porter - Alto
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Philip Cartlege - Tenor
Lynton Black - Bass

9 March 2003 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
First Sunday in Lent
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Contrapunktus VI from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1772) - Motet - Tristis est anima mea
Delphin Strungk (1601-1694) - Chorale Prelude - Herzlich thut mich verlangen
JS Bach - Cantata 127 - Herr Jesu Christ wahr' Mensch und Gott
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
JS Bach - Contrapunktus VIII from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Johann Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - O Welt ich muss dich lassen
JS Bach - Contrapunktus X from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

2 February 2003 - Bach and Candlemas - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Presentation of our Lord
Lecosaldi Ensemble
JS Bach - Cantata 82 - Ich habe genug

27 January 2003 - Bach Cantata Series - Charles Alp Memorial Concert - St Anne's Lutheran Church
JS Bach - Cantata 81 - Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen
JCF Bach - Trio Sonata No 3 in F
Herbst - Das Volk, das im Finstern wandelt
Peter - Unto us a child is born
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano

23 December 2002 - Prepare the Royal Highway - St Anne's Lutheran Church
A Service of Music and Readings for Advent
Georg Frideric Händel - How Beautiful are the Feet
Georg Philip Telemann - Cantata - Lauter Winne, lauter Freude
Chorale Prelude - Nacht hoch die Tür
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Rebecca Prosser - Recorder
Holger Aston - Violoncello

3 November 2002 - All Saints' Sunday - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - Grosser Gott
Cherubini: Requiem in C minor
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) - Requiem in C minor
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Prees - Bass

29 September 2002 - Bach Vespers 20th Anniversary - St Anne's Lutheran Church
St Michael and all Angels
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Suite IV in D, BWV 1069
JS Bach - Motet - Cantata 50 - Nun ist das Heil
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - Dicimus gratias tibi
JS Bach - Cantata 19 - Es erhub sich ein Streit
Stephanie Heichelheim - Soprano
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass
Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642-1710) - Chorale Prelude - Herzlich Lieb

15 September 2002 - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ
Purcell - Suite II in G minor
Gibbons - Variations on "The Woods so Wilde"
Stanley - Voluntary III in D minor (Op 7/iii)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley - Andante in F (Six Pieces, No 2)
Howells - Psalm Prelude
Lea-Cox - Prelude and Fugue in C
Bedford - Carillon

14 July 2002 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Trinity VII
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Fiona Chesterman - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Trio Sonata in C minor from Das musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079
Susan Fitzgerald - Flute
Fiona Chesterman - Violin
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1713) - Motet - Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
Johann Gottfried Walter (1684-1768) - Chorale Prelude - Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn
JS Bach - Cantata 107 - Was willst du dich betrüben
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Richard Fallas - Bass
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - Sei lob und ehr dem Höchstein gut

9 June 2002 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Trinity II
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Suite No 1 in C, BWV 1066
Liebhold (Thuringia, c 1720) - Motet - Das ist meine Freude
J Peter Kellner (1705-1782) - Chorale Prelude - Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
JS Bach - Cantata 2 - Ach Gott, vom Himmel sich darein
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Prees - Bass

12 May 2002 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Exaudi
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Ouverture G-Moll (Suite in G minor)
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Motet - Lobet den Herrn
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Es ist genug
JS Bach - Cantata 183 - Sie werden in den Bann tun
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Prees - Bass
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - Coelos ascendit hodie

14 April 2002 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
Misericordias Domini
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV 1046
attrib Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) - Motet - Jauchzet dem Herren - Mein Herz ist bereitet
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Erscheinen ist der herrlich Tag, BVW 629
JS Bach - Cantata 112 - Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Philip Cartledge - Tenor
Simon Prees - Bass
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - TE DEUM (Herr Gott, dich loben wir), BVW 725 (extract)

31 March 2002 - Easter Concert - St Anne's Lutheran Church
St Anne’s Singers and the Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795) - Oratorio for Easter - Die Pilgrime auf Golgotha
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano - First Pilgrim
Natanya Hadda - Alto - Second Pilgrim
Simon Prees - Bass - A Hermit
Jane Sherriff - Soprano - An Angel
Ben Cooper - Tenor

