Sacrifices

David Bates leads La Nuova Musica in “Sacrifices,” a program of intensely dramatic oratorios from the middle Baroque: Giacomo Carissimiʼs Historia di Jephte; Marc-Antoine Charpentierʼs Sacrificium Abrahae and Le Reniement de saint Pierre, interspersed with instrumental music by Sébastien de Brossard. 
The birth of the Oratorio was thanks to Giacomo Carissimi and his exceptional setting of Jephte. Along side this trail blazer, LNM perform Oratorios by Carissimi’s Student M A Charpentier alongside delicious instrumental preludes by Sebastien De Brossard. Sebastien de Brossard: Sonate en trio

Sopranos: Sophie Junker, Mhairi Lawson, Alice Gribbin, Grace Davidson, High Tenors: Nick Scott, Daniel Auchincloss, Tenors: Simon Wall, William Balkwill, Thomas Heford, Baritone: James Arthur, Jonathan McGovern, Bass: Tim Dickinson, Violins: Bojan Cicic and Sabine Stoffer, Violas: Stephanie Helchelheim and Rachel Stott, Gamba: Jonathan Rees, G Violone: Timothy Amherst, Harpsichord/Organ: Joseph McHardy, Theorbo: Alex McCartney

“Without the harrowing visual element one can more easily appreciate how intensely moving these cantatas are in their own right. Sacrifice may be the theme but sensuality predominates. 
Beautiful, cleanly etched singing and playing”

Richard Morrison – The Times, 26th July 2014