In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify
for you to enjoy: GSM – February 15, 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
Giuseppe Verdi: Lux aeterna ~ Requiem
Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Renee Fleming, soprano
Giuseppe Verdi: Lux aeterna ~ Requiem
Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Renee Fleming, soprano
Henry Purcell: O Solitude
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Richard Boothby, viola da gamba
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Richard Boothby, viola da gamba
Anton Bruckner: Gradual: Christus factus est pro nobis
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
American soprano Renee Fleming celebrated her birthday yesterday. O Solitude
s a translation by English poetess Katherine Philip’s of La solitude by the 17th
century French writer Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant. We have two Bruckner works
on the playlist this morning. This choral miniature shows the symphonic master’s
genius with small forms.
08:21:46
John Rutter: Musica Dei donum
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Rodney Wynkoop
Rebecca Troxler, flute
John Rutter: Musica Dei donum
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Rodney Wynkoop
Rebecca Troxler, flute
Orlando Gibbons: See, see, the word is incarnate
Stile Antico; Fretwork
Stile Antico; Fretwork
Henry Purcell, arr. C.H. Trevor: Trumpet Tune
Simon Preston, organ
Harrison & Harrison organ in Westminster Abbey
Simon Preston, organ
Harrison & Harrison organ in Westminster Abbey
Musica Dei donum is a setting of a 16th century anonymous poem.
English choral ensemble will be on tour from February 21 through March 6
with a concert at Duke University on February 21 at 8 p.m. Simon Preston
plays the familiar Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell on an organ he knows very
well, namely, the Harrison & Harrison organ in Westminster Abbey, London.
08:37:03
Henry Purcell: Jubilate Deo
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Henry Purcell: Jubilate Deo
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Diane Loomer
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Diane Loomer
Yes, three pieces by Purcell this morning. His setting of the Jubilate Deo
was written for St. Cecilia’s Day festivities in 1694. The late Diane Loomer
founded the British Columbia-based men’s chorus Chor Leoni in 1992.
08:52:06
George Frideric Handel: Overture and 2 Choruses ~ Alexander Balus
Choir of New College, Oxford; Choir and Orchestra of the King’s Consort
Robert King
George Frideric Handel: Overture and 2 Choruses ~ Alexander Balus
Choir of New College, Oxford; Choir and Orchestra of the King’s Consort
Robert King
We continue our new tradition of airing a chorus or two from the less well-known
Handel oratorios. Alexander Balus premiered in 1747 and is based on 1 Maccabees.
09:03:01
J.S. Bach: Cantata 23, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Midori Suzuki, soprano; Yoshikazu Mera, countertenor;
Gerd Turk, tenor
J.S. Bach: Cantata 23, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Midori Suzuki, soprano; Yoshikazu Mera, countertenor;
Gerd Turk, tenor
The distinguished Bach scholar and choral conductor Masaaki Suzuki
is Principal Guest Conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum and Visiting
Professor of Choral Conducting at Yale University.
09:20:47
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Scarlatti’s setting of the 13th century Marian poem is scored for ten voices.
09:48:14
Max Reger: Prelude and Fugue in F, Op. 85 No. 3
Bernard Haas, organ
1905 Link organ in the Evangelical Church in Giengen-an-der-Brenz, Germany
Max Reger: Prelude and Fugue in F, Op. 85 No. 3
Bernard Haas, organ
1905 Link organ in the Evangelical Church in Giengen-an-der-Brenz, Germany
Max Reger wrote over 150 works for organ. Sadly only a handful are performed today.
10:01:00
Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
Chorus of the German Opera, Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic, Eugen Jochum
Maria Stader, soprano; Sieglinde Wagner, contralto;
Ernst Haefliger, tenor; Peter Lagger, bass
Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
Chorus of the German Opera, Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic, Eugen Jochum
Maria Stader, soprano; Sieglinde Wagner, contralto;
Ernst Haefliger, tenor; Peter Lagger, bass
Ash Wednesday is this coming Wednesday. With that in mind I scheduled
Bruckner’s dramtic, operatic setting of the ancient hymn of praise Te Deum Laudamus
(We Praise Thee, Oh God).
10:24:42
Josef Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida, Heiligmesse
Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Joann Lunn, soprano; Sara Mingardo, alto;
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor; Brindley Sherratt, bass
Josef Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida, Heiligmesse
Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Joann Lunn, soprano; Sara Mingardo, alto;
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor; Brindley Sherratt, bass
Haydn wrote his Heiligmesse for the Capuchin friar Bernard of Offida.
The work was first performed on a Marian feast on September 11, 1796.
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