What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, September 16, 2012

We observe two special occasions this Sunday. It is the Eve of the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashana is Monday, September 17. It is also Dia de la Independencia in Mexico.

 

The major work for this show is Sir Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time. Tippett was profoundly influenced by the Kristallnacht events of November 1938. Somehow I think this composition is particularly apt at this present time, given all the violence we have witnessed this week and continue to see abroad.

 

Tippett was a pacifist. He believed that issues should be resolved through understanding and reconciliation.

 

In addition to the beautiful Rochberg anthem on this morning’s show there will be a special New Year’s program Sunday evening at 5 p.m. as well as more seasonal music on Peaceful Reflections from 10 until midnight.

 

Shana tova.

 

Rob Kennedy

Great Sacred Music

The Classical Station

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08:00:18

John Davy: Psalm 47, “Omnes gentes, plaudite”

Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott, director

Andrew Lucas, organ

 

08:04:25

George Rochberg: Behold, My Servant

William Ferris Chorale, Paul French

 

08:13:45

Orlando Gibbons: O clap your hands together

University of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus, John Butt

 

08:19:37

John Rutter: O clap your hands

Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

 

08:24:38

Ralph Vaughan Williams: O clap your hands

Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison

Thomas Fitches, organ

 

08:29:21

Manuel de Sumaya: Misa de tercer tono a 8

Ensemble Elyma; Coro Ciudad de La Alhambra, Gabriel Garrido

 

08:47:26

Pablo Bruna: Tiento de mano izquierda y en medio a dos bajos (quinto tono)

Jose Suarez, organ

Performed on the organ in the convent of San Geronimo in Tlacochahuaya, Mexico

 

08:59:44

J.S. Bach: Cantata 51, “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen”

Bach Choir of Bethlehem; Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld

Ann Monoyios, soprano

 

09:17:46

Ignacio de Jerusalem: Mass in D

Chanticleer, with the Chanticleer Sinfonia, Joseph Jennings

 

09:39:51

Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia on “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”, Op. 27

Martin Welzel, organ

performed on the Johannes Klais Organ, Trier Cathedral

 

09:57:48

Sir Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Jill Gomez, soprano; Helen Watts, contralto; Kenneth Woollam, tenor; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone