In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify
for you to enjoy: GSM – February 1, 2015
Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed
on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.
Rob
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08:02:00
Anonymous: Salve virgo virginum
Ensemble P.A.N. with Tapestry
Anonymous: Salve virgo virginum
Ensemble P.A.N. with Tapestry
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Sir George Dyson: Hymn for a musician
St. Michael’s Singers, Jonathan Rennert
Thomas Trotter, organ
St. Michael’s Singers, Jonathan Rennert
Thomas Trotter, organ
Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova) was founded by three American
musicians in Switzerland in the 1980s. 16th century Spanish composer
Tomás Luis de Victoria wore several hats: composer, organist and priest.
English composer Sir George Dyson was appointed Director of the Royal
English composer Sir George Dyson was appointed Director of the Royal
College of Music in 1937.
08:12:04
Hieronymus Praetorius: A solis ortus cardine, Beatus auctor saeculi
The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood
Hieronymus Praetorius: A solis ortus cardine, Beatus auctor saeculi
The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
Thomas Fitches, organ
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
Thomas Fitches, organ
It is difficult to find two choral ensembles better than The Cardinall’s Musick
and the Elora Festival Singers. I have listened to their recordings for years and
keep coming back to them as benchmarks of the highest standards in choral singing.
08:30:40
George Frideric Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim ~ Samson
The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Lynne Dawson, soprano
George Frideric Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim ~ Samson
The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Lynne Dawson, soprano
We continue our survey of choruses from Handel’s less well-known oratorios
with the concluding chorus of Samson.
08:37:01
Carson Cooman: I Will Pour Out My Spirit
Royal Holloway Choir, University of London, Rupert Gough
Samuel Rathbone, organ
Carson Cooman: I Will Pour Out My Spirit
Royal Holloway Choir, University of London, Rupert Gough
Samuel Rathbone, organ
Matthew Locke: Three Voluntaries for Organ
Gustav Leonhardt, organ
Gustav Leonhardt, organ
Boston composer Carson Cooman creates a dramatic setting of this
Whitsuntide text from Acts 2. English composer Matthew Locke was Composer
in Ordinary to King Charles.
08:46:35
Sir Hubert Parry: I was glad when they said unto me
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Sir Hubert Parry: I was glad when they said unto me
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Ave Maria ~ Vespers
St. Petersburg Choir, Vladislav Tchernouchenko
St. Petersburg Choir, Vladislav Tchernouchenko
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Echo Fantasia in A minor
James David Christie, organ
Fisk organ at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College
James David Christie, organ
Fisk organ at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College
Parry’s setting of Laetatus Sum was composed for the coronation
of King Edward VII in 1902. Russian conductor Vladislav Tchernouchenko (1936-) is
a renowned choral conductor. Owen Jander’s recollection of how the Fisk organ of
Wellesley College came into being makes for fascinating reading.
09:02:46
J.S. Bach: Cantata 14, “War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Marjon Strijk, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Knut Schoch, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
J.S. Bach: Cantata 14, “War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Marjon Strijk, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Knut Schoch, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
“If God were not with us at this time” is one translation of the German.
This cantata was written for the Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany. It was
written in 1735 long after Bach had written his five yearly cantata cycles.
09:22:13
Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus
The English Concert Choir and Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock
Nancy Argenta and Ingrid Attrot, sopranos; Catherine Denley, contralto;
Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus
The English Concert Choir and Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock
Nancy Argenta and Ingrid Attrot, sopranos; Catherine Denley, contralto;
Ashley Stafford, alto; Stephen Varcoe, bass
The English Concert Choir was founded in 1886 to give the first modern
performance of Rameau’s Acante et Cephise.
09:45:46
George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in A, Op. 7 No. 2
Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in A, Op. 7 No. 2
Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
French organist Marie-Claire Alain was renowned for her interpretations of Handel and Bach.
10:02:26
Alessandro Striggio: Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Alessandro Striggio: Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Italian composer Alessandro Striggio wrote his Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno for 40 voice
parts except for the Agnus Dei which is scored for 60 voice parts.
10:33:18
W.A. Mozart: Mass in C, K. 257 “Credo”
John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Helen Donath, soprano; Gillian Knight, mezzo-soprano;
Ryland Davies, tenor; Clifford Grant, bass
W.A. Mozart: Mass in C, K. 257 “Credo”
John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Helen Donath, soprano; Gillian Knight, mezzo-soprano;
Ryland Davies, tenor; Clifford Grant, bass
K. 257 is one of three masses Mozart wrote towards the end of 1776.
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