10 March 2002 - Bach Vespers - St Anne's Lutheran Church
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Die Kunst der Fuge* (BWV 1080)
*Contrapunctus III
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Christopher Jones - Bassoon
Martin Smith - Violin
Nikos Zarb - Viola
Ludwig Senfl (c 1492-1555) - Motet - Gelobet seist du Christe
Johann Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - Jesu leiden, Pein und Tod
JS Bach - Cantata 159 - Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Patrick Ardagh-Walter - Bass
*Contrapunctus VII
Georg Kauffmann (1733) - Chorale Prelude - Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen?
*Contrapunctus XII

21 December 2001 - Service of Music and Readings for the Feast of St Thomas - St Anne & St Agnes
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ
(including excepts from Tippett: A child of our Time
and Händel: Messiah)

20 December 2001 - Italian Christmas Concert by Candlelight - St Anne & St Agnes
St Anne’s Singers and the Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Plainsong Hymn - Christe redemptor
Andrea Gabriele (c 1532-1585) - Motet - Te Deum Patrem ingenitum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c 1525-1594) - Quartet - Hodie Christus natus est*
Giovanni Battista Fontana (ob 1630) - Sonata IV for Violin and Continuo
Martin Smith - Violin
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750) - Concerto in F major for Oboe and Strings
Nicholas Benda - Oboe
Leonardo Ontensio Salvatore de Leo (1694-1744) - Magnificat (a quattro voci)*
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Magnificat ossecensis*
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) - Concerto in C for Flute, Oboe and Strings
Mary Parker - Flute
Nicholas Benda - Oboe
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Quartet - Vergine madre, figlia del tuo figlio*
*Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
*Angela Scott-Smith - Soprano
*Natanya Hadda - Contralto
*Stephen Douse - Haut-Contre
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925) - Scherzo, Op 49, No 2
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ
Plainsong Hymn - Corde natus ex parentis

20 November 2001 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne & St Agnes
25th Anniversary of the Lecosaldi Bach Cantata Series
JS Bach - Cantata 38 - Aus tiefe Not schrei ich zu dir

11 November 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Concerto in F minor for Harpsichord and Strings, BWV 105
Franz Tunder - Motet - Nisi Dominum aedificaverit
JS Bach - Cantata 55 - Ich arme Mensch, ich Sündenknecht

4 November 2001 - Requiem Mass - St Anne & St Agnes
All Saints’ Sunday
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Kaye Barker - Leader
Rosie Hunt - Basso Continuo
Bruckner - Requiem in D minor Op 39
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Paul Parfitt - Bass

28 October 2001 - Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
To Celebrate the Second Anniversary of the Signing of the
Joint Declaration on Justification by Faith
Preacher - HE Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Service of Light
Flor Peeters (1903-1986) - Chorale Prelude - Veni, creator spiritus
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Nun danket alle Gott (BWV 192)
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Simon Preece - Bass
JS Bach - Offertory - Grave from Fantasia in G (BWV 572)
Max Reger (1873-1916) - Chorale Prelude - Grosser Gott

14 October 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
18th Sunday after Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Suite II in B, for Flute and Strings, BWV 1067
Susan Fitzgerald - Flute
Liebhold (Thuringia c 1700) - Motet - Befiehl dem Herren deine Wege
J Michael Bach (1648-1694) - Chorale Prelude - Herr Christ, der einig’ Gottessohn
JS Bach - Cantata 96 - Herr Christ der ein’ge Gottessohn
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Georg Böhm (1661-1713) - Chorale Prelude - Freu dich sehr

25 September 2001 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 99 - Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (II)
JS Bach - Cantata 138 - Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?

22 July 2001 - Bach Festival - St Anne & St Agnes
The Holy Eucharist
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Organ Prelude - Prelude in E, Das Wohltemperirtes Clavier II/9
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) - Motet - Der 100 Psalm: Jauchtzet dem Herrn
JS Bach - Mass in G, BWV 236
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
JS Bach - Agnus Dei, R165
Stephanie Heichelheim - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass

8 July 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
4th Sunday after Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto in E for Violin and Strings, BWV 1042
Martin Smith - Violin
Melchior Franck (1579-1639) - Motet - Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte
J Christoph Bach (1640-1682) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 177 - Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Johann Gottfried Walter (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - Jesu, meine Freunde

10 June 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Feast of the Holy Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Philip Auger - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Suite IV in D, BWV 1069
Johann Walter (1496-1570) - Motet - Jesaia, dem Propheten, das geschah
Andreas Armsdorff (1679-1699) - Chorale Prelude - Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’
JS Bach- Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all, BWV 680
JS Bach - Cantata 129 - Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Simon Preece - Bass
Improvisation - Lobe der Herren
Scripture sentences, middle movements of the Suite, and final hymn with its improvisation omitted as the guest preacher had understood that the sermon should be of comparable length to those in Bach’s day!

