Out of the Depths #1213
…meditations from the dark side by Bach, Sweelinck, Daveluy and Grunenwald, somber music of sadness, solace, and strength.
Hour 1
J.S. BACH: Chorale-preludes, Aus tiefer Not, BWV 686 & 687, from Clavierübung III –Jonathan Dimmock (1736 Bielfeldt/St. Wilhadi Church, Stade, Germany) Arabesque 6161
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Aus tiefer Not, from Opus 65. MAX REGER: Aus tiefer Not, from Opus 67, number 3 –Tillmann Benfer (1916 Furtwängler & Hammer/Cathedral Church, Verden, Germany) TB 10856
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Variations on Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott –Harald Vogel (2010 West/St. Mary Church, Lemgo, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 914 1690
BACH: Chorale-prelude, Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott, BWV 721 –Regensburg Cathedral Choir; Franz Josef Stoiber (1989 Mathis/Regensburg Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD MOT 50721
JUDITH BINGHAM: The darkness is no darkness. SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace –BBC Symphony Chorus, Stephen Jackson, conductor; Thomas Trotter, organist. Naxos 8.570346
Filler – MAX REGER (see above)
Hour 2
MAX REGER: Chorale-Fantasy, Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, Opus 40, number 2; Chorale-Fantasy, Straf mich nicht, Opus 40, number 2 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mutter vom Guten Rat, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 3354
BACH: Chorale-prelude, Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 –Peter Hurford (1692 Arp Schnitger [plus additions]/Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands) EMI Eminence 2218
JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Chorale-prelude, Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder –Felix Friedrich (1735 G. Silbermann/Petrikirche, Freiberg, Germany) Querstand CD-0018
RAYMOND DAVELUY: Chorale-prelude, Herzlich tut mich verlangen – Michelle Quintal (1963 Casavant Frères/Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada) Quintal 1991
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Jesus accepts suffering, from La Nativité du Seigneur –Olivier Latry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Deutsche Grammophon 471 480
JEAN-JACQUES GRUNENWALD: Psalm 130, De Profundis, –Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse, conductor; Jeremy Filsell (1995 Marcussen/St. Augustine Chapel, Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK) Signum 163
Filler – BACH BWV 686 (see above)
