In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify
for you to enjoy: GSM – November 30, 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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08:02:20
Leo Sowerby: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, Larry King
Larry King, organ
Leo Sowerby: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, Larry King
Larry King, organ
William Billings: O praise the Lord of Heaven
His Majestie’s Clerkes, Paul Hillier
His Majestie’s Clerkes, Paul Hillier
Carson Cooman: Set me as a Seal
Cambridge Consonance, Jeffrey Grossman
Cambridge Consonance, Jeffrey Grossman
Dr. Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) was considered by most Episcopal church
musicians to be the unofficial Dean of Church Music. William Billings
(1746–1800) was regarded as our first American church music composer.
(1746–1800) was regarded as our first American church music composer.
The torch has been passed to Boston composer Carson Cooman (1982-)
who already has written church music by the hundreds.
08:15:33
Rene Clausen: Prayer
Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy
Rene Clausen: Prayer
Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy
Randall Thompson: Alleluia
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, John Scott
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, John Scott
Amy Beach: Prelude on an Old Folk Tune
Christa Rakich, organ
1933 Kilgen organ in St. Justin Church, Hartford, CT
Christa Rakich, organ
1933 Kilgen organ in St. Justin Church, Hartford, CT
Rene Clausen (1953-) is Professor of Music at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
Randall Thompson’s most popular work Alleluia was commissioned by Serge Koussevitsky
for the opening of the Berkshire Music Center in 1940. Christa Rakich is Artist-in-Residence
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brookline, Massachusetts.
08:32:22
Morten Lauridsen: Ubi caritas et amor
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Morten Lauridsen: Ubi caritas et amor
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
William Batchelder Bradbury: Sweet Hour of Prayer
Anonymous 4
Anonymous 4
Morten Lauridsen (1943-)wrote his setting of the Maundy Thursday antiphon in memory of
Richard Trame who was a Jesuit priest and musician. Besides Sweet Hour of Prayer William
Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) also wrote the tune for Jesus Loves Me.
08:44:32
Alec Wyton: Fanfare
Marilyn Keiser, organ
Aeolian-Skinner organ in Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City. This famous instrument
was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001
Alec Wyton: Fanfare
Marilyn Keiser, organ
Aeolian-Skinner organ in Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City. This famous instrument
was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001
Dr. Marilyn Keiser studied with Dr. Alec Wyton when he was organist of New York City’s Cathedral
of Saint John the Divine from 1954-1974.
08:52:10
J.S. Bach: Cantata 61, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon
Terri Dunn, soprano; Matthew White, alto;
John Tessier, tenor; Steven Pitkanen, bass
J.S. Bach: Cantata 61, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon
Terri Dunn, soprano; Matthew White, alto;
John Tessier, tenor; Steven Pitkanen, bass
Scholars tell us that this cantata dates from 1714 when Bach was at Weimar. Timothy Dickey offers
a detailed commentary.
09:08:10
Franz Schmidt: The Book with Seven Seals
Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna Singverein, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Hilde Guden, soprano; Ira Malaniuk, alto;
Anton Dermota, tenor; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor;
Walter Berry, bass; Alois Forrer, organ
Franz Schmidt: The Book with Seven Seals
Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna Singverein, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Hilde Guden, soprano; Ira Malaniuk, alto;
Anton Dermota, tenor; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor;
Walter Berry, bass; Alois Forrer, organ
Imagine writing music at a time when Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky were the great composers.
And you had studied with Anton Bruckner and Robert Fuchs. Against that musical backdrop Franz
Schmidt (1874-1939) wrote this magnificent oratorio. There have been a handful of recordings. Some
reviews here.
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