Music for Easter #1513
…whether in Baroque chorale-preludes, Victorian anthems, or contemporary meditations, compositions for the Resurrection Festival always uplifts.
Hour 1
HORATIO PARKER: Light’s glittering morn –Choirs of Grace Cathedral (San Francisco) and Washington National Cathedral/Douglas Major, director; Robert Lehman (Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington DC) EMI Classics 54134
J. S. BACH: Easter Chorale-preludes, fr Orgelbüchlein, BWV 625-629 (Christ ist erstanden; Erstanden ist der herrliche Christ; Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag; Jesus Christus, unser Heiland; Christ lag in Todesbanden) –James Kibbie (1717 Trost/St. Walpurgis Church, Grossengottern, Germany) Block M Records 10
SYDNEY NICHOLSON (arr. Procter): Lift high the cross –Festival Choir and Brass/David Keith, director; Albert Travis (1996 Casavant/Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX) Resmiranda 8068
HUBERT PARRY: Chorale-Fantasia, When I survey the wondrous cross –David Goode (1885 Hill/Eton College Chapel, Windsor, England) Regent 365
LARRY KING: Resurrection –SharonRose Pfeiffer (Skinner/Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA) Paraclete Press 059
JOHAN LUDWIG KREBS: Christ lag in Todesbanden, fr Clavierübung I; –Michaelstein Chamber Choir; Christine Schornsheim, harpsichord; Felix Friedrich (1739 Trost/Castle Church, Altenburg, Germany) Querstand 0106
KREBS: Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (2 settings) –Beatrice-Maria Weinberger (1787 Holzhey/Weissenau Abbey, Germany) Motette 12761
Hour 2
PATRICK HADLEY: My beloved spake –Ely Cathedral Choir/Paul Trepte, director; Edmund Aldhouse (1908-2001 Harrison/Ely Cathedral, England) Regent 441
HELMUT WALCHA: 3 Chorale-preludes (Christe, du Beistand deiner Kreuzgemeine; Befiehl du deine Wege; Erstanden ist der heilig Christ) –Delbert Disselhorst (2004 Brombaugh/1st Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL) Naxos 8.572913
EDWARD NAYLOR: Christ both died and rose –Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge/Richard Latham, director; Adam Mathias (1988 Jones/Emmanuel College Chapel) Regent 426
KNUT NYSTEDT: Resurrexit, Op. 68 –Mona Julsrud, soprano; Gunnar Petersen-Øverlier (1986 Lund/Valerenga Church, Oslo, Norway) Simax 1127
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Crucifixion, fr Symphonie Passion –Peter Richard Conte (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC) Pro Organo 7250
DUPRÉ: Resurrection, fr Symphonie Passion –Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker organ/Macy’s Department Store, Philadelphia, PA) Gothic 49240
We recommend listening to these additional programs with more Music for Easter:
#1415 – An Easter Offering
#1312 – Let the Round Earth Rejoice
#1214 – Prayers and Alleluias
#1116 – An Easter Awakening
#1013 – Music for Eastertide
#0914 – A Joyful Eastertide
#0811 – A Resurrection Festival
#0714 – Arising to the Day
#0615 – Easter Uprising
#9215 – Light's Glittering Morn