13 May 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto in A for Oboe d’Amore, BWV 1055a
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612-1675) - Motet - Oster-Dialog
JS Bach - Hymn - Christ is Arisen
with Preludes to each verse from Orgelbüchlein, BWV 627
JS Bach- Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all, BWV 681
JS Bach - Cantata 108 - Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Improvisation - Lob Gott getrost mit Singen

8 May 2001 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 42 - Am Abend aber dessilbigen Sabbats

30 April 2001 - Lunchtime Concert - St Anne & St Agnes
Vivaldi - Cello Concerto
Anne-Isobel Meyer - Violoncello
Vivaldi - Violin Concerto
Martin Smith - Violin
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Horns
Alan Jones, Dagmara Harrison-Preiss - Horns
Vivaldi - Flautino Concerto
Rebecca Prosser - Recorder

22 April 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Passion Sunday
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Mary Pells - Viola da Gamba
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach - Johannespassion (1724)
The St John Passion
Stephen Douse - Evangelista
Mark Wildman - Christus
Patrick Ardagh-Walter - Pilatus
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Stephanie Heichelheim - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Penny Vickers - Alto
Richard Eatson - Tenor
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Angela Scott-Smith - Ancilla
Robin Daniel - Petrus

11 March 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Second Sunday in Lent - Reminiscere
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080, Contrapunctus II
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Jo Turner - Bassoon
Martin Smith - Violin
Maritza Bullock - Viola
J Hermann Schein (1586-1630) - Motet - Was betrübst du dich?
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude: Ist Gott für mich
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)- Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 197 - Gott ist unsre Zuversicht
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Simon Preece - Bass
Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus III
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - Machs mit mir, Gott
Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus IV

11 February 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Septuagesima
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto in D minor for Oboe and Strings (from BWV 35 AND 1056)
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Anon, Thuringia (c 1700) - Motet - Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen
Improvisation - Wärn meiner Sünd’ auch noch so viel
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 92 - Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
J Erasmus Kindermann (1616-1655) - Chorale Prelude - Was mein Gott will

14 January 2001 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Second Sunday after Epiphany
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Brandenburg Concerto No 4
Rebecca Austin-Brown - Recorder
Rebecca Prosser - Recorder
Martin Smith - Violin
JS Bach - Motet - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude: O Jesu Christe, wahres Licht
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all, BWV 680
JS Bach - Cantata 13 - Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Johann Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - O Welt, ich muß dich lassen

21 December 2000 - Annual Candelight Christmas Concert - St Anne's Music Society
Celebrating the end of the Second Millennium (anno Domini)
St Anne’s Singers and the Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV243a
Lesley-Jane Rogers - First Soprano
Stefanie Heichelheim - Second Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Nigel Cliffe - Bass
Johann Samuel Endler (fl 1762) - Suite in G
Georg Joachim Josef Hahn (1712-1772) - Aria de Nativitate Domini, Op V/7
(for soprano, violin and continuo)
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Martin Smith - Violin
Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) - Concerto for Trumpet and Strings
David Clewlow - Trumpet
Gustav Merkel (1827-1885) arr Peter Lea-Cox - Shepherd's Song
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ
Lea-Cox - German/Austrian Carol Suite for Choir, Orchestra and Audience
Overture - Grave-Allegro
Carol I - Zu Betlehem geboren
Sinfonia I
Carol II - Ein Kindlein in der Wiegen
Sinfonia II
Carol III - Die Hirten auf dem Felden (Austrian)
Interludium
Carol IV - Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht German Echo Carol
Sinfonia III
Carol V - Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf
Concerto/Prelude
Carol VI - Susani

