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1963 Casavant: Basilica Notre-Dame-du-Cap
The Stations of the Cross
a profound reflection upon the saga of Christ’s crucifixion, a progression through fourteen poems by Paul Claudel with originally-improvised musical commentary by Marcel Dupré.
Program Broadcast dates:
- April 10, 2000
Music played in the program
Individual movements are drawn from the following various recordings:
Station No. 1, Jesus is condemned to death; Station No. 2, Jesus receives his cross –Françoise Renet (1888 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France) Festivo CD-105
Station No. 3, Jesus falls the first time; Station No. 4, Jesus meets his mother –Catherine Combier Donovan, narrator; Fr. Francis Kline (1985 Bedient/Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Charleston, SC) Mepkin CD-1001
Station No. 5, Simon the Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the cross –Jean Marchand, narrator; Jacquelin Rochette (1963 Casavant/Basilica Notre-Dame-du-Cap, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada) REM CD-311174
Station No. 6, A devout woman wipes the face of Jesus; Station No. 7, Jesus falls to the ground a second time –Stephen Hamilton (1928 Welte-1964 Möller-1983 Gould & Schultz/Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Mark, Minneapolis, MN) Arkay CD-6115
Station No. 8, Jesus comforts the women of Jerusalem –Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé- Coll/L’Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Westminster LP-18916 (out-of-print)
Station No. 9, Jesus falls a third time –Clarence Watters (1971 Austin/Trinity College Chapel, Hartford, CT) AFKA CD-508
Station No. 10, Jesus is stripped of his garments; Station No. 11, Jesus is nailed to the cross –Claribel Baird, narrator; Marilyn Mason (1964 Möller/National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Mark Cassette CS-86102
Station No. 12, Jesus dies upon the cross; Station No. 13, The body of Jesus is taken from the cross –Harald Feller (1990 Jann/Waldsassen Basilica, Germany) Calig CD-50959
Station No. 14, The body of Jesus is laid in the tomb –Barry Busse, narrator; Douglas Butler (1962 Holtkamp/St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN) American Public Media recording
English translations of the Claudel texts, made by Catherine Combier Donovan, Peter Robinson, Gale Kramer, and Judith Schweiss, will be interpolated prior to each movement of Dupré’s score, read primarily by Ms. Donovan and Barry Busse but otherwise as listed.