Peace Pieces #1937
…even when conflict seems unavoidably omnipresent, music can take us to a better place.
Hour 1
GUSTAV HOLST (trans. Wills): Mars, the Bringer of War, fr The Planets –Scott Farrell (1905 Walker-1989 Mander/Rochester Cathedral, England) Regent 507
DANIEL KNAGGS: Kyrie for Peace in Our Time (2012) –Shepherd Vocal Ensemble/Richard Robbins, director; Monica Czausz (1996 Fisk-Rosales/Edith Bates Old Organ Studio, Rice University, Houston, TX) Ecce Records 2013
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Peace in Childhood, fr Peace Pieces –Tom Winpenny (1963 Walker/St. John the Evangelist Church, Islington, London, England) Naxos 8.571375/6
JEAN LANGLAIS: Poem of Peace –Ann Labounsky (1963 Casavant/Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA) Voix du Vent 1005
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Peace in Youth, fr Peace Pieces –Tom Winpenny (1963 Walker/St. John the Evangelist Church, Islington, London, England) Naxos 8.571375/6
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Symphonic Chorale, Nun ruhen alle Wälder, Op. 87, no. 3 –Anu Hostikka, soprano; Petri Tapio Mattson, violin; Markku Mäkinen (1929 Kangasala/Tampere Cathedral, Finland) Alba 250
Filler – WILLIAMSON: Peace in Childhood (see above)
Hour 2
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ: Batalla de sexto tono –Guy Bovet (Anonymous 17th c./Salamanca Cathedral, Spain) Valois 4650
LANGLAIS: Chant de paix –Ann Labounsky (1977 Casavant/St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA) Voix du Vent 1001
JOHN GOSS: Anthem, O pray for the peace of Jerusalem –Cathedral Choir/John Scott; Huw Williams (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England) Hyperion 67483
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Peace in America, fr Peace Pieces –Jeremy Filsell (1964 Möller-2000 Goulding & Wood/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Raven 915
HERBERT HOWELLS: Anthem, O pray for the peace of Jerusalem –Cathedral Choir/John Scott; Huw Williams (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England) Hyperion 67087
ANDERS JORMIN: Song 80 –Lena Willemark, voice; Marilyn Crispell, piano; Anders Jormin, bass; Raymond Strid, percussion; Karin Nelson (1998 Verscheuren/Organ Hall at Musikhögskolan, Göteborg, Sweden) ECM 1866
LEO SOWERBY: Requiescat in Pace –Lorenz Maycher (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Raven 310
BELA KOVACS: Shalom Aleichem –André Moisan, clarinet; Hélene Lemay, trombone; Frédéric Alarie, bass; Paul Picard, percussion; Jean-Willy Kunz (2014 Casavant/Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec) ATMA 2-2721
Filler – LANGLAIS: Poem of Peace (see above)
We offer this program, with hope, in observance of the International Day of Peace (September 21).