10 December 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Second Sunday in Advent
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Ricercare a 3 (Musikalisches - BWV 1079)
Johann Walter (1496-1570) - Motet - Intern natos mulierum (Cantiones latinae, 1551)
Johann Walter (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - Jesu, meine Freude
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 186a - Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Roderick Williams - Bass
Ricercare a 3
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) - Chorale Prelude - Nun komm der heiden Heiland
Ricercare a 6

12 November 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The 21st Sunday after Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Fiona Chesterman - Leader
Rosie Hunt - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV 1041)
Heinrich Schütz (1586-1672) - Motet - Selig sing die Toten
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Chorale Prelude - Ach, Gott, vom Himmel sieh daren
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 56 - Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
Rodney Clark - Bass
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Chorale Prelude - Gott der Vater wohn uns bei

28 October 2000 - The Lutheran Council of Great Britain - St Anne & St Agnes
Vespers to commemmorate the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, together with the Festival of the Reformation in the context of the Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, an important stage on the path to reconciliation between the churches.
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Fiona Chesterman - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Prelude - Alessandro Marcello (1684-1750) - Concerto in D minor for Oboe and Strings
Nicki Woods - Oboe
J Nikolaus Hanff (1630-1706) - Chorale Prelude - Ein feste Burg
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Chorale Prelude - Erhalt uns, Herr
JS Bach - Cantata 80 - Ein feste Burg
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - Nun freut euch

8 October 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Holger Aston - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto in D for Oboe d'amore, BWV 1053a
Nicki Woods - Oboe d'amore
J Hermann Shein (1586-1630) - Motet - Ihr Heiligen, lobsinget dem Herrn, 1623
Friedrich Zachow (1663-1712) - Chorale Prelude - Es ist das Heil
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 27 - Wer weiß, wie nahe mir meine Ende
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
W Friedmann Bach (1710-1784) - Chorale Prelude - Was mein Gott will

4 August 2000 - St Michael, Shute
Concert given by members of the Weekend Course for Singers
Peter Lea-Cox - Director
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Vocal Tutor

Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
George Frederic Händel - Acis & Galatea
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Carol Tye - Recorder
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Cello

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28 July 2000
St Anne & St Agnes
A Festal Day to celebrate the 250th Anniversary
of the death of
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 1
Brandenburg Concerto No 2
Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Brandenburg Concerto No 4
Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Brandenburg Concerto No 6
Suite III in D, BWV 1068
Suite No 1 in G major, for unaccompanied Cello
Melanie Woodcock - Cello
Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Violin
(after BWV 1060 for two harpsichords)
Nicki Woods - Oboe
Martin Smith - Violin
Motet - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Fuga a 5, per organo, BWV 552
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Agnus Dei
Penny Vickers - Alto
Dona nobis pacem
Sung by all available singers, at the hour of JSB’s death
soli Deo gloria

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23 July 2000 - Bach Festival - St Anne & St Agnes
The Holy Eucharist
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Organ Prelude - Prelude in C, BWV 943
JS Bach - Motet - Nun lob’ mein Seel’, den Herren (Cantata 28/2)
JS Bach - Mass in F, BWV 233
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
JS Bach - Agnus Dei, R165

9 July 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Third Sunday after Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Gillian Thoday - Basso Continuo
Prelude - JS Bach (1685-1750) - Dir, Dir, Jehova, will ich singen*
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) - Motet - Jauchzet Gott, alle Land
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Chorale Prelude: Herzlich Thut mich verlangen
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all, BWV 681
JS Bach - Cantata 135 - Ach, Herr, mich armen Sünder
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Offertory - JS Bach - Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille*
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679-1735) - Chorale Prelude - Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist
Postlude - Schaffs’ mit mir, Gott, nach deinem Willen*
*Schmelligesänge, 1725
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano

11 June 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Whitsunday, The Festival of Pentecost
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Suite III in D
JS Bach - Motet - der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude: Komm, heliger Geist, Herre Hott
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 172 - Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Roddy Williams - Bass
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Wie schön leuchtet

14 May 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Concerto in G for Viola and Strings
Brenda Bingham - Viola
Melchior Vulpius (c.1560-1615) - Motet - Es ist gut, dass ich hingele, BWV 226
Johann Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude: Was Gott tut, das ist Wohlgetan
Johann Krebs (1713-1789) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Cantata 12 - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) - Chorale Prelude - Nun lob, mein Seel

