1736 Bielfeldt organ at Wilhade Kirche, Stade, Germany

1692 Arp Schnitger organ at Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands

1964; 1990 Casavant Frères organ, Opus 2679, at the Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap, Cap-De-La-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Cathédrale Notre Dame, Paris, France

1995 Marcussen organ at Tonbridge School chapel, Kent, England, UK

Out of the Depths

…meditations from the dark side by Bach, Sweelinck, Daveluy and Grunenwald, somber music of sadness, solace, and strength.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 26, 2012

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

J.S. BACH: Chorale-preludes, Aus tiefer Not, BWV 686 & 687, from Clavierübung III –Jonathan Dimmock (1736 Bielfeldt/St. Wilhadi Church, Stade, Germany) Arabesque 6161

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Aus tiefer Not, from Opus 65. MAX REGER: Aus tiefer Not, from Opus 67, number 3 –Tillmann Benfer (1916 Furtwängler & Hammer/Cathedral Church, Verden, Germany) TB 10856

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Variations on Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott –Harald Vogel (2010 West/St. Mary Church, Lemgo, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 914 1690

BACH: Chorale-prelude, Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott, BWV 721 –Regensburg Cathedral Choir; Franz Josef Stoiber (1989 Mathis/Regensburg Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD MOT 50721

JUDITH BINGHAM: The darkness is no darkness. SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace –BBC Symphony Chorus, Stephen Jackson, conductor; Thomas Trotter, organist. Naxos 8.570346

Filler – MAX REGER (see above)

Hour 2

MAX REGER: Chorale-Fantasy, Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, Opus 40, number 2; Chorale-Fantasy, Straf mich nicht, Opus 40, number 2 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mutter vom Guten Rat, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 3354

BACH: Chorale-prelude, Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 –Peter Hurford (1692 Arp Schnitger [plus additions]/Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands) EMI Eminence 2218

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Chorale-prelude, Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder –Felix Friedrich (1735 G. Silbermann/Petrikirche, Freiberg, Germany) Querstand CD-0018

RAYMOND DAVELUY: Chorale-prelude, Herzlich tut mich verlangen – Michelle Quintal (1963 Casavant Frères/Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada) Quintal 1991

OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Jesus accepts suffering, from La Nativité du Seigneur –Olivier Latry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Deutsche Grammophon 471 480

JEAN-JACQUES GRUNENWALD: Psalm 130, De Profundis, –Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse, conductor; Jeremy Filsell (1995 Marcussen/St. Augustine Chapel, Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK) Signum 163

Filler – BACH BWV 686 (see above)