In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify
for you to enjoy: GSM – February 8, 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
John Tavener: A Hymn to the Mother of God
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
John Tavener: A Hymn to the Mother of God
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
Josquin des Prez: Motet: Praeter rerum seriem
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
John Blow: Suite in C for Organ
Joseph Payne, organ
Jeremy Adams organ in Annisquam Village Church, Annisquam, Massachusetts
Joseph Payne, organ
Jeremy Adams organ in Annisquam Village Church, Annisquam, Massachusetts
20th century English composer John Tavener, not the Tudor composer John Taverner, was
much influenced by ancient chant. Fifteenth century Franco-Flemish composer Josquin des
Prez was highly regarded as a master of the polyphonic style which reached its acme in the
music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. English composer John Blow was Organist of Westminster
Abbey. He taught Henry Purcell among other notable musicians of the day.
08:18:11
Gustav Holst: Psalm 86
Purcell Singers; English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst
Ian Partridge, tenor; Ralph Downes, organ
Gustav Holst: Psalm 86
Purcell Singers; English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst
Ian Partridge, tenor; Ralph Downes, organ
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt
Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria
Turtle Creek Chorale, Timothy Seelig
Turtle Creek Chorale, Timothy Seelig
English composer Gustav Holst wrote two psalm settings: 86 and 148 in 1912.
Irish composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was educated at Queens College,
Cambridge. The Dallas-based Turtle Creek Chorale was founded in 1985. In fact
the group’s 35th anniversary concert took place on February 7, 2015.
08:36:28
George Frideric Handel: Hallelujah, your voices raise ~ Occasional Oratorio
Howard University Choir; Handel Festival Orchestra of Washington, Stephen Simon
George Frideric Handel: Hallelujah, your voices raise ~ Occasional Oratorio
Howard University Choir; Handel Festival Orchestra of Washington, Stephen Simon
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus a 10
Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott
Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott
Pablo Bruna: Pasaccalles II (primer tono)
Jose Suarez, organ
c. 1730 organ in the convent of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Tlacochahuaya, Mexico
Jose Suarez, organ
c. 1730 organ in the convent of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Tlacochahuaya, Mexico
The Howard University Choir sings the final chorus from Handel’s The Occasional Oratorio
hich indeed is heard occasionally. Italian baroque composer Antonio Lotti spent much of his
professional life as a musician at San Marco in Venice. When the Spanish conquered Mexico,
they established churches and cathedrals as well as monasteries and convents in their ongoing
mission to convert the natives to Roman Catholicism.
08:50:26
Robert Prizeman: Recordare
Libera, Robert Prizeman
Robert Prizeman: Recordare
Libera, Robert Prizeman
Franz Liszt: Consolation No. 4 (Quasi adagio)
Dr. Robert Parkins, organ
1932 Aeolian organ (Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon Organ) in Duke Chapel, Durham, North Carolina
Dr. Robert Parkins, organ
1932 Aeolian organ (Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon Organ) in Duke Chapel, Durham, North Carolina
Libera is a British boy band (or so they style themselves). The boys have toured the world and produced
several very popular recordings. Duke University Chapel has two fine organs: the Flentrop in the rear gallery
and the Aeolian in the chancel of the chapel.
09:01:30
J.S. Bach: Cantata 181, “Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Marjon Strijk, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Nico van der Meel, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
J.S. Bach: Cantata 181, “Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Marjon Strijk, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Nico van der Meel, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
The delightful German title of this cantata translates as “Scatterbrained and shallow people”
according to Simon Crouch. The cantata was first performed on February 13, 1724.
09:18:00
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater
Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater
Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown
Italian composer Palestrina whose birthday we celebrated on the same day as Felix
Mendelssohn this past Tuesday wrote over three hundred motets.
09:31:42
Ferdinand Schubert: Requiem in G minor, Op. 9
Orchestre Francais d’Oratorio, Jean-Pierre Lore
Damien Degos, child soprano; Karl Markus, tenor;
Roger Soyer, bass; Jean Galard, organ
Ferdinand Schubert: Requiem in G minor, Op. 9
Orchestre Francais d’Oratorio, Jean-Pierre Lore
Damien Degos, child soprano; Karl Markus, tenor;
Roger Soyer, bass; Jean Galard, organ
Austrian composer Ferdinand Schubert was the older brother of Franz Schubert. He also designed the headstone for Beethoven’s grave.
09:59:21
W.A. Mozart: Missa solemnis in C, K. 337
Leipzig Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel
Mitsuko Shirai, soprano; Rosemarie Lang, contralto;
Aldo Baldin, tenor; Hermann Christian Polster, bass
W.A. Mozart: Missa solemnis in C, K. 337
Leipzig Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel
Mitsuko Shirai, soprano; Rosemarie Lang, contralto;
Aldo Baldin, tenor; Hermann Christian Polster, bass
This was Mozart’s last mass. It was written in 1780.
10:23:00
Joseph-Guy Ropartz: Requiem
Choeur Regional Vittoria d’Ile de France;
Instrumental Ensemble Jean-Walter Audoli, Michel Piquemal
Catherine Dubosc, soprano; Jacqueline Mayeur, mezzo-soprano
Joseph-Guy Ropartz: Requiem
Choeur Regional Vittoria d’Ile de France;
Instrumental Ensemble Jean-Walter Audoli, Michel Piquemal
Catherine Dubosc, soprano; Jacqueline Mayeur, mezzo-soprano
French composer Joseph-Guy Ropartz studied composition with Jules Massenet and Cesar Franck.
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