March 20, 2000: Springtime

Today is just barely the first day of spring, as the equinox falls just before midnight US Pacific time, so a number of selections with springtime connections are included. We also commemorate the birth of Modest Mussorgsky on March 21, 1839.

Fanfare I						 (CD: Praise the Lord)
		(Gerre Hancock, organ)

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (arr.	    (CD: Stravinsky:
	Blackwood)					     "L'Histoire du
		(Chicago Pro Musica)			     Soldat" Suite)

Modest Mussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition (arr.	     (CD: Music for
	Wills)						    Organ and Brass)
		(Arthur Wills, organ)

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony no. 3 in C, op. 32	  (CD: Rozhdestvensky:
	II. Scherzo. Vivo.				    Rimsky-Korsakov /
		(Grand Symphony Orchestra of		   Taneyev / Arensky)
		 All-Union Radio and Television;
		 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky)


Gabriel Fauré: Requiem					      (CD: Fauré:
	Pie Jesu					    Requiem / Pavane)
		(Robert Chilcott, treble; Philharmonia
		 Orchestra; David Willcocks)

Robert Chilcott: Even such is time			  (CD: Canticum Novum)
		(Girl Choristers of Salisbury
		 Cathedral; Richard Seal)

Philip Moore: All wisdom cometh from the Lord		  (CD: Canticum Novum)
		(Girl Choristers of Salisbury
		 Cathedral; Richard Seal)

Edward C. Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence	      (CD: Francis
		(Choir of York Minster; 		     Jackson at 80)
		 Francis Jackson)

J. S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4		     (CD: Complete
	Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt			    Cantatas, Vol. 1)
	Wir essen und leben wohl
		(Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
		 & Choir; Tom Koopman)

Valdez: Gypsy serenade					     (CD: Songs My
		(Arturo Delmoni, violin;		    Mother Taught Me)
		 Meg Bachman Vas, piano)

Paradis: Sicilienne					     (CD: Songs My
		(Arturo Delmoni, violin;		    Mother Taught Me)
		 Meg Bachman Vas, piano)

Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Adaluza			     (CD: Songs My
		(Arturo Delmoni, violin;		    Mother Taught Me)
		 Meg Bachman Vas, piano)

Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs			     (CD: Songs My
		(Arturo Delmoni, violin;		    Mother Taught Me)
		 Meg Bachman Vas, piano)

Modest Mussorgsky: Prayer and death (from Boris 	    (CD: The Odyssey
	Godunov)					    of Paul Robeson)
		(Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown, piano)

Balm in Gilead (arr. H. T. Burleigh)			    (CD: The Odyssey
		(Paul Robeson; Alan Booth, piano)	    of Paul Robeson)

Arthur Sullivan: Selections from The Mikado		    (CD: A Gilbert &
	The flowers that bloom in the spring		    Sullivan Gallery)
	Three little maids
		(D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)


J. S. Bach: Toccata in F major, BWV 540 		(CD: Inaugural Recital)
		(David Higgs, organ)

J. S. Bach: Capriccio "On the departure to distant	     (CD: Gargoyles
	climes of his dearly beloved brother"		      and Chimeras)
		(David Britton, organ)

Richard Wagner : Prologue duet from Götterdammerung
		(Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Lauritz
		 Melchior, tenor; San Francisco Opera
		 Orchestra; Edwin McArthur)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.): Folksong arrangements	    (CD: Over Hill,
	The winter is gone				       Over Dale)
	Mannin Veen
		(Ian Bostridge, tenor; The
		 Holst Singers; Stephen Layton)

Gerald Finzi: Let us garlands bring			   (CD: Bryn Terfel:
		(Bryn Terfel, baritone; 		      The Vagabond)
		 Malcolm Martineau, piano)

Henry Purcell: Nymphs and shepherds (arr. Ian Cameron)	 (CD: Jubilate! Golden
		(Boys of St. Paul's			   Favourites from St.
		 Cathedral; John Scott) 		    Paul's Cathedral)

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