Out of the Depths

Profound and soulful meditations, songs of sadness and shipwreck on themes of Titanic import.

Program Broadcast dates:

• March 22, 1999

Links and Resources

You can also read this article about the Titanic written by our music librarian Rex Levang.

Music played in the program

MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 65 (Out of the Depths) –Olivier Vernet (1975 Kern/Church of Saint Martin, Masevaux, France) Lidi CD-0104004

SCHEIDT: Chorale-Varitions, Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz –Aude Heurtematte (1981 Ahrend/Augustinian Museum, Toulouse, France) Studio SM CD- 122080

KARG-ELERT: Improvisation on Nearer My God to Thee, Op. 81 (a memorial tribute to victims of the sunken Titanic) –Christopher Herrick (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Hyperion CD-66917

BONNET: In Memorian Titanic, Op. 10, no. 1 –Michael Overbury (1910 Binns/Albert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK) Priory LP-129

WEITZ: De profundis clamavi –James Drake (1990 Austin/National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA) Arkay CD-6109

BACH: Chorale-prelude, Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, S. 639; Fynske Chamber Choir; Kevin Bowyer (1962 Marcussen/Saint Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Nimbus 2CD-5457/8

PACHELBEL: Chorale-prelude, Ich ruf zu Dir –Marilyn Mason (1985 C.B. Fisk/University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI) Musical Heritage Society CD-513236  

LISZT: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (1987 Kern/Church of Saint Remi, Fenetrange, France) K617 CD-012