Derived from a range of outstanding choral music, my themed Playlists are designed to be like concerts, of about an hour in length. Even as we continue to experience loss of life every day to disease, senseless violence and other ways, the theme of this week’s Playlist is thankfulness for life. If music be the food of love, play on.

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PROGRAM

Click the links for information on the pieces and texts/translations.

Gloria in excelsis Deo (from Gloria) Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Glory be to God in the highest
And on earth peace, goodwill towards men.

Performed by Westminster Singers & City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Hickox

Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192 

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Translation

Performed by Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Jubilate Deo

Translation

Performed by Finzi Singers, conducted by Paul Spicer

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Alleluia

Performed by Handel & Haydn Society, conducted by Grant Llewellyn

My Spirit Sang All Day
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Text

Performed by Finzi Singers, conducted by Paul Spicer (Spotify)
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, conducted by Christopher Robinson (YouTube)

This is the DayJohn Rutter (b. 1945)

Text

Performed by Cambridge Singers & Aurora Orchestra, conducted by John Rutter

From Carmina BuranaCarl Orff (1895-1982)

Veris leta facies
Omnia sol temperat
Ecce gratum
In trutina
Tempus est iocundum

Translations

Performed by SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, conducted by Rupert Huber

Finale (from Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 “Choral”)Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Translation

Performed by Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner