What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, April 8, 2012

Choral and organ music for Easter on Great Sacred Music this Sunday. The program airs

each Sunday at 8 a.m. eastern until 11 a.m. on 89.7 FM in Central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org

 

Rob Kennedy

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08:00:20
Gregorian chant: Selected Easter chants
Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos

08:12:49
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Op. 123
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt
Paul Trepte, organ

08:19:16
Carson Cooman: Easter Triumph! Easter Joy!
Royal Holloway Choir, University of London, Rupert Gough
Samuel Rathbone, organ

08:24:05
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Festival Te Deum
Choir of Westminster Abbey, Douglas Guest

08:33:13
Charles Tournemire: Chorale-Improvisation on “Victimae paschali”
Herndon Spillman, organ
The Visser-Rowland Organ, University of Texas, Austin

08:43:07
Pietro Mascagni: Regina coeli (Easter Hymn) ~ Cavalleria rusticana
Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Utah Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
Kiri te Kanawa, soprano

08:49:41
Traditional, arr. John Rutter: Jesus Christ is risen today
Traditional, arr. John Scott: Come ye faithful, raise the strain (Gaudemus Pariter)
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with the St. Thomas Brass, John Scott

08:59:48
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio
Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott
Emily Van Evera, soprano; Caroline Trevor, alto; Charles Daniels, tenor; Peter Kooy, baritone

09:41:53
Franz Liszt: Conclusion (Resurrection portion) ~ Christus, Part 3: Passion and Resurrection
Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Krakow ChamberChoir; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, soprano; Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano; Michael Schade, tenor; Andreas Schmidt, bass

09:50:16
Jean Langlais: Te Deum ~ Three Gregorian Paraphrases
Andrew Lucas, organ
Performed in 1994 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

09:57:48
J.S. Bach: Cantata 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto; Nico van der Meel, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass

10:18:57
George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Part 3
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Barbara Schlick, soprano I; Sandrine Piau, soprano II; Andreas Scholl, alto; Mark Padmore,
tenor; Nathan Berg, bass; Tommy Williams, soprano, as the Angel

10:53:15
Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata ~ Symphony No. 5 in F minor for organ, Op. 42 No. 1
Olivier Latry, organ