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1782 Orden organ at Malaga Cathedral
1782 Orden organ at Malaga Cathedral

Fanfares and Antiphons

This is fair and pleasant music, grave yet rapturous, from the pen of Marcel Dupré, a collection of introspective Vespers Antiphons which began as improvisations and proved to be so compelling that he was commissioned to later write them down. On our next Pipedreams program, these and other such works by Benjamin Britten, Larry King, and William Mathias provide startling contrast to outspoken scores by Percy Whitlock, Daniel Gawthrop, Barbara Harbach, and Brent Weaver, where heraldic brilliance calls us to attention and involvement.

It’s a program of contrasts, brilliant and subdued, theatrical and introspective, with instrumental and choral pieces dedicated to color and collective prayer. From the Cathedral in Mallaga to Trinity Church, Wall Street, delight in variety Fanfares and Antiphons, this week on Pipedreams.

Program Broadcast dates:

  • February 11, 2002

Music played in the program

(document icon Key to abbreviations)

PERCY WHITLOCK: Fanfare –Peter King (1997 Klais/Bath Abbey, England, UK) Priory CD-335

JACQUES LEMMENS: Fanfare in D –W. Randloph Bourne (1974 Brunzema-Casavant/Maternity of Mary Church, Saint Paul, MN) Ten Thousand Lakes CD-113

ANTONIO SOLER (arr. Biggs): The Emperor’s Fanfare –Douglas Major (1973 Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, DC) Gothic CD-49058

WILLIAM MATHIAS: Antiphonies, Op. 88, no. 2 –Timothy Bryam-Wigfield (1854 Willis; 1988 Harrison/Winchester Cathedral, England, UK) Priory CD-329

JOSEF BARRERA: Sonata for Two Organs –Maria Grazia Filippi, Monika Henking (1782 Orden/Malaga Cathedral, Spain) Arion CD-68-47

MARCEL DUPRÉ: 5 Antiphons, from Vepres du Commun de la Sainte-Vierge, Op. 18, nos. 1-5
#1, While the king sitteth at his table –James Biery (1962 Austin/Saint Joseph’s Cathedral, Hartford, CT) AFKA CD-537
#2, His left hand is under my head–Robert Triplett (1972 Moeller/Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA) Centaur CD-2030
#3, I am black but comely–Jeremy Filsell (1979 Moeller/Saint Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL) Guild CD-7198
#4, Lo, the winter is past; #5, How fair and pleasant art thou–Robert Delcamp (1983 Moeller/West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN) Naxos CD-8.553918

J. S. BACH: Chorale, Now Christ doth end in triumph, from Christmas Oratorio, S. 248 –Columbia Chamber Symphony, Zoltan Rozsnyai, conductor; E. Power Biggs (1778 Maleck/Saint Martin’s Dom, Eisenstadt, Austria) CBS CD-42646

BARBARA HARBACH: Fanfare & Toccata on Lasst uns Erfreuen –Derek Gordon (1852 Simmons/Los Altos United Methodist Church, Long Beach, CA) Arkay CD-6151

DANIEL GAWTHROP: Fanfare, from Rodomontade –Daniel Gawthrop (1973 Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, DC) Gothic CD-49059

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Antiphon –Choir of Saint John’s College, Christopher Robinson, conductor; Ian Farrington (1994 Mander/Saint John’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, UK) Naxos CD-8.554791

HERBERT HOWELLS: Coventry Antiphon –Choir of Trinity Church, James Simms, conductor; Larry King (1968 Aeolian-Skinner/Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY) Gothic CD-49033

BRENT WEAVER: Fanfares and Antiphons –Susan Klotzbach (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA) Pipedreams CD-1003

Filler–THOMAS KERR: Arietta –Mickey Thomas Terry (1957 Aeolian-Skinner/Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC) Pipedreams CD-1003