What’s On Great Sacred Music, Sunday, March 27, 2016

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Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed
on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.

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08:02:01
Joseph Noyon, arr. Gerre Hancock: Christus Vincit
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; St. Thomas Brass, John Scott

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Op. 123
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt
Paul Trepte, organ

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Festival Te Deum
Choir of Westminster Abbey, Douglas Guest

French organist and composer Joseph Noyon (1888-1962) was director of the choirs of French Radio. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford composed his popular Easter anthem in 1910. The 11th century religious, Saint Fulbert of Chartres, wrote the text. Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote his Festival Te Deum for the coronation in 1937.

08:20:22
Traditional Shaker, arr. John Bertalot: Lord of the Dance
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, John Scott

Horatio Parker: Allegretto ~ Sonata in E flat minor
Brian Jones, organ
1960 Aeolian-Skinner Organ in Trinity Church, Boston

English composer and organist John Bertalot (1931-)’s anthem recounts the story of Jesus’ life. The tune is an American Shaker tune known as “Simple Gifts.” American composer Horatio Parker (1863-1919) was taught by George Whitefield Chadwick and himself taught Charles Ives and Roger Sessions.

08:29:27
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Plaudite tympana
Musica Antiqua of Cologne; Gabrieli Consort
Reinhard Goebel; Paul McCreesh

Francis Jackson: Blow ye the trumpet in Zion
Choir of York Minster, Philip Moore
John Scott Whitely, organ

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) was a musician at the Cathedral in Salzburg. English organist and composer Dr. Francis Jackson (1917-) was organist of York Minster from 1946 to 1982.

08:46:55
Herbert Howells: Te Deum and Jubilate (Collegium Regale)
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott
Christopher Dearnley, organ

English composer Herbert Howells wrote his setting of the morning canticles entitled Collegium Regale for King’s College, Cambridge in 1945 for his friend Boris Ord.

09:01:30
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio
Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott
Emily Van Evera, soprano; Caroline Trevor, alto;
Charles Daniels, tenor; Peter Kooy, baritone

What we know as the Easter Oratorio began as a cantata for Easter Day
1725. Bach gave it the title Easter Oratorio when he revised the work in
1735. He further revised the oratorio in 1740. This is the version on our
playlist.

09:43:27
Cesar Franck: Chorale No. 1 in E
Andre Isoir, organ
Cavaillé-Coll de Luçon

Franck wrote three chorales for organ in 1790 which was the last year of
his life. The E major chorale is basically a theme with three variations.

10:01:19
Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22
European Community Youth Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus;
London Philharmonic Choir, Claudio Abbado
Francisco Araiza, tenor; Martin Haselbock, organ

French composer Hector Berlioz’ grand composition had its first performance in L’Eglise Saint-Eustache in 1855. The composer conducted an orchestra and choir numbering over 900 performers.

10:50:02
Max Reger: Toccata and Fugue, Op. 59 Nos. 5-6
Andrew Lucas, organ
Mander organ in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

German composer Max Reger wrote a prodigious amount of music for a composer who died at the young age of 43.