In Advent Expectation #2047
. . . in anticipation of the Christian festival of the Nativity, music that looks for good news.
Hour One
GREGORIAN CHANT: Conditor alme siderum –Choir of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin/Stuart Nicholson, director. Regent 504
RACHEL LAURIN: Tone Poem for the Advent Season, Op. 69 (Conditor alme siderum) –Rachel Laurin (1998 Casavant/1st Presbyterian Church, Rochester, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 11/19/17)
JEAN TITELOUZE: Conditor alme siderum Versets (with chant) –Jean-Charles Ablitzer (1675 Dallam-1989 Guillemin/St. Miliau Parish, Guimiliau, Brittany, France) Harmonic 9037
MAX BAUMANN: Conditor alme siderum, Op. 100, no. 1 –Rosalinde Haas (1999 Rieger/Vierzehnheiligen Basilica, Germany) MD&G 315 1084
NOEL RAWSTHORNE: Fantasia on Wachet auf –Gordon Stewart (1878 Willis/Huddersfield Town Hall, England) Dolcan 69
FLOR PEETERS: Chorale-prelude, Wake, awake, Op. 68, no. 5 –Peter Van de Velde (1891 Schyven/Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium) Aeolus 10711
ANDREW CARTER: Toccata on Veni Emmanuel –David Erwin (2015 Schoenstein/Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO) Ladue 2019
Filler – PEETERS: Chorale-prelude, Jesu, meine Freude, fr Op. 68 (see above)
Hour Two
SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Variations on Veni redemptory Gentium –Aude Heurtematte (2010 Thomas/Church of the Assumption, Champcueil, France) Raven 165
PIERRE PINCEMAILLE: Prelude & Ricercare on Veni Emmanuel –Pierre Pincemaille (1841 Cavaillé-Coll/Cathedral of St. Denis, Paris) Edition Lade 015
DOM PAUL BENOIT: For Advent, fr Pieces d’Orgue (1953) –Gregory Hamilton (2013 King/Holy Trinity Seminary, Irving, TX) Rosa Mistica 1
MICHAEL THORN: Fantasy on Prepare the way, o Zion –Michael Thorn (1964 Grönlund/Engelbrecht’s Church, Stockholm, Sweden) Thorn 2000
ROBERT FLEMING: Variations on a Timeless Theme (Conditor alme siderum) –William O’Meara (1963 Hill, Norman & Beard/St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario) O’Meara 2015
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Le monde dans l’attente du Saveur (i), fr Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 –Jean-Paul Imbert (1989 van den Heuvel/Church of St. Eustache, Paris, France) FY 1218.06
Filler – CARTER (see above)
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