Decided to draw a close to proceedings on this first day of the month by spinning Haydn's Te Deum in C major, as performed by Trevor Pinnock and his merry band of men & women of the English Concert and Choir. As with pretty much anything by Papa Haydn (and Trevor Pinnock et al) this was a jolly good idea.
Interesting historical footnote: Admiral Lord Nelson would probably have got to hear the Te Deum on the occasion of his meeting with the great musician. Pretty wonderful to think of the two heroes (in their own fashions) sharing notes in the Eszterhaza Palace. By all accounts they got on well together.
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