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1994 Kuhn organ at Abbey Church of Saint Arnual, Germany
Wondrous Love, Greater Love
This week’s broadcast is a meditation on that ever necessary, always powerful, inscrutible yet marvelous energy we call love. The choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, sings of the love of God for humankind. Bach and his favored pupil Krebs lovingly decorate Lutheran hymns based on themes of loving kindness. Virgil Fox plays of love’s dream, and other composers explore the range of love as evidenced in folk songs, oratorios and operas.
It is a wondrous thing, a power that transports us beyond the mundane and opens new worlds of expression and experience. From folk tunes and hymns, art song and opera, our performers draw upon upon rich resource of music to sooth the soul.
Program Broadcast dates:
- September 09, 2002
Featured Organs:
- Aeolian-Skinner at the Riverside Church
- 1994 Kuhn organ at Saint Arnual Abbey
- 1796 Stumphler organ at the Eusebius Church, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- 1882 Willis at Reading Town Hall, UK
- 1969 Kleuker at Notre-Dame des Neiges, France
Music played in the program
JOHN STAINER: Hymn, Love divine, all loves excelling –Choir of King’s College, Stephen Cleobury, conductor (1968 Harrison & Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, UK) Argo CD 434 609
JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier –Pascal Vigneron, trumpet; Pierre Mea, (1987 Giroud/Eglise du Grand-Bornand, France) BNL CD-112820
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: My song is love unknown (Rhosymedre) –Leander Chapin Claflin (1981 Petty-Madden/Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, NJ) DTR CD-96054
J.S. BACH: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, S. 734 –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS CD-42644
ERNST PEPPING: Nun freut euch –Thomas Donahue (1991 Brunzema/Blessed Sacrament Parish, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) Calcante CD-021
FRANZ LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3. EDVARD GRIEG: I love you –Virgil Fox (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) EMI CD-65426
JÖRG ABBING: God so loved the world (Improvisation) –Jörg Abbing (1994 Kuhn/Collegiate Church of Saint Arnual, Saarbrücken, Germany) IFO CD-029
HANS HOEVE: I love the Lord –Henk-Han Drost, trumpet; Bert Koelewijn, piano; Willem van Suijdam (1796 Strumphler/Eusebius Church, Arnhem, The Netherlands) CMR CD-103
SAMUEL BARBER: Wondrous Love Variations –Adrian Partington (1882 Willis/Reading Town Hall, England, UK) Priory CD-687
PAUL HALLEY (arr.): Wondrous Love –Gaudeamus & Chorus Angelicus; Battell Brass; Paul Halley (1962 Austin/Saint Joseph’s Cathedral, Hartford, CT) Joyful Noise CD-104
SERGE PROKOFIEV: March, from Love for Three Oranges –Jean Guillou (1978 Kleuker/Notre Dame des Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Dorian CD-90112
FRANK FERKO: How lovely is your dwelling, from Psalm Cantata –House of Hope Choir, Thomas Lancaster, conductor; Nancy Lancaster (1979 C.B. Fisk/House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, MN) HoH CD-403
RICHARD WAGNER: Liebestod/Love Death, from Tristan & Isolde –Peter Richard Conte (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) JAV CD-112
JOHN IRELAND: Anthem, Greater love hath no man –Saint Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London/John Scott, conductor; Andrew Lucas (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66374