I post these playlists weekly with the hope that you might find them useful
as you plan your programs. All of my playlists are on Spotify for you to
enjoy at your convenience.
GSM – May 14, 2017 https://goo.gl/ZebM2r
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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Stuart Stotts, arr. J. David Moore: Music in My Mother’s House
Women’s Voices Chorus, Mary Lycan
Cesar Franck: Panis angelicus
Accentus, Laurence Equilbey
Pavol Breslik, tenor; Sonia Wieder-Atherton,
cello; Daniel Maurer, organ
Léon Boëllmann: Priere a Notre-Dame ~ Suite gothique
Daniel Chorzempa, organ
Organ of the Cadets’ Chapel, West Point
American composer Stuart Stotts is an author, storyteller and songwriter whose song Music in My Mother’s House is his most popular composition. French choral conductor Laurence Equilbey in founded Accentus in 1991. French composer and organist Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) was Organist of Church of St. Vincent de Paul from 1881-1897.
W.H. Monk: Abide with me
Cathedral Choral Society of Washington National Cathedral, J. Reilly Lewis
Nicholas White, organ
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Kaori Muraji, guitar
John Roberts: Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, John Scott
American conductor J. Reilly Lewis (1944-2016) directed the Cathedral Choral Society from 1985 until his death in June 2016. He also founded the Washington Bach Consort. Japanese guitarist Kaori Muraji (1978-)has combined forces with The Sixteen to produce a CD entitled Into The Light from which this reflective interpretation of the Pachelbel Canon in D comes. Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908) wrote the words for the hymn “Immortal, invisible, God only wise”. The hymn is commonly sung to the tune St. Denio which originally was a Welsh ballad tune.
F. Melius Christiansen: Exaltation & Glorification~Celestial Spring
St. Olaf Choirs, Kenneth Jennings
Cecilia McDowall: Regina Caeli
Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch
Felix Mendelssohn: Laudate pueri dominum, Op. 39 No. 2
St. Albans Abbey Girls Choir, Tom Winpenny
Peter Holder, organ
Norwegian-born composer and choir director Dr. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955) founded and directed the choirs of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. English composer Cecilia McDowall (1951-) wrote this composition for the City of Canterbury Chamber Choir in 2004.In 1830 German composer Felix Mendelssohn composed the Three Motets of Opus 39 for the nuns of Trinità de Monti in Rome.
John Rutter: The Lord is my shepherd; A Gaelic Blessing; The Lord bless you and keep you
Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
The hallmarks of English composer John Rutter’s music are its accessibility and beautiful melodies. The three anthems which I have chosen for this Mother’s Day program are fine examples of his work and style.
J.S. Bach: Cantata 108, “Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe … ”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Marjon Strijk, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto
Marcel Beekman, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
The German translates as “It is expedient for you that I go away. This cantata was first performed on April 29, 1725 in Leipzig.
Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus
King’s College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury
Isobel Buchanan, soprano; Jennifer Smith, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto; Ian Partridge, tenor; John Shirley-Quirk, bass
Scholars have not determined for what occasion this rather grand work was written. But they think that it was composed for a festival sometime after 1720. While Vivaldi’s Gloria is much better known, Dixit Dominus is every bit as splendid in its scoring and style.
J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Frederick Swann, organ
Ruffatti organ at the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California
One of the foremost church musicians of his generation, American organist Fred Swann (1931-) was associated with the music ministries of Riverside Church, New York from 1952-1982 and The Crystal Cathedral from 1982-1998.
Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Barenboim
Jessye Norman, soprano; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
David Rendall, tenor; Samuel Ramey, bass
This particular recording of Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum is one of the treasures which we have in our music library at the station. Bruckner began composing this work in 1881, about the same time as he was completing his Symphony No. 6 and starting on Symphony No. 7.
Paul Manz: Variations on “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
1990 Moller organ, Calvary Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
American composer Paul Otto Manz (1919–2009) was Professor Emeritus of Church Music at Christ Seminary Seminex at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 03, “Have mercy upon me” (Psalm 51)
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, Harry Christophers
Lynne Dawson, soprano; Ian Partridge, tenor
Handel lived at Cannons, the country estate of James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, from 1717-1718. While in the good nobleman’s employ, Handel wrote the eleven anthems based on psalms which we know as The Chandos Anthems.
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