In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify
for you to enjoy: GSM – November 16, 2014
Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed
on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern.
Rob
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08:02:00
William McKie: We wait for thy loving kindness
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
Andrew Lucas, organ
William McKie: We wait for thy loving kindness
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
Andrew Lucas, organ
James William Elliott: O Jesus, I have promised
Choir of Wells Cathedral, Malcolm Archer
Rupert Gough, organ
Choir of Wells Cathedral, Malcolm Archer
Rupert Gough, organ
Charles Hylton Stewart: Psalm 23
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Australian musician Sir William McKie (1901-1984) was organist
of Westminster Abbey from 1947-1963. In 1999 Wells Cathedral Choir
produced a series of five CDs entitled The English Hymn. There are two
Charles Hylton Stewarts in the annals of English church music. Charles
Hylton Stewart (1884–1932) was organist of St. George’s Chapel Windsor
and son of The Reverend Charles Henry Hylton Stewart (1849-1922) who
was organist of Chichester Cathedral before being ordained.
08:13:37
Felix Mendelssohn: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Chamber Choir of Europe; Wurttemberg Philharmonic, Nicol Matt
Raimund Spogis, baritone
Felix Mendelssohn: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Chamber Choir of Europe; Wurttemberg Philharmonic, Nicol Matt
Raimund Spogis, baritone
Healey Willan: Prelude on “Ave, maris stella”
Patrick Wedd, organ
Casavant Organ l’Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montreal
Patrick Wedd, organ
Casavant Organ l’Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montreal
Mendelssohn’s setting of O Sacred Head Sore Wounded dates from
1830. English-born composer and organist Healey Willan (1880-1968)
emigrated to Canada in 1913 and was well-known for his work with the
choir of St. Mary Magdalene Church in Toronto. Dr. Willan wrote over 800
compositions most of which were sacred choral and organ music.
08:31:31
Malcolm Boyle: Thou, O God, art praised in Sion
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Malcolm Boyle: Thou, O God, art praised in Sion
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Healey Willan: In the heavenly kingdom
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
Matthew Larkin, organ
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
Matthew Larkin, organ
English composer and organist Malcolm Boyle (1902–1976) succeeded
Charles Hylton Stewart as Organist of Chester Cathedral in 1932. In the
heavenly kingdom is but one of hundreds of anthems which Dr. Willan
wrote for the parish choir of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Toronto.
08:48:18
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat for Double Choir, Op. 164
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnell
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat for Double Choir, Op. 164
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnell
The inscription on this work which is dedicated to Sir Hubert Parry reads as
follows: ‘This work, which death prevented me from giving Charles Hubert Hastings
Parry in life, I dedicate to his name in grief. C.V.S.’
09:02:18
J.S. Bach: Cantata 89, Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto; Bas Ramselaar, bass
J.S. Bach: Cantata 89, Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto; Bas Ramselaar, bass
Written for the Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity this short cantata takes its theme
from the story of Ephraim and his followers and the parable of the unmerciful servant
in the Gospel of St. Matthew.
09:15:30
Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle, Op 16
Choirs of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, Jehan Revert
Pierre Cochereau and Jacques Marichal, organ
Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle, Op 16
Choirs of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, Jehan Revert
Pierre Cochereau and Jacques Marichal, organ
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) is well-regarded for his instrumental music including six
symphonies for organ. But he did not write very much choral music. This grand Solemn
Mass for two organs and two choirs was first performed in St. Sulpice in 1901.
09:41:44
Frantisek Ignac Tuma: Stabat mater
Prague Madrigalists, Pavel Baxa
Frantisek Ignac Tuma: Stabat mater
Prague Madrigalists, Pavel Baxa
Frantisek Ignac Tuma (1704-1774) was a Czech composer of the Baroque era. His Stabat Mater
is a setting of the 13th century poem by the Franciscan monk Jacopone da Todi.
10:01:57
Alfred Schnittke: Requiem
Swedish Radio Choir, Tonu Kaljuste
Alfred Schnittke: Requiem
Swedish Radio Choir, Tonu Kaljuste
Russian composer Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (1934-1998) conceived of his requiem
at a time when sacred music could not be performed in Russia. As a result he incorporated
his requiem into the incidental music which he wrote for Schiller’s opera Don Carlos.
10:40:21
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
Thomas Allen, baritone
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
Thomas Allen, baritone
Vaughan Williams settings of five mystical poems by George Herbert (1593–1633) date
from 1911.
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