2014 Casavant at Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Peace Pieces

…even when conflict seems unavoidably omnipresent, music can take us to a better place.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of September 16, 2019

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

GUSTAV HOLST (trans. Wills):  Mars, the Bringer of War, fr The Planets –Scott Farrell (1905 Walker-1989 Mander/Rochester Cathedral, England) Regent 507

DANIEL KNAGGS:  Kyrie for Peace in Our Time (2012) –Shepherd Vocal Ensemble/Richard Robbins, director; Monica Czausz (1996 Fisk-Rosales/Edith Bates Old Organ Studio, Rice University, Houston, TX)  Ecce Records 2013

MALCOLM WILLIAMSON:  Peace in Childhood, fr Peace Pieces –Tom Winpenny (1963 Walker/St. John the Evangelist Church, Islington, London, England) Naxos 8.571375/6

JEAN LANGLAIS:  Poem of Peace –Ann Labounsky (1963 Casavant/Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA) Voix du Vent 1005

MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Peace in Youth, fr Peace Pieces –Tom Winpenny (1963 Walker/St. John the Evangelist Church, Islington, London, England) Naxos 8.571375/6

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT:  Symphonic Chorale, Nun ruhen alle Wälder, Op. 87, no. 3 –Anu Hostikka, soprano; Petri Tapio Mattson, violin; Markku Mäkinen (1929 Kangasala/Tampere Cathedral, Finland)  Alba 250

Filler – WILLIAMSON:  Peace in Childhood (see above)

Hour 2

JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ:  Batalla de sexto tono –Guy Bovet (Anonymous 17th c./Salamanca Cathedral, Spain) Valois 4650

LANGLAIS:  Chant de paix –Ann Labounsky (1977 Casavant/St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA) Voix du Vent 1001

JOHN GOSS:  Anthem, O pray for the peace of Jerusalem –Cathedral Choir/John Scott; Huw Williams (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England) Hyperion 67483

MALCOLM WILLIAMSON:  Peace in America, fr Peace Pieces –Jeremy Filsell (1964 Möller-2000 Goulding & Wood/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Raven 915

HERBERT HOWELLS:  Anthem, O pray for the peace of Jerusalem –Cathedral Choir/John Scott; Huw Williams (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England) Hyperion 67087

ANDERS JORMIN:  Song 80 –Lena Willemark, voice; Marilyn Crispell, piano; Anders Jormin, bass; Raymond Strid, percussion; Karin Nelson (1998 Verscheuren/Organ Hall at Musikhögskolan, Göteborg, Sweden) ECM 1866

LEO SOWERBY:  Requiescat in Pace –Lorenz Maycher (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Raven 310

BELA KOVACS:  Shalom Aleichem –André Moisan, clarinet; Hélene Lemay, trombone; Frédéric Alarie, bass; Paul Picard, percussion; Jean-Willy Kunz (2014 Casavant/Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec) ATMA 2-2721

Filler – LANGLAIS:  Poem of Peace (see above)

We offer this program, with hope, in observance of the International Day of Peace (September 21).

Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in loving memory of Wesley and Lucinda Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, by Jan Kirchner on behalf of her family foundation, by the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, in celebration of the life of Martha Hulings Kaemmer, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station. Additional support comes from Andover Organ Company of Methuen, MA, and Bedient Pipe Organ Company of Roca, NE, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.