In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – June 14, 2015
Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed on Sunday
evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.
Rob
08:01:11
Arvo Part: De Profundis
Elora Festival Singers and Orchestra, Noel Edison
Jurgen Petrenko, organ
Arvo Part: De Profundis
Elora Festival Singers and Orchestra, Noel Edison
Jurgen Petrenko, organ
Gregorian chant: Adoro te devote
The Cathedral Singers, Richard Proulx
The Cathedral Singers, Richard Proulx
J.S. Bach: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
Wilhelm Krumbach, organ
Wilhelm Krumbach, organ
Estonian composer Arvo Part (1935-) wrote his setting of Psalm 129 in 1980.
Richard Proulx (1937-2010) was a prolific composer of church music who for
Richard Proulx (1937-2010) was a prolific composer of church music who for
many years was Director of Music at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral. German
organist Wilhelm Krumbach (1937-2007) was one of the first musicians to record
the Bach chorale preludes discovered in the Yale Library in 1985.
08:14:42
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Sir George Dyson: Morning and Evening
St. Michael’s Singers, Jonathan Rennert
Thomas Trotter, organ
St. Michael’s Singers, Jonathan Rennert
Thomas Trotter, organ
Charles-Marie Widor: Lento ~ Symphony No. 7 in A minor, Op. 42 No. 3
Ben van Oosten, organ
Cavaille-Coll organ in the church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
Ben van Oosten, organ
Cavaille-Coll organ in the church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (c1548-1611) was a composer,
singer, organist and priest. English composer Sir George Dyson (1883-1964)
was a student of Charles Stanford at London’s Royal College of Music. French
composer Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) was the son of an organ builder who
was friends with Aristide Cavaille-Coll one of whose marvelous instruments Ben
van Oosten plays for us this morning.
08:32:25
Pierre Villette: Panis angelicus
BBC Singers, Stephen Jackson
Pierre Villette: Panis angelicus
BBC Singers, Stephen Jackson
Johannes Brahms: How lovely is thy dwelling place ~ A German Requiem
Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
Johann Kaspar Kerll: Canzona in E minor
Gustav Leonhardt, organ
Peter Goltfuss organ in Sint-Jan-de-Doper, Leuven, Belgium
Gustav Leonhardt, organ
Peter Goltfuss organ in Sint-Jan-de-Doper, Leuven, Belgium
French composer Pierre Villette studied with Maurice Durufle. Brahms wrote
A German Requiem using a text which he himself assembled from the Lutheran
Bible. German composer Johann Kaspar Kerll (1627-1693) had many pupils
including Johann Pachelbel.
08:45:55
Henry Purcell: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; English Concert, Simon Preston
Henry Purcell: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; English Concert, Simon Preston
Camille Saint-Saëns: 1st Fantasy in E flat
Stefan Johannes Bleicher, organ
1990 Kuhn organ in Johanneskirche, Shaffhausen, Switzerland
Stefan Johannes Bleicher, organ
1990 Kuhn organ in Johanneskirche, Shaffhausen, Switzerland
English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) wrote Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
for use in the Chapel Royal. It dates from 1689. While French composer Camille
Saint-Saens is highly regarded as a composer of symphonic music, he was for
many years organist of Paris’ Eglise de la Madeleine.
09:00:57
J.S. Bach: Cantata 2, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Dorothee Mields, soprano; Pascal Bertin, countertenor;
Gerd Turk, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass-baritone
J.S. Bach: Cantata 2, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Dorothee Mields, soprano; Pascal Bertin, countertenor;
Gerd Turk, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass-baritone
Cantata 2 (Oh God, look down from Heaven) is a paraphrase of Psalm 12.
It was first performed on June 18, 1724 in Leipzig.
09:19:52
Andre Campra: Te Deum
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Veronique Gens, soprano; Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, counter-tenor;
Douglas Nasrawi, tenor; Peter Harvey, bass
Andre Campra: Te Deum
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Veronique Gens, soprano; Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, counter-tenor;
Douglas Nasrawi, tenor; Peter Harvey, bass
Andre Campra (1660-1744) wrote his Te Deum to celebrate the birth
of the Dauphin of France in 1729.
09:49:31
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in C minor, Op. 65 No. 2
James Lancelot, organ
Harrison & Harrison organ of Durham Cathedral, England
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in C minor, Op. 65 No. 2
James Lancelot, organ
Harrison & Harrison organ of Durham Cathedral, England
English organist James Lancelot (1952-) has been organist of The Cathedral
Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham since 1985.
10:00:57
Leos Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
Gabriela Benackova-Capova, soprano; Felicity Palmer, soprano;
Gary Lakes, tenor; Anatoly Kotcherga, bass; John Scott, organ
Leos Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
Gabriela Benackova-Capova, soprano; Felicity Palmer, soprano;
Gary Lakes, tenor; Anatoly Kotcherga, bass; John Scott, organ
Glagolitic? It was the name of the alphabet which preceded the modern
Cyrillic alphabet. Janacek composed his mass in 1926 using the Slavic
language instead of Latin for the text of the mass.
Cyrillic alphabet. Janacek composed his mass in 1926 using the Slavic
language instead of Latin for the text of the mass.
10:43:57
J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Michael Murray, organ
1863 Walcker Organ at Metheun Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts
J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Michael Murray, organ
1863 Walcker Organ at Metheun Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts
The Walcker Organ was imported from Germany in the 1860’s for Boston
Music Hall. Fashions changed and eventually the organ was removed
and sold several times. Thankfully it finally ended up in Methuen Memorial
Music Hall where has been lovingly maintained ever since.
Music Hall where has been lovingly maintained ever since.
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