Great Sacred Music airs every Sunday morning from 8 until 11 a.m. eastern on
The Classical Station. Much of the music on this week’s playlist can also be found
on Spotify at this link: Great Sacred Music – July 5, 2015 Also on Sunday evenings
you can hear more choral music both sacred and secular on Wavelengths and Peaceful
Reflections beginning at 9 p.m. eastern.
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08:01:28
William Billings: I am the Rose of Sharon
Quire Cleveland, Ross W. Duffin
William Billings: I am the Rose of Sharon
Quire Cleveland, Ross W. Duffin
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque (Light and Gold)
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
William Grant Still: Reverie
Philip Brunnelle, organ
1981 Holtkamp organ in Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
Philip Brunnelle, organ
1981 Holtkamp organ in Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
William Billings (1746-1800) was the first early American composer of hymns.
California native Eric Whitacre has captured the hearts and imagination of young
singers worldwide with his music. Reverie by William Grant Still (1895–1978) is one
of over 150 compositions Still wrote.
08:14:28
Daniel E. Gawthrop: Show Me Thy Ways
Utah State University Chamber Singers, Cory Evans
Daniel E. Gawthrop: Show Me Thy Ways
Utah State University Chamber Singers, Cory Evans
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson: Come, Come, Ye Saints
Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Utah Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
Kiri te Kanawa, soprano
Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Utah Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
Kiri te Kanawa, soprano
American composer Daniel E. Gawthrop (1949-) has composed mainly
choral and organ works. Come, Come, Ye Saints is one of the best-known
Mormon hymns. It dates from 1846.
08:29:44
Edwin Fissinger: Lux aeterna
Woodley Ensemble, Robert Lehman
Edwin Fissinger: Lux aeterna
Woodley Ensemble, Robert Lehman
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Grant Llewellyn
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Grant Llewellyn
Traditional Shaker hymn, arr. by Wilbur Held: Simple Gifts
John Balka, organ
John Balka, organ
Ruffati organ in St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
Dr. Edward Fissinger (1920-1990) was a charter member of the
American Choral Directors Association. Morten Laurdisen (1943-) has
been professor of composition at the University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music since 1967. John Balka was organist at St.
Mary’s Cathedral from 1983 to 1992.
08:48:38
Bruce Neswick: I Will Set His Dominion in the Sea
Choir of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, Samuel Carabetta
J. Dan Kiser, organ
Bruce Neswick: I Will Set His Dominion in the Sea
Choir of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, Samuel Carabetta
J. Dan Kiser, organ
William Steffe, music; Julia Ward Howe,words; arr. Peter Wilhousky: Battle Hymn of the Republic
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; May Festival Chorus, Erich Kunzel
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; May Festival Chorus, Erich Kunzel
Peter Wilhousky (1902-1978) was Director of music in New York City schools
and conductor of the New York All-City High School Chorus. Bruce Neswick wrote
his anthem I will set his dominion in the sea for the centenary celebrations of the
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, New York.
09:01:56
J.S. Bach: Cantata 88, Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Marcel Beekman, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
J.S. Bach: Cantata 88, Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Marcel Beekman, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
The German translates roughly as “Behold, I will many fishers send out”. This
cantata was first performed on July 21, 1726.
09:22:50
Elinor Remick Warren: The Harp Weaver
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Cracow, Bruce Ferden
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Elinor Remick Warren: The Harp Weaver
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Cracow, Bruce Ferden
Thomas Hampson, baritone
The Harp Weaver is a ballad by Edna Vincent St. Millay about a poor mother
who dies weaving cloth for her child.
09:41:29
Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva for organ and orchestra, Op. 36
Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
David Schrader, organ
Casavant Freres organ in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall
Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva for organ and orchestra, Op. 36
Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
David Schrader, organ
Casavant Freres organ in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall
Barber wrote the Toccata for the opening of the new organ at the Academy of Music
in Philadelphia in 1960. Dr. Paul Callaway was the organ soloist in a performance
featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
09:58:13
Horatio Parker: Hora Novissima
Abendmusik Chorus; Nebraska Wesleyan Choir;
Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, John Levick
Anna Soranno, soprano; Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano;
Kent Hall, tenor; Duane Andersen, bass-baritone
Horatio Parker: Hora Novissima
Abendmusik Chorus; Nebraska Wesleyan Choir;
Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, John Levick
Anna Soranno, soprano; Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano;
Kent Hall, tenor; Duane Andersen, bass-baritone
Horatio Parker (1863–1919) used the opening text of De contemptu mundi by
Bernard of Cluny for his oratorio Hora Novissima. The work was finished in
1893 and is scored for large chorus, soloists and orchestra. Parker was taught
by George Whitefield Chadwick and himself taught Charles Ives and Roger Sessions.
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