7 May 2000 - Bach Vespers - Canterbury Cathedral
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Johann Walter - Motet - Christ ist erstanden
JS Bach - Cantata 85 - Ich bin ein guter Hirt
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Steven Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Postlude - Sinfonia from Cantata 42

9 April 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Melchoir Franck (1579-1639) - Motet - Das trostreiche 53. Kapitel aus dem Propheten Jesaja
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - Meinen Jesum lass’ich nicht
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ
JS Bach - Cantata 157 - Ich lasse dich nicht
Steven Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Chorale Prelude - Herzlich thut mich verlangen

12 March 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Invocabit, The First Sunday in Lent
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Trio Sonata in G minor for Recorder, Gamba and Continuo (BWV 1029a)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) - Motet - Domino, ne in furore tuo aspergas me
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (BWV 641)
J Christopf Bach (1642-1703) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - Christus, der ist mein Leben

13 February 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

9 January 2000 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Epiphany of our Lord
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto in A for Oboe d’amore, Strings and Continuo (BWV 1055a)
Nicki Woods - Oboe d’Amore
Anon (Thuringia c1700) - Motet - Kündlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Puer nobis
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all (BWV 680)
JS Bach - Cantata 65 - Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen
Ben Cooper - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Improvisation - Chorale Prelude - O sola magnarum urbium
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ

21 December 1999 - Christmas Concert - St Anne & St Agnes

12 December 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

14 November 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

10 October 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Martin Smith - Leader
Anne-Isabel Meyer - Basso Continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Air I (from Tafelmusik II)
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Motet - Seid dankbar in allen Dingen
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Auf meinen lieben Gott
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all
JS Bach - Cantata 5 - Wo soll ich fliehen hin?
Gillian Humphreys - Soprano
Natanya Hadda - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Patrick Ardagh-Walter - Bass
Telemann - Air III (from Tafelmusik II)
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Sollt’ ich meinem Gott night singen
Telemann - Conclusion (from Tafelmusik II)

7 August 1999 - St Michael’s, Shute
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Anna Bradley - Leader
George Frederic Händel - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, 1739
(sung by members of the Weekend Course for Singers)

25 July 1999 - The Holy Eucharist - St Anne & St Agnes
Eve of St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Organ Prelude - Fantasia in C (BWV 570)
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Motet - Gitt ist under Zuversicht (Psalm 46)
JS Bach - Mass in G minor (BWV 235)
Kyrie (paraphrased by JSB from Cantata 102/1)
Gloria
Hauptlied - Ich will dich lieben - Improvisation
JS Bach - Cantata 97 - In allen meinen Taten Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Penny Vickers - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Sanctus
Agnus Dei

11 July 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

12 December 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

13 June 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

9 May 1999 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes

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22 March 1998 - The Theatre, Chipping Norton
Concert
Nick Benda - Oboe
Martin Smith - Violin
Holger Aston - Cello
Peter Lea-Cox - Harpsichord

20 March 1998 - The Mediaeval Hall, Salisbury
Concert
Nick Benda - Oboe
Martin Smith - Violin
Holger Aston - Cello
Peter Lea-Cox - Harpsichord

9 November 1997 - Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Children’s Workshop
Concert
Nick Benda - Oboe
Martin Smith - Violin
Holger Aston - Cello
Peter Lea-Cox - Harpsichord

28 October 1997 - Bach Cantata Series - St Anne & St Agnes
This completes the performance by the Lecosaldi Ensemble under Peter Lea-Cox of all Bach's extant Cantatas
JS Bach - Cantata 215 - Preis dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen

21 September 1997 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
17th Sunday after Trinity
15th Anniversary of Bach Vespers
JS Bach - Cantata 114 - Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost

3 - 16 September 1997 - Annual Concert Tour of Denmark
Organ Recitals
Choir Workshop
Hymn Festival
Peter Lea-Cox - Organ, Director

1 June 1997 - The Spirit of the Age - St Anne & St Agnes
Songs by Peter Lea-Cox
Gillian Humphreys - Soprano
Roderick Williams - Bass
Vivien Caplin - Narrator

