I post these playlists weekly with the hope that you might find them useful
as you plan your music lists. All of my playlists are on Spotify for you to
enjoy at your convenience.
GSM – August 28, 2016 http://goo.gl/xbhi8V
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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Traditional: Kyrie, Fons Bonitatis
The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz; Elias Meiri Ensemble
Timna Brauer, voice
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Duo ubera tua
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnell
Cecilia McDowall: Regina Caeli
Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch
The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz issued a hugely popular CD in 2008 which topped the charts in Europe and exposed plainchant to a wide audience. We continue our survey of Palestrina’s sacred music with a motet from the Song of Songs. English composer Cecilia McDowall (1951-) wrote her setting of the Marian text “Regina coeli” for the Canterbury Chamber Choir in 2004.
Maurice Greene: Lord, Let me know mine end
Lincoln Cathedral Choir, Colin Walsh
James Vivian, organ
Antonin Dvorak, arr. Robert Prizeman: Going Home
Libera, Robert Prizeman
J.S. Bach: Trio on Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend, BWV 655
Hans Fagius, organ
The reconstructed Baroque organ in Kristine Church, Falun, Sweden
English composer Maurice Greene was Organist of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Master of the King’s Music.The text of “Going Home” was written by William Arms Fisher to a melody from the Largo movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. BWV 655 comes from a collection of 18 chorale preludes which Bach had written whilst at Weimar and which he later revised at Leipzig from 1740-1750.
Thomas Tallis: All praise to Thee, My God, this night
Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne
Michael Leighton Jones
Arvo Pärt: Peace upon you, Jerusalem
Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier
The tune “Tallis Canon” was one of several which Thomas Tallis contributed to Archbishop Matthew Parker’s Psalter in 1561. Estonian composer Arvo Pärt wrote his setting of Psalm 122 using the New Jerusalem Bible translation. It was composed for the Estonian TV Girls Choir in 2002.
Francis Pott: Ubi caritas
Commotio, Matthew Berry
Herbert Howells: Te Deum, “Collegium Regale”
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
Christopher Dearnley, organ
English composer Francis Pott (1957-) scored his setting of ‘Ubi caritas” for SATB choir. Howells wrote is famous setting of the Evening Canticles for King’s College, Cambridge in 1945. He set the Communion Service in 1955.
J.S. Bach: Cantata 25, “Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Marjon Strijk, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Knut Schoch, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
The German translates as “There is nothing healthy in my body.” The cantata was first performed on August 29, 1723 in Leipzig. This cantata is scored for soprano, tenor, and bass soloists; SATB choir; three recorders; two oboes; strings; and basso continuo. Coronet and three trombones are used in the opening and closing movements.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Benedictus, Canticum Zachariae, H. 345
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
French musician Herve Niquet performed with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie before founding his own group, Le Concert Spirituel in 1987.
Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Heather Harper, soprano; Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano;
Richard Lewis, tenor; Marian Nowakowski, bass
Anton Bruckner’s “Te Deum” dates from 1884. It received over thirty performances in his lifetime. Our recording is taken from a December 1961 BBC radio broadcast.
Randall Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom
Schola Cantorum of Oxford, James Burton
American composer Randall Thompson’s 1936 work “The Peaceable Kingdom” was inspired by a painting of the same name by the American primitive painter Edward Hicks.
Jan Václav Voříšek: Mass in B flat
Czech National Symphony; Prague Chamber Choir, Paul Freeman
Patrice Michaels, soprano; Tami Jantzi, mezzo-soprano;
William Watson, tenor; Peter van de Graaf, bass
Bohemian composer Jan Václav Voříšek wrote his Mass in B flat in his capacity as imperial court organist.
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