Rob Kennedy
Great Sacred Music
The Classical Station
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The Classical Station
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08:02:30
Anonymous: Hymn: In te concipitur
Anonymous 4
Anonymous: Hymn: In te concipitur
Anonymous 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Alma Redemptoris Mater
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat noni toni, BuxWV 205
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Metzler organ in the Catholic Church of Zurzach
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Metzler organ in the Catholic Church of Zurzach
Anonymous 4 earned its reputation with its scholarly yet thoroughly
musical interpretations of plainchant and medieval music. Spanish-born
Tomas Luis de Victoria spent many years in Rome where he succeeded
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina as master of music of the Collegium
Germanicum. Buxtehude’s reputation as an organist was so wide-spread that
a young Johann Bach apparently walked hundreds of miles to Lubeck to hear
Buxtehude play.
musical interpretations of plainchant and medieval music. Spanish-born
Tomas Luis de Victoria spent many years in Rome where he succeeded
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina as master of music of the Collegium
Germanicum. Buxtehude’s reputation as an organist was so wide-spread that
a young Johann Bach apparently walked hundreds of miles to Lubeck to hear
Buxtehude play.
08:20:09
Felix Mendelssohn: Veni Domine, Op. 39 No. 1
Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt
Felix Mendelssohn: Veni Domine, Op. 39 No. 1
Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt
Franz Schubert: Litany for the Feast of All Souls, D. 343
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano
Max Reger: Melodia, Op. 129 No. 4
Robert Burns King, organ
Robert Burns King, organ
Schantz organ in First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, North Carolina
Here is yet another example of Mendelssohn’s fine writing for women’s
voices in this setting of the text “Veni Domine”. I couldn’t resist
including Schubert’s relatively obscure “Litany for the Feast of All Soul”
even though All Souls Day occurs on November 2. The combination of Bryn
Terfel and Schubert was simply too much for me to assist. As a student Dr.
Robert Burns King earned a Fulbright Scholarship for study with Jean
Langlais and Maurice Duruflé.
voices in this setting of the text “Veni Domine”. I couldn’t resist
including Schubert’s relatively obscure “Litany for the Feast of All Soul”
even though All Souls Day occurs on November 2. The combination of Bryn
Terfel and Schubert was simply too much for me to assist. As a student Dr.
Robert Burns King earned a Fulbright Scholarship for study with Jean
Langlais and Maurice Duruflé.
08:33:17
John Rutter: Wedding Canticle (Psalm 128)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Stewart French, guitar; Daniel Pailthorpe, flute
John Rutter: Wedding Canticle (Psalm 128)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Stewart French, guitar; Daniel Pailthorpe, flute
Guillaume de Machaut: Sanctus ~ La Messe de Nostre Dame
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
David Arcus: Variations on Simple Gifts
David Arcus, organ
1978 Flentrop Organ in the Chapel of Duke University, Durham, NC
David Arcus, organ
1978 Flentrop Organ in the Chapel of Duke University, Durham, NC
John Rutter wrote his Wedding Canticle as a musical present to Timothy
Brown on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as director of music
at Clare College, Cambridge, which was Rutter’s alma mater. de Machaut
(1300-1377) was a composer and a poet whose poetry was admired by a
certain Geoffrey Chaucer. Dr. David Arcus was Chapel Organist at Duke
University and the Divinity School for over thirty years.
Brown on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as director of music
at Clare College, Cambridge, which was Rutter’s alma mater. de Machaut
(1300-1377) was a composer and a poet whose poetry was admired by a
certain Geoffrey Chaucer. Dr. David Arcus was Chapel Organist at Duke
University and the Divinity School for over thirty years.
08:50:40
Sir Edward Bairstow: If the Lord had not helped me
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Nigel Beavan, bass; Andrew Lucas, organ
Sir Edward Bairstow: If the Lord had not helped me
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Nigel Beavan, bass; Andrew Lucas, organ
Alec Wyton: Fanfare
Marilyn Keiser, organ
Marilyn Keiser, organ
Aeolian-Skinner organ in Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City. This
famous instrument was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
famous instrument was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) was Organist of York Minster from
1913-1946. Dr. Alec Wyton was Organist of New York’s Cathedral of St. John
the Divine from 1954-1974.
1913-1946. Dr. Alec Wyton was Organist of New York’s Cathedral of St. John
the Divine from 1954-1974.
09:05:59
J.S. Bach: Cantata 199, “Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut”
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Midori Suzuki, soprano
J.S. Bach: Cantata 199, “Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut”
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Midori Suzuki, soprano
Bach Collegium Japan was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki.
09:32:01
George Frideric Handel: Anthem for the Foundling Hospital
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford;
Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
Judith Nelson, soprano; Emma Kirkby, soprano;
Shirley Minty, contralto; James Bowman, alto;
Martyn Hill, tenor; David Thomas, bass
George Frideric Handel: Anthem for the Foundling Hospital
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford;
Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
Judith Nelson, soprano; Emma Kirkby, soprano;
Shirley Minty, contralto; James Bowman, alto;
Martyn Hill, tenor; David Thomas, bass
The Foundling Hospital was one of Georgian England’s leading charities
though you and I might never have heard of it were it not for George
Frederic Handel writing his famous oratorio “Messiah” for the benefit of
the charity.
though you and I might never have heard of it were it not for George
Frederic Handel writing his famous oratorio “Messiah” for the benefit of
the charity.
10:02:34
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
English Chamber Orchestra; Winchester Cathedral Choir, Lorin Maazel
Placido Domingo, tenor; Sarah Brightman, soprano;
Paul Miles-Kingston, treble; James Lancelot, organ
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
English Chamber Orchestra; Winchester Cathedral Choir, Lorin Maazel
Placido Domingo, tenor; Sarah Brightman, soprano;
Paul Miles-Kingston, treble; James Lancelot, organ
Andrew Lloyd Webber has earned a fortune and an enormous reputation as the
composer of popular musicals suchs as Phantom of the Opera and Cats. He
wrote his Requiem in memory of his father, William Lloyd Webber, who died
in 1982.
composer of popular musicals suchs as Phantom of the Opera and Cats. He
wrote his Requiem in memory of his father, William Lloyd Webber, who died
in 1982.
10:50:12
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in A, Op. 65 No. 3
John Scott, organ
Mander organ in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in A, Op. 65 No. 3
John Scott, organ
Mander organ in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Mendelssohn wrote six sonatas for organ which have become staples of an
organist’s repertoire.
organist’s repertoire.
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