An Easter Alleluia

Four centuries of music for a festival of rebirth and renewal, the triumph of life over death.

Program Broadcast dates:

• March 24, 1997

Music played in the program

GORDON SLATER: An Easter Alleluia –Francis Jackson (1911 Foster & Andrews/Hull City Hall) Amphion CD-124

PEDRO de ARAUJO: Batalha on the 6th Tone –Joaquim Simoes da Hora (1723 Gomes/Coimbra University, Portugal) Movieplay Classics CD-11036

DANDRIEU: Gloria, from Mass for Easter Sunday –Gregorian Choir of Paris; Jean-Patrice Brosse (1982 Lacroix/Saint Bertrand, Comminges, France) Pierre Verany CD-794034

RICHARD SHEPHARD: Anthem, Ye choirs of new Jerusalem –Llandaff Cathedral Choir, Michael Smith, conductor; Michael Hoeg (Llandaff Cathedral, Wales, UK) Priory CD-510

DANDRIEU: Variations on O Filii et Filiae –James Barrett (1994 Allen, Lauck & Gorman/Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Spokane, WA) AGOS CD-5001

ALEC WYTON: This joyful Eastertide. ROBERT POWELL: That Easter Day –Marilyn Keiser (1994 Goulding & Wood/Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, LA) Pro Organo CD-7067

FLOR PEETERS: Chorale-fantasy, Christ the Lord has Risen –Galliard Brass Ensemble; Marilyn Mason (1955 Aeolian-Skinner/Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) Musical Heritage Society CD-513534

BACH: Chorale-prelude, Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, S. 630 (from Orgelbüchlein) –Christopher Herrick (1992 Metzler/Saint Martin’s Church, Rheinfelden, Switzerland) Hyperion CD-66756

PEETERS: Hymn-prelude, O Filii et Filiae –Andrew Linn (1988 Jones/Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, UK) OxRecs CD-58

PIERRE COCHEREAU: 4 Improvisations for Easter (Haes Dies; Victimae Paschali; Alleluia de Paques; O Filii et Filiae) –Pierre Cochereau (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Solstice CD-94/6