March 16, 1999: Gaelic Connections / Yehudi Menuhin

Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is commemorated on March 17, and much of this program contains music from Irish sources, textual or melodic.

Yehudi Menuhin, a preeminent musician of the 20th century and noted humanitarian, died in the past week on March 12, 1999. A self described son of California with childhood connections to San Francisco and Los Gatos, we commemorate him with an early recording from the World War II era.

Continuing threads:

• Pierre Cochereau's improvisations on texts from the Gospel according to St. Matthew are preempted this week, but return next week.
• The collaboration between composer Elinor Armer and writer Ursula K. LeGuin, Uses of Music in Uttermost Places, a fantastic journey through places where music and sound have unusual properties.

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

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Segovia): The old castle (from	     (CD: Segovia:
	Pictures at an Exhibition)			  Canciones populares)
		(Eliot Fisk, guitar)

Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, op. 37b		 (CD: Tchaikovsky: Les
		(Viktoria Postknikova, piano)		  Saisons / Sonata no.
								   1)

Elinor Armer & Ursula K. LeGuin: The Seasons of Oling	   (CD: Uses of Music
		(Don Ehrlich, viola; Bonnie Hampton,	   in Uttermost Parts)
		 cello; Lois Brandywine, piano; David
		 Dieni, percussion; Ursula K. LeGuin,
		 narrator)

Francis Grier: Thou, O God, art praised in Sion 	  (CD: Francis Grier:
		(Rodolfus Choir; Ralph Allwood) 	     Twelve Anthems)

John Rutter: A prayer of Saint Patrick			 (CD: Rutter: Requiem)
		(Polyphony; Stephen Layton)

John Rutter: A Gaelic blessing				 (CD: Rutter: Requiem)
		(Polyphony; Bournemouth
		 Sinfonietta; Stephen Layton)

John Rutter: The Lord bless you and keep you		 (CD: Rutter: Requiem)
		(Polyphony; Bournemouth
		 Sinfonietta; Stephen Layton)

I bind unto myself today				      (LP: Belfast
		(Choir of Belfast Cathedral)		    Cathedral Choir)

Gordon Jacob (arr.): Brother James' Air 		 (CD: Golden favourites
		(Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral)		     from St. Paul's
							       Cathedral)

Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in C		      (LP: Belfast
		(Choir of Belfast Cathedral)		    Cathedral Choir)

John Field: Nocturnes VI & VIII 			    (CD: John Field:
		(John O'Conor, piano)			      15 Nocturnes)

Wearing of the Green					    (CD: Arma Lucis)
		(Soli Deo Gloria
		 Cantorum; Almeda Berkey)

Phil the fluter's ball					     (CD: The Last
		(Ann Murray, mezzo soprano;		     Rose of Summer)
		 Graham Johnson, piano)

Star of the County Down (arr. H. Goodall)		     (CD: Watching
		(King's Singers)			    the White Wheat)

Londonderry air 					     (CD: Watching
		(King's Singers)			    the White Wheat)

Mark Blatchly (arr.): Cockles and mussels		 (CD: Golden favourites
		(Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral)		     from St. Paul's
							       Cathedral)

Benjamin Britten: O the sight entrancing		     (CD: The Last
		(Ann Murray, mezzo soprano;		     Rose of Summer)
		 Graham Johnson, piano)

Johannes Brahms: Violin concerto in D			  (CD: Yehudi Menuhin:
		(Yehudi Menuhin, violin; BBC		      Brahms Violin
		 Symphony Orchestra; Adrian Boult)		Concerto)

J. S. Bach: Partita no. 3 in E				  (CD: Yehudi Menuhin:
	Prelude 					      Brahms Violin
		(Yehudi Menuhin, violin)			Concerto)

Turlough O'Carolan: Carolan's cup			  (CD: Carolan's Harp)
		(The Harp Consort;
		 Andrew Lawrence-King)

Turlough O'Carolan: Miss MacDermott (The Arethusa)	  (CD: Carolan's Harp)
		(The Harp Consort;
		 Andrew Lawrence-King)

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