In 1717, after after performing his Water Music during a royal cruise on the Thames, #Handel began composing for James Brydges, later Duke of Chandos, at his Cannons estate. There he wrote 11 anthems and a Te Deum, written for 8 singers and 11 instrumentalists. Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen now revive four of these works: O sing unto the Lord a new song, Have mercy upon me, O God, As pants the hart, and Let God arise, whose Alleluia prefigures the famous Hallelujah chorus from Messiah. → Pre-orde

Chandos Anthem No. 6, HWV 251b, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams": In the voice of praise...