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12 May 1996 - Camden Chamber Choir - St Anne & St Agnes
Messiah, edited by Händel
A performance of Messiah substituting the original sources of those numbers which Händel borrowed from some of his existing italian love songs
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Miriam Kramer - Leader
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Shari McDaid - Soprano
Gillian Humphreys - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
PART I
Sinfonia
Comfort ye my people - Tenor aria
Ev’ry valley shall be exalted - Tenor aria
And the Glory of the Lord - Chorus
Thus saith the Lord - Bass recit
But who may abide the day of his coming? - Bass aria
Behold, a virgin shall conceive - Alto recit
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion - Alto aria & chorus
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth - Bass aria
The people that walked in darkness - Bass aria
No, di voi non vo’ fidarmi - Soprano duet
Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
There were shepherds abiding in the field - Soprano recit
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them - Soprano recit
Glory to God - Chorus
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion - Soprano aria
Then shall the eyes of the blind - Alto recit
He shall feed his flock - Soprano & Alto aria/duet
Quel fior che all’ alba ride - Soprano duet
PART II
Behold the Lamb of God - Chorus
He was despised - Alto aria
Surely He hath borne our griefs - Chorus
And with His stripes we are healed - Chorus
So per prova i vostri inganni - Soprano duet
All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn
He trusted in God - Chorus
Thy rebuke has broken His heart - Tenor recit
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow - Tenor arioso
He was cut off out of the land of the living - Tenor recit
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell - Tenor aria
Lift up your heads, O ye gates - Chorus
Unto which of the angels said He at any time - Tenor recit
Let all the angels of God worship Him - Chorus
Thou art gone up on high - Bass aria
The Lord gave the word - Chorus
How beautiful are the feet - Soprano aria
Their sound is gone out - Tenor arioso
Why do the nations so furiously rage together - Bass aria
Let us break their bonds asunder - Chorus
He that dwelleth in heaven - Tenor recit
Thou shalt break them - Tenor aria
Hallelujah - Chorus
[Audience not to stand unless Royalty is present]
PART THREE
I know that my redeemer liveth - Soprano aria
Since by man came death - Chorus
Behold, I tell you a mystery - Bass recit
The trumpet shall sound - Bass aria
Then shall be brought to pass - Alto recit
Se tu non lasa amore, mio cor, ti pentirai - Soprano/Alto duet
If God be for us - Soprano aria
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain - Chorus

18 February 1996 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Quinquagesima
450th Anniversary of the Death of Martin Luther
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Mark Messenger - Leader
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Prelude - Trio Sonata in G (BWV 1039)
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) - Motet - Was betrübst du dich?
Lecosaldi - Chorale Prelude - Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wir glauben all (BWV 1098)
JS Bach - Cantata 127 - Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Simon Preece - Bass
Johann Schop (1641) - Chorale Prelude - Lasset uns mit Jesu ziehen

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8 December 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 70a - Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!

25 November 1985 - Lunchtime Cantata - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 202 - Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Wedding Cantata)

17 November 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 26 - Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig

20 October 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
JS Bach - Concerto for violin in G minor (reconstructed from the Concerto for Harpsichord in F - BWV 1056 or BWV 1056a)
Lorna Osbon - Violin
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Allen Gott in der Höh (BWV 677)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Chorale Prelude - Schmücke dich
JS Bach - Cantata 180 - Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele
Fiona Clarke - Soprano
Rachel Cooper - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679-1735) - Chorale Prelude - Nun danket alle Gott

14 October 1985 - Lunchtime Cantata - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 212 - Mer hahn ein neue Overkeet (Peasant Cantata)

10 October 1985 – Music by Heinrich Schütz and his Contemporaries - St Anne & St Agnes
Camden Chamber Choir with Soloists and Instrumentalists
Theresa Finzi – Leader
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Motet - Cantate domino
Motet - Spes mea
Motet - Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe
Duet – Tugend ist der beste Freund
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Duet - Güldne Haare, gleich Aurore
Michael Praetorius (c 1569-1621)
Motet – Veni sancte spiritus
Motet – Ecce dominus veniet
Johann Bach (1555-1615) Motet – Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
Giovanni Gabriele (c 1553-1612) – Motet – Domino exaudi orationem meam
Heinrich Schütz
Motet – Inter brachia salvatoris mea
Ensemble – O der grossen Wundertaten
Ensemble – Liebster, sagt in süssem Schmerzen
Strophic Song – Kläglicher Abschied
Strophic Song – Ein Trauerlied
Madrigal – Vier Hirtinnen
Deutsches Magnificat, 1671, for double choir
Gillian Humphreys – Soprano
Lesley-Jane Rogers – Soprano
Amanda Welham – Soprano
Susanna Witriol – Soprano
Eileen Goddard – Alto
Sandra Kiser – Alto
David Dyer - Tenor

