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15th Century stained glass window in the Cathedral of Sevilla
For centuries, composers have set this matins prayer response for Christmas to music. We hear several versions of "O Magnum Mysterium" tonight, from the Renaissance (Tomas Luis de Victoria) to the modern (Morten Lauridsen and Francis Poulenc). Also, cello music by Philip Glass and Alberto Ginastera, plus Leonard Bernstein's grand symphony "The Age of Anxiety."
Alfred Schnittke / Piano Quartet (Composed w/ Mahler)
Cesar Franck / "Psyche"
Ned Rorem / The Santa Fe Songs
Lou Harrison / Seven Pastorales
Also Featured Tonight:
Johannes Brahms / "Unbewegte laue Luft," Op. 57/8Alfred Schnittke / Piano Quartet (Composed w/ Mahler)
Cesar Franck / "Psyche"
Ned Rorem / The Santa Fe Songs
Lou Harrison / Seven Pastorales
Comments [7]
I was listening around 730 and heard a piano piece "something something Number 4", by Luciano somebody I think.
It was great, what was it?
Thanks
Thanks Terrance!
Palestrina's first name is not Giuseppe, but rather, Giovanni Perluigi da....
Settings of O Magnum Mysterium
1. Alessandro Scarlatti
2. Francis Poulenc
3. Tomas Luis de Victoria
4. James McCray
5. Giuseppe Palestrina
6. Jacob Handl
I'm with Faith. Is there a playlist eventually?
There were 4 O magnum's I heard -- Victoria, ?????, Jakob Handl, and Palestrina. (Faith, you might mean the Jakob Handl one, that was the one Terrance mentioned having sung in Glee Club).
But the 20th Century one after the Victoria I'd never heard, and I ran home to try & look it up. I thought Terrance said the composer's name was McRae? I can't find it on the web, so I may have mis-heard the name...
Help!
I tuned in during the choral piece you played just before the Palestrina Magnum Mysterium. What was that? I would love it if WNYC offered a contemporaneous playlist. Thanks!
can you swing towards the jazz side?
is there something from maybe Abbey Lincoln or Amina Claudine Myers
that works with your concept
merry christmas eve eve
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