What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, November 2, 2014

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for you to enjoy: GSM – November 2, 2014

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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08:00:47
T. Tertius Noble: Souls of the Righteous, Op. 8 No. 1
Choir of Riverside Church, New York, Dr. John Walker

 

Sir William Harris: O what their joy and their glory must be
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Benjamin Bayl, organ

 

Johannes Brahms: Chorale Prelude: Schmucke dich, o liebe
Seele, Op. 122 No. 5, Todd Wilson, organ
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta

 

Tertius T. Noble (1867-1953) was Organist of York Minster in England before

he was appointed Organist of St. Thomas Church in 1913. “O what their joy and

glory must be” is the English translation of a 12th century hymn by Peter Abelard,

twelfth century.  Brahms wrote the eleven chorale preludes of Opus 122 the year

before he died.

 

08:17:11
Sir Edward Elgar: Lux aeterna
Choir of St. John’s, Elora, Noel Edison

 

Sir William Harris: Faire is the heaven
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown

 

William Byrd: Justorum animae
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Lux aeterna is an antiphon which follows the Agnus Dei in the Latin

Requiem Mass.  Sir William Harris selected the text for his anthem

“Faire is the heaven” from Edmund Spenser’s poem An Hymn of

Heavenly Beauty.  English Tudor musician William Byrd (1540-1623)

was a prolific composer of his time. 

 

08:31:07
Eric Whitacre: When David Heard
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison

 

American composer Eric Whitacre (1970-) captures the anguish of David

upon hearing that his third son Absalom had been killed in battle. 2 Sam 18:33

 

08:45:55
Johannes Brahms: How lovely is thy dwelling place ~ A German Requiem
Berlin Radio Choir; Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams: For All the Saints
Choir of Wells Cathedral, Malcolm Archer
Rupert Gough, organ

 

Marcel Dupre: Placare Christe servulis
John Scott, organ
Mander organ in St. Paul’s Cathedral London

 

Brahms considered his Ein Deutches Requiem his finest composition.

Vaughan Williams’ grand hymn tune Sine Nomine is sung regularly on the

Feast of All Saints. French organist Marcel Dupre’s Le Tombeau de Titlelouze

includes this short toccata on the ancient hymn for the Eve of All Saints Day. 

 

08:59:48
J.S. Bach: Cantata 180, “Schmucke dich, O liebe Seele”
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Timothy Kenworthy-Brown, countertenor;
Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass-baritone

 

This cantata was composed for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. Erik Eriksson’s

commentary is worth a read.
 

09:22:58
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Polyphony with the Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

 

American composer Morten Lauridsen (1943-) wrote Lux Aeterna for Los Angeles

conductor and musician Paul Salamunovich (1917-1924). Lauridsen explains how

this superb work came into being.
 

09:50:43
Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in G, Op. 37 No. 2
Peter Hurford, organ
Rieger Organ in Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany

 

German composer Mendelssohn is famous for his instrumental and orchestral music.

He was also an accomplished organist. His Three Preludes and Fugues, Opus 37, are

staples of the organist’s repertoire.

 

10:00:19
Maurice Durufle: Requiem, Op. 9
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, John Scott
Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano; Richard Lippold, baritone;
Frederick Teardo, organ; Myron Lutzke, cello

 

French composer Maurice Durufle (1902-1986) was a student of Charles Tournemire.

His Requiem, Opus 9, dates from 1941 and was completed in 1947.

 

10:41:07
Samuel Wesley: Duet in C for Organ
Trevor Pinnock and Simon Preston, organ
1605 Knole organ, Knole House, Kent, England

 

The organ at Knole House apparently is one of the oldest instruments in England.