BEHOLDING BEAUTY – JUNE 5, 2020
PROGRAM
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Sure On This Shining Night Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Performed by Conspirare, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson
O schöne Nacht, Op.92, No.1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Performed by RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Marcus Creed
Johannes Brahms
Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op.31, No.3
Performed by RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Marcus Creed
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder! (from Chansons de Charles d’Orléans)
Performed by Monteverdi Choir, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (from Trois Chansons)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Performed by Monteverdi Choir, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Les fleurs et les arbres, Op.68, No.2Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
The flowers and the trees,
The bronzes, the marbles,
The golds, the enamels,
The sea, the fountains,
The mountains and the plains
Console our pain.
Eternal nature,
You seem more beautiful
To a heart in sorrow,
And art reigns over us,
Its flame illuminates the laughter and tears.
Unknown
Performed by Monteverdi Choir, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
For the Beauty of the Earth
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Performed by The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, conducted by John Rutter
O How Amiable
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Performed by Elora Festival Singers, conducted by Noel Edison
In Paradisum (from Requiem)
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Into Paradise may the angels lead you,
may the martyrs welcome you in your coming
and guide you into the holy city Jerusalem.
A chorus of angels will greet you,
and with Lazarus, once a beggar,
may you have eternal rest.
Requiem Liturgy
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir, conducted by Fredrik Malmberg (Spotify)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, conducted by Graham Ross (YouTube)
Pleni sunt caeli et terra Gloria tua (from The Ground
Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
)
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.
Hosanna, hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Grant us peace.
Mass Liturgy
Performed by Phoenix Chorale, conducted by Charles Bruffy
Nigra Sum
Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Performed by Voices of Ascension, conducted by Dennis Keene
I Beheld Her Beautiful as a Dove
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
I beheld her, beautiful as a dove, rising above the waterbrooks;
and her raiment was filled with perfume beyond all price.
Even as the springtime was she girded with rosebuds and lilies of the valley.
Who is this that cometh up from the desert like a wreath of sweet smoke
arising from frankincense and myrrh?
Responsories from an Office of Our Lady
Performed by Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, conducted by Mark Williams
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
Nils Lindberg (b. 1933)
Performed by Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, conducted by Grete Pedersen
Les Chansons des Rose
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
s
En une seule fleur
Contre qui, rose
De ton rêve trop plein
La rose complète
Dirait-on
Performed by Elora Festival Singers, conducted by Noel Edison