Gerard McChrystal & Christian Wilson - Handel Eternal Source of Light Divine from the album "Solas'

George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759)
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine), HWV 74

From the album 'SOLAS'

Gerard McCHRYSTAL, saxophones
Christian WILSON, organ

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'SOLAS' features music by Haydn, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Alain and Vinci arranged by Gerard McChystal and Christian Wilson along with original works by Barbara Thompson and James Whitbourn. The album not only highlights beautiful sounds from the soprano and alto saxophones but also features the incredible energy of the sopranino saxophone, rarely recorded.


Leonardo VINCI (1690–1730)
1–2. Adagio and Allegro (from Flute Sonata No. 1 in D major)

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809)
3. Adagio (from String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, Hob.III:I, ‘La Chasse’)

Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782)
(previously attributed Antonio VIVALDI (1678–1741))
4–7. Sonata No. 6 in G minor, Op. 13, RV 58, ‘Il pastor fido’

George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759)
8. Eternal Source of Light Divine, HWV 74

Barbara THOMPSON (1944–)
9. Green (2002)

G. F. HANDEL
10. Cara sposa, amante cara, dove sei? (from Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act I)

James WHITBOURN (1963–)
11. A Brief Story of Peter Abelard (2011)

G. F. HANDEL
12–15. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6, HWV 364a

Jehan ALAIN (1911–1940)
16. Choral phrygien, AWV 76 (1935)

Henry PURCELL (1659–1695)
17. When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III)

Video filmed at Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Album recorded at Royal Chapel, Tower of London. Engineered and produced by Ken Blair • Edited by Will Anderson and Charlie Hembrow
24bit, 44.1kHz hi-resolution recording and mastering