Three Masses with The Tallis Scholars: #302

Hosted by:

William Cromwell

Produced by:

KBOO

Program::

The Third Floor

Air date:

Sun, 05/09/2021 - 8:00am to 11:00am

A program heavy with choral music, including three masses from Palestrina, Taverner, and Byrd, plus compositions from Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Gesualdo, and Wagner.

Hour One

Gesualdo: Se la mia morte brami (Delitae Musicae) 6:43

Mozart: Ergo interest (Emma Kirkby, soprano; Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, dir. Christopher Hogwood) 5:15

Villa-Lobos: Uirapuru (BBC Symphony Orchestra, dir. Sakari Oramo) 18:39

Palestrina: Missa la Nasce la gioja mia (The Tallis Scholars, dir. Peter Philips) 24:15

Hour Two

Reger: Maria Wiegenlied (Bramdean Chapel Choir, Exeter, England; Christopher Meech, organ) 2:00

Wagner: Nein, lasst ihn unenthult (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Vienna Philharmonic, dir. Sir Georg Solti) 9:58

Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas (The Tallis Scholars, dir. Peter Philips) 40:37

Hour Three

Vivaldi: Credo for soprano, contralto, choir, orchestra, and continuo (Margaret Marshall, soprano; Susan Daniel, mezzo; John Alldis Choir; English Chamber Orchestra, dir. Vittorio Negri) 11:51

Byrd: Mass for three voices (The Tallis Scholars, dir. Peter Philips) 17:32

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Rodney Friend, Russell Gilbert, violins; John Chambers, viola; Alexander Cameron, cello) 16:30