I post these playlists weekly with the hope that you might find them useful
as you plan your music lists. All of my playlists are on Spotify for you to
enjoy at your convenience.
GSM – January 22, 2017 https://goo.gl/R1Kdiv
Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed
on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.
Rob Kennedy
WCPE The Classical Station
Web: TheClassicalStation.org
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W. Mothersole: Psalm 140
Ely Cathedral Choir, Paul Trepte
Charles Wood: Hail, gladdening Light
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Surge, amica me
Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings
For centuries the psalter has been sung to plainchant tones. Anglican musicians in the English Reformation era developed a harmonized version of chanting the psalter. This is now known as Anglican Chant. “Hail, gladdening Light” or the Phos Hilaron, is one of the earliest known hymns of the Christian church. Chanticleer is a professional men’s classical chorus which has been active since 1978.
Gustav Holst: Short Festival Te Deum
London Symphony Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves
Sir George Dyson: Hymn to the stars
St. Michael’s Singers, Jonathan Rennert
Thomas Trotter, organ
Henry Purcell: Jubilate
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
Gustav Holst’s Short Festival Te Deum dates from 1919. Sir George Dyson used a text by William Habington (1605-1654) for his Hymn to the Stars. Purcell’s Jubilate is scored for SSATB soloists, SSATB choir, two trumpets, strings and continuo and was written for the Saint Cecilia Festival in 1694.
John Knowles Paine: Variations for Organ upon “The Star-Spangled Banner”, Op. 3 no 2
Murray Forbes Somerville, organ
1863 Walcker organ in Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts
Carson Cooman: Missa Brevis (“Trottier”)
Royal Holloway Choir, University of London, Rupert Gough
Samuel Rathbone, organ
Claude Balbastre: Au jo deu de pubelle
Jacques van Ootmerssen, organ
1772 Robustelly organ in Sint Lambertus, Helmond, The Netherlands
John Knowles Paine was a member of a group of composers known as the Boston Six. The others were Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick, and Horatio Parker. He was Harvard University’s first organist and choirmaster, as well as its first professor of music. American composer Carson Cooman (1982-) is Composer in Residence at The Memorial Church, Harvard University, a post which he has held since 2006. French musician Claude Balbastre (1724-1799) was famous for his organ improvisations at Eglise Saint Roch.
J.S. Bach: Cantata 156, “Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Nico van der Meel, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
The German translates as “I stand with one foot in the grave”. Despite the gloominess of its title, this cantata opens with a gorgeous sinfonia featuring a beautiful oboe melody which you may have heard in BWV 1056.
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
Tamara Matthews, soprano; Deanne Meek, mezzo-soprano;
Mary Phillips, alto
Martin Pearlman’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s oft-performed Gloria is probably the fastest available.
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat, Op. 52 “Hymn of Praise”
London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly
Margaret Price, sop I ; Sally Burgess, sop II;
Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor
Felix Mendelssohn styled his Symphony No. 2 or Lobesang as “A Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra.” Ten of the symphony’s thirteen movements are scored for soloists and/or chorus.
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