A Bit of Battle Music #0503
Tune in as we look at battle music. Quite the opposite of peace pieces, this collection chronicles the strife between good and evil.
GUSTAV HOLST (transcribed by Peter Sykes): Mars, the Bringer of War, from The Planets –Peter Sykes (1930 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Raven OAR-380
JUAN CABANILLES: Batalla Imperial - JosepMa Mas I Bonet (18th c. Bosch; 1815 Font/Church of Sa. Pobla, Mallorca, Spain) Valois 4651
FRANZ KOTZWARA: The Battle of Prague –Lois Regestein (1830 Appleton/Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY) Raven OAR-600
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire Number 1 in D –Noel Rawsthorne (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England, UK) EMI Classics CFP 72804
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: A Song of Battle, from Bible Songs, Opus 113 –William Kendall, tenor; David Hill (1854 Henry Willis; 1988 Harrison/Cathedral, Winchester, England, UK) Hyperion CDA66965
ERIC COATES (arranged by Marsh): Dam Busters March –Kevin Bowyer (1933 Hill, Norman & Beard/Royal Hospital School Chapel, Hollbrook, Suffolk, England, UK) Regis CD-8104
JOHANN NEPOMUK DAVID: Partita, The Invincibly Strong Hero, Saint Michael, movements 2 & 3 –Elisabeth Biener (Klais/Philharmonie im Gasteig Munich, Germany) Koch-Schwann CD-31949
EUGENE HANCOCK: Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho –Robert Scoggin (1958 Möller+Sipe rebuild/Christ UMC, Rochester, MN) Pipedreams PD CD-1002
JOHANN KUHNAU: The Fight between David and Goliath –Luc Beauséjour (1993 Wolff/Presbyterian College Chapel, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada) CBC CD-1086
JOHN GARDNER: Anthem, Fight the Good Fight –Wells Cathedral Choir, Malcolm Archer, conductor; Rupert Gough (1857 Henry Willis; 1974 Harrison & Harrison/Wells Cathedral, England, UK) Lammas CD-149
GARDNER READ: David, the King, was Grieved and Moved, from Preludes on Old Southern Hymns, Opus 90 –Barbara Harbach (1983 C.B. Fisk/Downtown United Presbyterian, Rochester, NY) Gasparo CD-258
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Lord, save thy people/Salvum fac populum tuum [1916] –Georgian Chamber Brass; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Guild GMCD 7264
