What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, May 31, 2015

In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify

for you to enjoy: GSM – Sunday, May 31, 2015

Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed

on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.

 

Rob

Rob Kennedy
Great Sacred Music
The Classical Station
http://theclassicalstation.org

To subscribe to my weekly playlist emailing:  send your email

address to 

……………………………

08:01:19
Sir Edward Elgar: O salutaris hostia
Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
Robert Quinney, organ

 

John Tavener: Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

 

Herbert Howells: Preludio “Sine Nomine”
Robert Benjamin Dobey, organ
Roosevelt-Schantz organ, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, NY

 

English composer Sir Edward Elgar wrote three versions of the Thomas Aquinas poem

O Salutaris Hostia. This one dates from 1872. Sir John Tavener (1944-2013) wrote two

Hymns for the Mother of God in 1985. This second of the pair takes its text from the

Orthodox story of Mary falling asleep (dormition) and going to heaven to be with her son.

The lush impressionistic colors of Howells’ Prelude “Sine Nomine” (Prelude without name)

and the warm tonal palette of the organ in Syracuse Cathedral are a felicitous combination.

 

08:15:30
Esteban Salas: Salve Regina in D minor
Exaudi Choir of Cuba, María Felicia Peréz

 

W.A. Mozart: Ergo interest, K. 143
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Emma Kirkby, soprano

 

Johann Peter Kellner: Chorale: “Was Gott tut, das ist Wohlgetan”
Jacques van Oortmerssen, organ
1743 Hinsz organ at St. Nicolas Bovenkerk in Kampen, The Netherlands

 

Cuban composer Esteban Salas y Castro (1725-1803) is but one of dozens

of Latin American composers who flourished during the Baroque era following

the conquest by Spain. Ergo Interest is one of those delightful works by Mozart

which is relatively unknown and little heard.  German composer Johann Peter

Kellner (1705-1772) has gained some fame as a musician who championed the

works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Several of the earliest sources for Bach’s works

are in Kellner’s hand.

 

08:30:50
Franz Liszt: Our Father
Swiss Radio Chorus of Lugano, Diego Fasolis

 

Luigi Cherubini: Pie Jesu ~ Requiem in D minor
Ambrosian Singers/New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

 

Francois Couperin: Plein jeu & Fugue sur la Trompette ~ Messe pour les Couvents
Michel Chapuis, organ
The 1772 Isnard organ at St. Maximin La Sainte Beaume (Provence)

 

Coro della Radio Svizzera (The Swiss Radio Choir) of Lugano was founded in 1936.

Luigi Cherubini’s Requiem is much loved by singers and audiences alike. Francois

Couperin Le Grand (1668-1733) came from a distinguished line of musicians.

 

08:48:03
Josquin Despres: Ave Maria
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly

 

Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Stephen Farr, organ

 

Franco-Flemish composer Josquin des Prez lived from about 1450/1455

to 1521. Faure’s much-loved Cantique de Jean Racine was written when the

composer was just nineteen years old.

 

09:01:09
J.S. Bach: Cantata 194, “Hochsterwunschtes Freudenfest”
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman
Sibylla Rubens, soprano; Bernhard Landauer, alto;
Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass

 

A translation of the German is “Welcome joyous festal day”. This cantata

was written for the dedication of the church and the organ at Störmthal. It

was first performed in Leipzig on November 2, 1723.

 

09:39:40
Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Robin Blaze, countertenor

 

English countertenor Robin Blaze (1971-) has over 50 recordings to his credit.

 

10:00:08
John Rutter: Magnificat
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury
Tom Winpenny, organ

 

English composer John Rutter’s setting of the Magnificat was first performed in New York’s

Carnegie Hall on May 26, 1990.

 

10:39:05
Johann Stamitz: Litanie Lauretane
Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble; Bremen Baroque Orchestra, Wolfgang Helbich

 

Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (1717-1757) was a Czech composer whose music bridged

the baroque and classical periods. He was appointed to the German court of Mannheim

in the 1740’s. His Germanized name was Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz.