What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, May 15, 2016

My playlists are on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – May 15, 2016 https://goo.gl/bDpwOp
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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08:03:00
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Come down, O Love Divine
Choir of Wells Cathedral, Malcolm Archer
Rupert Gough, organ

Ned Rorem: Breathe on me, Breath of God
Choir of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Frank W. Boles

English composer Vaughan Williams named his hymn tune Down Ampney after the village in which he was born. The text is a translation of the 14th century Italian poet Bianco da Siena. Indiana native Ned Rorem wrote his setting of a text by Edwin Hatch (1835-89) in 1989.

08:10:28
Cyril Taylor: Glorious things of Thee are spoken
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Benjamin Bayl, organ

Franz Schubert: Hymn to the Holy Spirit, D. 964
Capella Bavariae; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

English priest Cyril Taylor wrote his marvelous hymn tune Abbot’s Leigh whilst in the army stationed at Abbot’s Leigh. German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch recorded all of Schubert’s choral music including this Hymn to the Holy Spirit which is scored for men’s chorus and woodwinds.

08:24:38
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541
Matthieu Latreille, organ
1997 Gabriel Kney organ in St. Thomas Church, Belleville, Ontario

French-Canadian organist Matthieu Latreille was a finalist in the 2013 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition.

08:31:53
J.S. Bach: Cantata 172, “Erschallet, ihr Lieder”
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 “Ring out, you songs, resound, you strings!”. This festive cantata for Whitsunday opens with trumpets and drums. It was first performed on May 20, 1714 at Weimar.

08:51:46
Sir Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Alison Hargan, soprano; Alfreda Hodgson, contralto;
David Rendall, tenor; Bryn Terfel, bass;
Stephen Roberts, bass; Robert Lloyd, bass

According to English composer Sir Edward Elgar, he first began thinking about The Apostles whilst he was in grade school. It was not until much later in this life that he began the process of composing this grand oratorio.