Lynne Dawson sings from Handel's Messiah: 16 Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion - 17 Then shall the eyes of the blind - 18 He shall feed his flock. Stephen Cleobury conducts the Brandenburg Consort.
John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage," the opening chorus of the first cantata in Bach's Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248).
Mstislav Rostropovich plays the Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Filmed at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991.
Jordi Savall leads Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Reial de Catalunya in a performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo. The concert opens with a Toccata and continues with a Ritornello, and Montserrat Figueras, as La Musica, singing "Dal mio Permesso amato." The venue is the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.
Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward read excerpts from Dawkins's "The God Delusion": The Argument from Beauty.
Klaus Mertens sings the bass aria "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" from Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Ton Koopman leads the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
Mstislav Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Filmed at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991.
Dietrich Henschel sings "Großer Herr, o starker Ko?nig" from the first cantata in Bach's Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248). John Eliot Gardiner leads the English Baroque Soloists.
Joan Sutherland sings "Let the bright Seraphim" from Handel's oratorio Samson.
"Let the bright Seraphim in burning row
Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow . . ."
Was the above the source of Alex's line "Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones" in A Clockwork Orange, by the author and composer Anthony Burgess?
Harry Christophers leads The Sixteen in the 6-part motet "Verbum caro factum est" by the Tudor composer John Sheppard.
The paintings are by the English landscape artist John Constable.
![Lynne Dawson sings \"I know that my redeemer liveth\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/qtU1c5JZf0k/2.jpg "Lynne Dawson sings \\"I know that my redeemer liveth\\"")
![Lynne Dawson sings \"Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/z1xlYIoekE8/2.jpg "Lynne Dawson sings \\"Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion\\"")
![Rostropovich plays the Sarabande from Bach\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZXnujMPt30Q/2.jpg "Rostropovich plays the Sarabande from Bach\")
![Montserrat Figueras sings \"Dal mio Permesso\" from L\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/EdHFxkd7s0s/2.jpg "Montserrat Figueras sings \\"Dal mio Permesso\\" from L\")
![Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/LU_QR_FTt3E/2.jpg "Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach\")
![Dietrich Henschel sings \"Großer Herr, o starker Ko?nig\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/hxr_stB1uJI/2.jpg "Dietrich Henschel sings \\"Großer Herr, o starker Ko?nig\\"")
![Joan Sutherland sings \"Let the bright Seraphim\" from Samson](http://img.youtube.com/vi/8nZmdreKkss/2.jpg "Joan Sutherland sings \\"Let the bright Seraphim\\" from Samson")
![The Sixteen sing \"Verbum caro factum est\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/sUng79bpGxs/2.jpg "The Sixteen sing \\"Verbum caro factum est\\"")