2 October 1985 - Evensong - St Anne & St Agnes
BBC Recording for transmission as Choral Evensong on Radio 3 on Wednesday 30 October
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1670-1734) - Chorale Prelude - Ein feste Burg
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707) - Chorale Prelude - Erhalt uns, Herr
JS Bach - Cantata 192 - Nun danket alle Gott
Margaret Feaviour - Soprano
Jonathan Robarts - Bass
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) - Chorale Prelude - Christus, der ist mein Leben
JS Bach - Postlude - Nun danket alle Gott

30 September 1985 - Lunchtime Cantata - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 211 - Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata)

26 September 1985 - Lunchtime Cantata - St Mary-at-Hill
JS Bach - Cantata 8 - Liebster Gott, wann werd’ Ich sterben?
Lecosaldi Ensemble – Leader Lorna Osbon
Basso Continuo – Daniel Paul
Lesley-Jane Rogers - Soprano
Rachel Cooper – Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass

22 September 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 8 - Leibster Gott wenn werd ich sterben?

7 July 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 93 - Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten

16 June 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 2 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh darein

19 May 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 11 - Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio)

21 April 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Second Sunday after Easter
JS Bach - Cantata 104 - Du Hirte Israel, höre

21 March 1985 - Bach Tercentenary
JS Bach - Sinfonia for Organ and Orchestra in D minor from Cantata 35 - Geist und Seele wird verwirret
JS Bach - Cantata 173a - Durchlauchster Leopold (for the birthday of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen)
JS Bach - Trio Sonata in G major (BWV 1039)
JS Bach - Motet - Lobe den Herrn alle Heiden (BWV 230)
JS Bach - Prelude and Gigue from Suite for solo ’cello No 2 in D minor (BWV 1008)
JS Bach - Final Chorale from the St John Passion (BWV 245) - Ach Herr lass dein lieb’ Engelein

17 February 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Lorna Osbon - Leader
JS Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor (BWV 1043)
Stephen Bingham - Violin
Martin Smith - Violin
JS Bach - Cantata 127 - Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott
Tracey Chadwell - Soprano
Philip Salmon - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass

14 February 1985 - Music of Finland - St Anne & St Agnes
Lecosaldi Ensemble - Lorna Osbon - Leader
Ahti Sonninen (b 1914) - Cantata cantica socii
(Three melodies from Piae Contiones - 1582)
Erik Tulindberg (1761-1814) - Violin Concerto No 1 in B major
Lorna Osbon - Violin
Pehr Henrik Nordgren (b 1944) - Portraits of Country Fiddlers, op 26
Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) - Clarinet Concerto No 2 in F minor, op 5
Emma Johnson - Clarinet
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Rakastava (The Lover), op 14
Ahti Sonninen (b 1914) - Cantata Cantica Socii
Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo for String Orchestra

20 January 1985 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
Second Sunday after the Epiphany
JS Bach - Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor
Lorna Osbon - Violin
Anthony Robson - Oboe
Hieronymous Praetorius (1560-1629) - Motet in 6 voices - Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wie schön leuchtet
(Fragment completed by Peter Lea-Cox)
JS Bach - Chorale Prelude - Wie schön leuchtet
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Chorale Prelude - Wo Gott zum Haus
JS Bach - Cantata 155 - Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Tracey Chadwell - Soprano
Timothy Wilson - Alto
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass
Dietrich Buxtehude (c1637-1707) - Chorale Prelude - Herr Christ det einig Gotts Sohn

26 September 1982 - Bach Vespers - St Anne & St Agnes
The first Bach Vespers, as part of the Lutheran Special Ministries directed by Pastor Ronald T Englund. Services have continued every month (with breaks in the summer) until 2004.
JS Bach - Cantata 161 - Komm, du süsse Todesstunde

November 1981 - St Anne & St Agnes
JS Bach - Cantata 155 - Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Lecosaldi Ensemble gives the first concert at St Anne’s in the lunchtime series.