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 – November 5, 2017 https://goo.gl/TG3xP6
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
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H. Walford Davies: Psalm 121 and Requiem aeternam
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Ralph Vaughan Williams: For All the Saints
Choir of Wells Cathedral, Malcolm Archer
Rupert Gough, organ
Walford Davies was Organist at London’s Temple Church where his assistant was none other than Leopold Stokowski. Vaughan Williams’ grand hymn tune Sine Nomine is sung regularly on the Feast of All Saints.
Sir Edward Elgar: Lux aeterna
Choir of St. John’s, Elora, Noel Edison
Lux aeterna is an antiphon which follows the Agnus Dei in the Latin
Requiem Mass.
Gabriel Faure: In paradisum ~ Requiem, Op. 48
Winchester Cathedral Choir; Bournemouth Sinfonietta, David Hill
Faure’s setting of the In Paradisum text gives us glimpses of heaven. “May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and with Lazarus, once a poor man, may you have eternal rest.”
J.S. Bach, arr. Virgil Fox
Komm, susser Tod (Come, sweet death), BWV 478
Peter Richard Conte, organ
Wanamaker organ In MAcy’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This transcription of Bach’s beloved chorale was transcribed and arranged for organ by Virgil Fox. It was premiered at the 1939 American Guild of Organists’ Convention by Dr. Fox on the Grand Court Organ at the Wanamaker Store, Philadelphia.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Ye Holy Angels Bright, Op. 135 No. 1
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt
Irish composer Stanford numbered Brahms among his friends. This association developed during Stanford’s time spent in Germany studying at the Leipzig Conservatory.
J.S. Bach: Cantata 188, “Ich habe meine Zuversicht”
Holland Boys’ Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink
Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalde, alto;
Nico van der Meel, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass
The German translates as “I have placed my confidence in the true God”. This is one of the few cantatas from Bach’s fourth cantata cycle which have survived. The manuscript for this cantata was cut to pieces and ended up in various hands all over the world, according to the scholars.
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9
Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene
French composer Maurice Duruflé scored his Requiem Opus 9 in three versions. The version which King’s College Choir recently recorded is scored for small orchestra consisting of 3 trumpets, timpani, harp, organ, and strings.
Louis Spohr: Der Fall Bablyons
KonzertChor Braunschweig; Staatsorchester Braunschweig
Matthias Stanze
Ekaterina Kudryavtseva, soprano; Anne Schuldt, mezzo-soprano
Matthias Stier, tenor; Rossen Krastev, bass
Dirk Schmidt, bass
German composer Louis Spohr is perhaps best known for his violin music, although he did compose several oratorios. This oratorio is one of those pleasant works which doesn’t rock any boats musically. As a result, it is seldom heard. Neither does it contain the kind of memorable music which might make you listen to it again, such as, for example, arresting choruses such as the Hallelujah chorus or The Heaven’s are telling.
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