Playlist for Great Sacred Music 08:02:00 Sir John Goss: O Saviour of the World St. Pauls Cathedral Choir, London, John Scott Andrew Lucas, organ Herbert Howells: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Choir of Gloucester Cathedral, John Sanders Mark Blatchly, organ Louis Vierne: Epitaph Simon Lindley, organ These first three pieces express my very personal wish that all the warfare we are seeing in the world today would cease. Would that we all could live in peace and harmony. Music has a way of expressing what cannot easily be said in mere words. As Saint Augustine put it, “Qui bene cantat bis orat“ (He who sings prays twice). 08:18:46 Francis Jackson: Word made flesh Choir of York Minster, Philip Moore John Scott Whitely, organ Zoltan Kodaly: Psalm 114 Brighton Festival Chorus, Laszlo Heltay Elizabeth Gale, soprano; Sally Le Sage, soprano; Hannah Francis, soprano; Alfred Hodgson, contralto; Ian Caley, tenor; Michael Rippon, bass; Gillian Weir, organ C.P.E. Bach: Fugue on B-A-C-H Heinrich Hamm, organ The c1741 Gabler organ in The Basilica of Weingarten Dr. Francis Jackson (1917-) was organist of York Minster for thirty-six years. Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) was a Hungarian composer and educator. His Kodaly Method is highly regarded. Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach (1744-1788) was the godson of Georg Philipp Telemann. 08:32:09 Morten Lauridsen: Ave Maria Polyphony, Stephen Layton Dan Locklair: Pater noster (Our Father) Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Rodney Wynkoop Charles-Marie Widor: 3rd mvt (Allegro) ~ Symphonie Gothique (No. 9) in C minor, Op. 70, Ben van Oosten, organ The Cavaille-Coll organ in the church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen Morten Johannes Lauridsen (1943-) was born in Colfax, Washington,. He was a Forest Service firefighter before becoming a composer. Dan Locklair (1949-) is Composer-in-Residence at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The distinguished French organ builder Aristide Cavaille-Col incorporated the architecture of older French organs into his grand vision of a symphonic organ. 08:48:21 from the Los Huelgas Codex, c. 1300: Kyrie: Rex virginum amator ~ Mass Anonymous 4 James MacMillan: A Childs Prayer Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker Margaret Vardell Sandresky Agnus Dei ~ Lhomme arme Organ Mass Frances Nobert, organ The Los Huelgas Codex was discovered in the Cistercian convent of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos, Spain in 1904. It dates from the 14th century. Scottish composer James MacMillan wrote his “A Child’s Prayer” in memory of the fifteen children who died in the Dunblane School Massacre of March 1996. You can read a more detailed account of the music here: saturdaychorale/2013/03/13/james-macmillan-b1959-a-childs-prayer/ Margaret Vardell Sandresky (1921-) attended Salem Academy and Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 09:02:10 J.S. Bach: Cantata 178, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Matthew White, alto; Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass-baritone The German translates as If God the Lord is not with us. For a fine commentary by Simon Crouch see classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/bachjs/cantatas/178.php 09:22:43 Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op.41 Corydon Singers, Matthew Best Tchaikovsky’s setting of the ancient chants of the Russian orthodox is simple and straightforward. The composer opens a window into an unknown world of music and liturgy so that you and I can experience it. 09:53:25 Leo Sowerby: Forsaken of Man William Ferris Chorale, William Ferris Thomas Weisflog, organ Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His cantata “Forsaken of Man” is based on the Passion of Christ. It uses texts by Edward Borgers and the Gospels.
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