I post these playlists weekly with the hope that you might find them useful as you plan your programs. All of my playlists are on Spotify for you to enjoy at your convenience.
GSM – May 6, 2018 https://spoti.fi/2KS3hhp
Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed
on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.
Rob Kennedy
WCPE The Classical Station
Web: TheClassicalStation.org
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John Sanders: Jubilate
Choir of Gloucester Cathedral, John Sanders
Mark Blatchly, organ
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt
Daniel E. Gawthrop: Chorale
Mary Mozelle, organ
Mander/E.M. Skinner organ in the Princeton University Chapel
John Sanders (1933-2003) held the position of Organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1967-1994. Irish composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was educated at Queens College, Cambridge. Daniel Gawthrop (1949-) is an American composer of choral and organ music. Over the years he has been commissioned to write more than one hundred original works.
John Rutter: Cantate Domino
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury
Heinrich Schutz: Fili mi Absalon
New York Cornet and Sacbut Ensemble, Johannes Somary
John Ostendorf, bass-baritone; Johannes Somary, baroque organ
John Rutter’s setting of the Cantate Domino text is scored for unaccompanied SATB choir. The plainsong Veni Creator Spiritus makes an appearance at the end of the anthem. Although he did write an opera, North German composer Heinrich Schütz (1585 -1672) is perhaps best known for his sacred works.
Jiří Ropek: Variations on “Victimae Paschali Laudes”
Marie Pochopová, organ
Rieger-Kloss organ in Sál Bohuslava Martinů, Prague
Czech composer and organist Jiří Ropek (1922-2005) was Organist of St. James Church in Prague and also taught at the Conservatory.
Arvo Part: Da pacem Domine
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Salve Regina
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Estonian composer Arvo Part’s music is inspired by plainchant. The composer
uses a technique which he calls tintinnabuli to give his music its unique persona. French musician Herve Niquet performed with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie before founding his own group, Le Concert Spirituel in 1987.
J.S. Bach: Cantata 86, “Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch”
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman
Sibylla Rubens, soprano; Bernhard Landauer, alto
Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass
The German translates as “Verily, verily, I say unto you”. This cantata was first performed on May 14, 1724. Craig Smith notes that “Cantata 86 is a product of Bach’s first Leipzig cantata cycle. It focuses on a passage from Jesus’ extensive farewell to his disciples in the Book of John. The key lines are ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you,’ and ‘the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in parables.'”
Phillippe Rogier: Missa Ego sum qui sum
Magnificat, Philip Cave
Flemish composer Philippe Rogier (c1561-1596) spent most of his career working in the Spanish court. This parody mass is based on a motet by Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495–c. 1560)
W.A. Mozart: Church Sonata in C, K. 263
Amsterdam Mozart Players
Peter Hurford, organ
1976 K. B. Blank organ in Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, Holland
Austrian composer Mozart composed 17 church sonatas between the years 1772 and 1780. 14 of them are scored for organ and strings (sans viola). The other three include more instruments, i.e., oboes, horns, and tympani.
Luigi Cherubini: Coronation Mass
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Riccardo Muti
Italian composer Luigi Cherubini composed his second mass, the Coronation Mass, for the crowning of Charles X as King of France in 1825. The work uses the usual movements of the Mass with the inclusion of an “Offertorium” and “O salutaris hostia.”
John Cook: Fanfare
Nigel Potts, organ
The Schoenstein Organ of St. Paul’s Parish, Washington, DC.
Nigel Potts is Director of Music and Organist of Grace Cathedral, Charleston, South Carolina
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