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.
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.
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).
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.
Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould play the third movement (Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace) of Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69. From 1960.
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.
Kishori Amonkar sings "Rang So Rang Milaaye," a drut khyal composition in Raag Bhimpalasi and Taal Ektaal. From a live performance in Kensington Town Hall, London, April 2000.
Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould play the first movement (Allegro ma non tanto) of Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69. From 1960.
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.
Barbara Bonney (Sophie) and Anne Howells (Octavian) sing "Ist ein Traum" from the Finale of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Georg Solti conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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?
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.
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.
Lisa Larsson and Klaus Mertens sing "Mein Freund ist mein" from Bach's Cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (BWV 140). Marcel Ponseele is the oboe soloist. Ton Koopman conducts the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
![Montserrat Figueras sings \"Dal mio Permesso\" from L\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/EdHFxkd7s0s/2.jpg "Montserrat Figueras sings \\"Dal mio Permesso\\" from L\")
![Bach - \"Jauchzet, frohlocket\" - Monteverdi Choir, Gardiner](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ggm0SZCWKZo/2.jpg "Bach - \\"Jauchzet, frohlocket\\" - Monteverdi Choir, Gardiner")
![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\\"")
![Rose and Gould play Beethoven\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/Gi2hXJ3qx34/2.jpg "Rose and Gould play Beethoven\")
![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\\"")
![Rostropovich plays the Sarabande from Bach\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZXnujMPt30Q/2.jpg "Rostropovich plays the Sarabande from Bach\")
![Kishori Amonkar sings \"Rang So Rang Milaaye\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/jI1mzbtzl4g/2.jpg "Kishori Amonkar sings \\"Rang So Rang Milaaye\\"")
![Rose and Gould play Beethoven\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/SvrDwqFFuo8/2.jpg "Rose and Gould play Beethoven\")
![Barbara Bonney and Anne Howells sing \"Ist ein Traum\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/QCB3QQ1paU4/2.jpg "Barbara Bonney and Anne Howells sing \\"Ist ein Traum\\"")
![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")
![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\\"")
![The Sixteen sing \"Verbum caro factum est\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/sUng79bpGxs/2.jpg "The Sixteen sing \\"Verbum caro factum est\\"")
![Lisa Larsson and Klaus Mertens sing \"Mein Freund ist mein\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/Us7_DO4M4pM/2.jpg "Lisa Larsson and Klaus Mertens sing \\"Mein Freund ist mein\\"")
